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Mozilla Firefox 135 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

Linux News - Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
Mozilla published today the final release of the Firefox 135 web browser for all supported platforms, so it’s time to take a look at the new features and improvements.
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Google torpedoes 'no AI for weapons' rules

Linux News - Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
Will now happily unleash the bots when 'likely overall benefits substantially outweigh the foreseeable risks'. Google has published a new set of AI principles that don’t mention its previous pledge not to use the tech to develop weapons or surveillance tools that violate international norms.
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Data Centres Can Cut Energy Use By Up To 30% With Just About 30 Lines of Code, Research Shows

Linux News - Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
New research has found that data centres can reduce their energy usage by up to 30% simply by altering around 30 lines of code in the Linux kernel’s network stack.
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Don't Be Intimidated By Linux's Notorious GRUB Bootloader

Linux News - Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
You may have heard about how difficult the GRUB Linux bootloader is to install and configure. If that's holding you back from installing Linux, you should know it's nothing to be scared of, if you have to deal with it at all.
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Bash Script to Zip All FIles in Directory

Linux News - Thu, 02/06/2025 - 22:20
In today’s digital world, managing files efficiently is crucial. One common task is zipping files within a directory to save space or to prepare for sharing. This article will guide you through creating a Bash script that zips all files in a specified directory. The script will accept the directory as a command-line argument, extract the directory name, and generate a zip file named with both the original directory name and the current date and time. Let’s get started!
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8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Photo Management Software

Linux News - Wed, 02/05/2025 - 22:20
To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 8 of the most useful free photo management tools.
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NVIDIA Engineer Talks Up sched_ext Linux Scheduler Possibilities At FOSDEM

Linux News - Wed, 02/05/2025 - 22:20
Merged last year for the Linux 6.12 kernel was sched_ext for allowing extensible scheduler possibilities by allowing schedulers to be implemented as eBPF code and dynamically loaded into the kernel. This allows for rapidly developing new schedulers as well as exploring other new possibilities around more intelligent kernel scheduling decisions. Meta, Google, Canonical (Ubuntu), and others have been big proponents of sched_ext and NVIDIA is also increasingly vocalizing their support for these extensible scheduler opportunities...
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NVIDIA 570.86.16 Beta Driver added VRR Support on Multiple Monitors

Linux News - Wed, 02/05/2025 - 22:20
NVIDIA Linux driver introduced VRR support for Wayland since 560 driver series. It’s a feature that adjust the monitor’s refresh rate on the fly, to match the frame rate of output signal from the graphics card.
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Firefox 135 Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

Linux News - Wed, 02/05/2025 - 22:20
Mozilla Firefox 135 open-source browser now lets macOS & Linux users close only the current tab when using the Quit shortcut while multiple tabs are open.
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Why Upstart from Ubuntu failed

Linux News - Wed, 02/05/2025 - 22:20
I think it’s safe to say systemd won the competition to become the definitive successor so sysvinit on Linux, but Canonical’s Upstart made a valiant effort, too.
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Firefox 136 Beta Finally Enables Hardware Video Decoding For AMD GPUs On Linux By Default

Linux News - Wed, 02/05/2025 - 22:20
With Firefox 135 released, Firefox 136 is now in beta. Most notable with this next iteration of the Mozilla Firefox web browser is finally enabling hardware video acceleration by default for AMD GPUs on Linux...
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Windows Media Player

Linux News - Wed, 02/05/2025 - 22:20
Windows Media Player is a video and audio player that’s a built-in Windows component. Media Player is proprietary software. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.
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Ivy Carrier Board for Toradex Verdin SoM Family in Industrial Applications

Linux News - Wed, 02/05/2025 - 22:20
The Ivy Carrier Board is designed for compatibility with the Verdin SoM family by Toradex. With a compact 130 x 105 mm form factor, it features dual Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0, Mini PCIe, industrial I/O, and MIPI DSI for display integration. Built for demanding environments, it supports an extended temperature range and a wide input voltage.
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DeepSeek Locked Down Public Database Access That Exposed Chat History

Linux News - Wed, 02/05/2025 - 22:20
Research Firm Wiz Research began investigating DeepSeek soon after its generative AI took the tech world by storm.
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Firefox 136 Promises Hardware Video Decoding for AMD GPUs on Linux, Vertical Tabs

Linux News - Wed, 02/05/2025 - 22:20
Now that Firefox 135 is rolling out to users all over the globe, Mozilla has promoted the next major release of its open-source web browser, Firefox 136, to the beta channel for public testing.
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How I turned traditional Ubuntu Mate into a modern, minimal desktop - and you can too

Linux News - Wed, 02/05/2025 - 22:20
Ubuntu Mate 24.10 is a desktop operating system that helps ease new users into the world of Linux with a fairly traditional UI that can be easily updated with built-in features.
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AlmaLinux Now Has a DOD Guide for Security Hardening the Distro as Much as You Want

Linux News - Wed, 02/05/2025 - 22:20
Users who take advantage of the new DISA STIG can give their AlmaLinux servers military-grade hardening.
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Anti-Linux FUD Sites cybersecuritynews.com and gbhackers.com Turn Out to be LLM Slop, Even Plagiarism That Spreads Lies

Linux News - Wed, 02/05/2025 - 22:20
Beware false headlines and fake text from cybersecuritynews.com and gbhackers.com. Those sites with their false headlines are being spread around by Google News. They often spread anti-Linux messages, set aside text manipulation that turns facts into lies.
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Intel NPU Driver 1.13 Released For Core Ultra Linux Systems

Linux News - Wed, 02/05/2025 - 22:20
Intel on Friday released an updated user-space driver for their Neural Processing Unit (NPU) found with Core Ultra SoCs. This user-space driver code works with the IVPU accelerator kernel driver for opening up the Intel NPU for helping speed-up AI workloads on Linux.
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CAN FD Adapter for High-Speed Industrial and Embedded Communication in M.2 and Mini-PCIe Form Factors

Linux News - Wed, 02/05/2025 - 22:20
The CAN FD Adapter enables high-speed CAN FD connectivity for embedded and industrial applications. Available in M.2 B-key and mini-PCIe form factors, it supports data rates from 12.5 kbit/s to 8 Mbit/s. It integrates with systems used in industrial monitoring, robotics, automation, hardware-in-the-loop testing, remote access, and data logging.
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