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You Can Now Install Ubuntu on WSL Using the New Tar-Based Format

Linux News - Fri, 02/07/2025 - 22:20
Starting from WSL version 2.4.8, we can install Ubuntu on WSL from a tar file, without using the Microsoft Store on Windows.
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Axon Platform Featuring RockChip RK3588S and Support for LLM Frameworks

Linux News - Fri, 02/07/2025 - 22:20
The Axon platform, powered by the RockChip RK3588S processor, combines an 8-core CPU and an NPU delivering up to 6 TOPS of AI performance. Designed for advanced computing tasks, it supports various LLMs, including Llama, Qwen, and DeepSeek, with benchmarks showcasing performance for AI workloads.
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Tons of Anti-Linux 'Articles' Published by Bots (LLMs), Maybe Microsoft's

Linux News - Fri, 02/07/2025 - 22:20
So the pattern seems increasingly clear; a lot of anti-Linux 'articles' are made by bots. Is that Microsoft's ChatGPT?
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vv – image viewer for sixel terminals

Linux News - Fri, 02/07/2025 - 22:20
vv is different from the vast majority of image viewers. It’s a small command-line program to view images from the terminal.
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Mozilla Thunderbird 135 Released with XZ Packaging for Linux Binaries

Linux News - Fri, 02/07/2025 - 22:20
The Mozilla Thunderbird 135 open-source email, calendar, news, chat, and contactbook client was released today alongside the Mozilla Firefox 135 web browser with various new features and many bug fixes.
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An Early Performance Regression Hitting Highly Threaded Workloads On Linux 6.14-rc1

Linux News - Fri, 02/07/2025 - 22:20
With Linux 6.14-rc1 released I have begun trying out the new development kernel on a few systems locally. At least for high core count hardware tested thus far, Linux 6.14 at the moment during this early testing phase is sporting some performance regressions within some multi-threaded workloads.
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iWave Systems iW-RainboW-G54S credit card-sized SBC features an STM32MP133/MP135 OSM Size-S module

Linux News - Fri, 02/07/2025 - 22:20
iWave Systems says the STM32MP133/STM32MP135 OSM SBC supports Linux 6.1.28 (or higher). The company provides some public documentation accessible immediately after leaving your email (brochure, datasheet, STEP file), but the Linux documentation and SBC can only be accessed after talking to sales.
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Fedora in 2025: AI Integration, Wayland Advancements, HDR, and More

Linux News - Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
In a blog post, Christian Schaller, Red Hat’s Director of Software Engineering, shares Fedora Linux’s 2025 plans and upcoming features.
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Linux List Processes – How to Check Running Processes

Linux News - Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
This blog post will explain everything about Linux processes, such as how to check and manage them easily. In Linux, a “process” is any active instance of a program. Many threads execute the process, and there are different process models.
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Mixing Rust and C in Linux likened to cancer by kernel maintainer

Linux News - Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
Some worry multi-lang codebase makes it harder to maintain open source uber-project, others disagree. Developers trying to add Rust code to the Linux kernel continue to face opposition from kernel maintainers who believe using multiple languages is an unwelcome and risky complication.
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Missing Windows from Grub After Dual Boot? Here's What You Can Do

Linux News - Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
Can't see Windows in Grub after successfully dual booting? That's because os-prober is disabled. Here's how to fix it.
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Rust in Linux: A Powerful Tool—But How Do We Strike the Right Balance?

Linux News - Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
The heated debate about including Rust in the Linux kernel has been ongoing for quite some time in the hacker community.
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GRUB Continues Working Toward Its Next Release In 2025

Linux News - Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
As somewhat of an annual tradition for the FOSDEM conference, Daniel Kiper of Oracle presented a status update on the GRUB bootloader. As one of the GRUB maintainers he offers great insight to activity around this most common Linux bootloader.
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Installing Ubuntu on WSL Just Got Much Easier

Linux News - Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) user? If so, you will be pleased to hear that Ubuntu is now available in Microsoft’s new tar-based distro format — no need to use the sluggish Microsoft Store.
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Blocking Linux / Steam Deck in Apex Legends led to a 'meaningful reduction' in cheaters

Linux News - Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
Back in October 2024, Respawn announced they were blocking Apex Legends on Linux platforms (including Steam Deck). Apparently this has worked quite well for them.
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UnixWare in 2025: still actively developed and maintained

Linux News - Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
It kind of goes by under the radar, but aside from HP-UX, Solaris, and AIX, there’s another traditional classic UNIX still in active development today: UnixWare (and its sibling, OpenServer). Owned and developed by Xinuos, UnixWare and other related code and IP was acquired by them when the much-hated SCO crashed and burned about 15 years ago or so, and they’ve been maintaining it ever since.
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Debian 13 to Feature GNOME 48 Desktop Environment

Linux News - Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
The next major Debian release, 13 "Trixie," is expected to ship with GNOME 48 desktop environment.
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Windows Users Will Soon be Able to Say “I use Arch, BTW”

Linux News - Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
Saying “I use Arch, btw” has become an iconic part of the Linux community over the years. Whenever a person installs Arch Linux, they automatically get the right to say those words anywhere they please, on online forums, sure, in a random encounter with a stranger, why not?
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Red Hat's take on open-source AI: Pragmatism over utopian dreams

Linux News - Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
The Linux giant envisions AI development that mirrors open-source software's collaborative ethos. That won't be easy.
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Debian 13 Will Aim To Include GNOME 48, Debian/Ubuntu Begin Packaging GNOME Papers

Linux News - Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
For those wondering whether Debian 13 would see the upcoming GNOME 48 desktop packages given the upcoming Debian 13 "Trixie" development freezes, it looks like this updated GNOME release will be squeezed in.
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