Intel Arc Graphics A580 On Linux: Open-Source Graphics For Under $200
Last week Intel announced the Arc Graphics A580 as a new mid-range DG2/Alchemist graphics card option that comes in between the entry-level Arc Graphics A380 and the higher-end Arc Graphics A750/A770. With the Arc Graphics A580 coming in at under $200, it’s quite an interesting graphics card for those after open-source Linux driver support and/or those wanting to experiment with Intel’s growing oneAPI software ecosystem with excellent open-sou … ⌘ Read more
Blender Alpha Builds Enable Experimental Vulkan Option
The newest Blender alpha builds of the past week have enabled Vulkan API support as an experimental option on Windows and Linux… ⌘ Read more
Ubuntu Desktop 23.10 ISOs Recalled Due To Malicious User Translations
Hours after the release of Ubuntu 23.10, Canonical has pulled the ISOs and is re-spinning them after user-submitted translations for the Ubuntu installer turned out to contain hate speech… ⌘ Read more
LoongArch “Loong64” Added To Debian Ports
In addition to Debian promoting RISC-V to an official CPU architecture for the newly in development Debian 13 cycle, another CPU architecture/port change is adding LoongArch “Loong64” as a new Debian Port… ⌘ Read more
GnuCOBOL 3.2 Released After 2+ Years In Development
For those fond of the COBOL programming language and continuing to make use of it in new development efforts, GnuCOBOL 3.2 was released on Friday as the latest feature update for this 21+ year old free software effort around being an open-source COBOL implementation… ⌘ Read more
Thunderbird 115 Now Available & It Looks Fantastic
As a devoted Thunderbird mail client user for the past nearly twenty years since its first release, I’m elated today by the release of Thunderbird 115… ⌘ Read more
ReactOS “Open-Source Windows” Steadily Improving x64 Port
ReactOS is the open-source OS that’s striving for Microsoft Windows software and driver binary compatibility that is 25 years in the making. ReactOS has been making steady progress while still considered in alpha form. Most of the ReactOS successes and user tinkering has been with the 32-bit build of the OS while they have been making steady progress recently on the x86_64 (x64) port… ⌘ Read more
Bug Bounties May Sound Great, But Aren’t Always Handled Well
Bug bounty programs setup by large corporations to reward and recognize security researchers for properly reporting new bugs and security vulnerabilities is a great concept, but in practice isn’t always handled well. Security researcher Adam Zabrocki recently shared the troubles he encountered in the bug bounty handling at Google for Chrome OS and in turn for Intel with it having been an i915 Linux kernel graphics driver vulnerability… ⌘ Read more
TornadoVM Continues Adapting Java OpenJDK/GraalVM For Heterogeneous Hardware
A new release of TornadoVM is now available, the open-source plug-in to OpenJDK and GraalVM to allow for Java code to run on heterogeneous hardware with ease – including various GPU models as well as FPGAs… ⌘ Read more
Libreboot 20230413 Released With Build System Improvements
Libreboot is the downstream of Coreboot focused on having fully open-source / free software replacements to proprietary BIOS/firmware on x86 and ARM systems. Out today is Libreboot 20230413 as the latest step forward for the project… ⌘ Read more