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LLVM/Clang Compiler Being Adapted For AVX10.2 Now Making 512-bit Support Mandatory

Coming out this week was an updated AVX10 whitepaper from Intel with the surprising decision that 512-bit floating point and integer support is no longer considered optional for AVX10.2. AVX10.2 now mandates 128 / 256 / 512-bit support and in turn also dropped the 256-bit embedded rounding support with the focus on 512-bit. The LLVM/Clang compiler had seen its AVX10 support designed around Intel's original AVX10 design assumptions and thus now is being modified to address these changes...

22 Best Free and Open Source Clipboard Managers

  • LinuxLinks.com; By Steve Emms (Posted by sde on Mar 23, 2025 4:03 PM CST)
  • Story Type: Roundups; Groups: Linux
We have evaluated each application. Here’s our verdict. Only free and open source software is included.

Hyprland Celebrates Its Third Birthday with v0.48

Hyprland 0.48 tiling Wayland compositor is out with major improvements including ANR dialogs, full color management, sync fixes, and more.

Rescuezilla 2.6 Swiss Army Knife of System Recovery Adds Ubuntu 24.10 Build

Rescuezilla 2.6 was released today as the latest stable version of this Ubuntu-based “Swiss Army Knife of System Recovery” distribution that leverages the popular Clonezilla open-source disk imaging/cloning software.

Rust Additions For GCC 15 Bring Support For if-let Statements, Other Improvements

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Mar 23, 2025 10:11 AM CST)
  • Groups: GNU; Story Type: News Story
This past week a lot of new code for the Rust "gccrs" front-end began being merged for the upcoming GCC 15.1 stable release... The Polonius borrow checker landed along with other big improvements to the Rust code ahead of this annual GNU Compiler Collection release. A third round was merged on Friday adding yet more gccrs features...

Linux Kernel Might Get Smarter Reboots

Google engineers propose LUO, a state-machine-driven system to manage live Linux kernel updates with minimal disruption.

EndeavourOS Mercury Neo Launches with KDE Plasma 6.3, NVIDIA 570, and Mesa 25

The EndeavourOS team announced today the release and general availability of EndeavourOS Mercury Neo as a maintenance update to the EndeavourOS Mercury release addressing various issues and updating core components.

PhotoPrism AI-Powered Photos App Rolls Out Major Usability Upgrades

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Mar 22, 2025 11:32 PM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
PhotoPrism's latest release adds PDF support, improved UI, and new translations and sets the stage for upcoming batch editing and multi-user features.

Finnix Linux Distro for Sysadmins Celebrates 25th Anniversary with New Release

Today, Ryan Finnie announced the release and general availability of Finnix 250 (codename Eau Claire) as the latest stable version for this Debian-based live Linux distro targeting casual system administrators.

EU OS Is a New Community-Led Linux Alternative for Europe’s Public Sector

EU OS is a new—still in the idea stage—Fedora-based Linux project designed to provide the EU public sector with secure, sovereign, and eco-friendly computing.

Linux 6.15 Plans To Drop Support For A Useless CRC-32 Checksum In The Kernel Image

  • Phoronix; By Michael Larabel (Posted by bob on Mar 22, 2025 6:57 PM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Kernel, Linux
Ingo Molnar began sending out the pull requests today for the upcoming Linux 6.15 merge window of code areas he oversees for the Linux kernel. Among those early pulls are of the x86/build updates, which includes removing some seemingly useless CRC-32 checksum code from the kernel...

Build CachyOS Kernel 6.13.7 on Kali Linux 2025.1a (KDE Plasma 6.2.5)

Start building debian's vmlinuz-6.13.7 and kernel's initrd.img-6.13.7 with configuration...

KDE KWin Lands FIFO v1 Wayland Support, GNOME 48 Squeezed In XDG Toplevel Drag v1

There is some new Wayland protocol support activity this week worth mentioning for both the KDE Plasma and GNOME desktops...

Ikey Doherty’s Serpent OS Changes Name to AerynOS

As of today, March 20th, the Serpent OS distribution created by ex-Solus founder and Budgie desktop creator Ikey Doherty changed its name to AerynOS. Here’s what you need to know about this major change!

T-Display K230 Combines RISC-V Processing with LoRa, Wi-Fi, and AMOLED Display

The LILYGO T-Display K230 is a compact development board targeting IoT and embedded system applications. It features the Kendryte K230 system-on-chip, which includes a dual-core 64-bit RISC-V processor and dedicated units for AI acceleration, graphics rendering, and multimedia processing. The K230 SoC includes two CPU cores: CPU1 operates at 1.6 GHz, while CPU0 runs at […]

Wine 10.4 Improves Vulkan Video Decoder

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Mar 22, 2025 11:20 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
Wine 10.4 is out now with better PDB support, Vulkan video decoding updates, bug fixes, and more.

Boost Productivity with Custom Command Shortcuts Using Linux Aliases

Linux is a powerful operating system favored by developers, system administrators, and power users due to its flexibility and efficiency. However, frequently using long and complex commands can be tedious and error-prone. This is where aliases come into play.

Photoshop FOSS alternative GIMP wakes up from 7-year coma with version 3.0

  • The Register; By Liam Proven (Posted by bob on Mar 22, 2025 8:17 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Multimedia
Meanwhile, open source video codec Ogg Theora stirs in its crypt. After a seven-year nap, version 3.0 of FOSS image editor GIMP is arriving with a splash, while a long-dormant open video format wakes from its slumbers and lumbers into beta.…

ReactOS 0.4.15 Released For This "Open-Source Windows" OS With Tons Of Enhancements

  • Phoronix; By Michael Larabel (Posted by bob on Mar 22, 2025 6:46 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Microsoft
It's been over three years since the last ReactOS open-source operating system release for this platform working on API/ABI compatibility with Microsoft Windows. Today ReactOS 0.4.15 was finally published...

FOSS Force Mostly Open Tech News Quiz – March 21, 2025

Did you have time to keep up with the news this week? Here’s your chance to brag… or not. This week there are 11 questions. Good luck!

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