linux

The Solus team is proud to announce the release of Solus 4.5 Resilience. This release brings updated applications and kernels, refreshed software stacks, a new installer, and a new ISO edition featuring the XFCE desktop environment....

Interesting watch. strace is your friend before the deep dives imo.

Some of the headline features in this release are: the removal of support for the Itanium architecture, the first part of the futex2 API, futex support in io_uring, the BPF exceptions mechanism, the bcachefs filesystem, the TCP authentication option, the kernel samepage merging smart scan mode, and networking support for the...

Linux 6.7 should be released later today as the first stable kernel of 2024. In turn the Linux 6.8 merge window will then open tomorrow and run for the next two weeks. For those curious about the features expected for Linux 6.8, here’s an early look at some of the changes expected to land for that next kernel cycle....

HW video accel has been possible with xwayland before (unofficially via experimental flags and not without issues) but this change will it make work with the Wayland platform.

In the ever-evolving tapestry of tobacco alternatives, JUUL has emerged as a cultural touchstone, capturing the fascination of young adults with its sleek design and widespread popularity. At the core of the JUUL experience are its proprietary pods – compact reservoirs containing a meticulously crafted blend of nicotine,...

An interesting trend graph of the most diffused distros and their adoption by users over time.