Are all Linux vendor kernels insecure? A new study says yes, but there's a fix (www.zdnet.com)
XWayland 24.1 Released With Explicit Sync, Better Rootful Experience (www.phoronix.com)
Linux maintainers were infected for 2 years by SSH-dwelling backdoor with huge reach (arstechnica.com)
[Feature Request] Vote for a Proton VPN App for Ubuntu Touch on ProtonMail’s UserVoice Forum
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/21305656...
What is the best model of used ThinkPad to purchase?
I’m thinking of picking up a used ThinkPad on eBay for cheap to serve as my daily driver. I’ll likely run LMDE, and primarily use it for web browsing, office programs, coding, and FreeCAD. Any recommendations on which model would best hit the sweet spot of capability vs price?
Valve's Linux Graphics Engineers Begin Prepping RADV Driver For AMD RDNA4 "GFX12" (www.phoronix.com)
oars (OpenAgeRatingsService) in appdata.xml files: why "sex-homosexuality"?
I can understand why all the other things would be listed here, and I would understand if sexuality in general was considered inappropriate for children, but why homosexuality in particular? This is strange to me....
Anyone running Nobara who can answer these questions?
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/32128978...
Help me get AMD HIP to work in Blender
SOLUTION:...
Wayland usage has overtaken X11 (lemmy.world)
Source: linux-hardware.org/?view=os_display_server...
CIQ | Vendor Kernels, Bugs and Stability (ciq.com)
ZLUDA Has Been Seeing New Activity For CUDA On AMD GPUs (www.phoronix.com)
ZLUDA is a drop-in CUDA implementation for AMD GPUs
Nvidia to AMD
hi so i recently switched my GPU to an AMD card from an Nvidia one. Im wondering if there is an easy way to remove all the nvidia packages on arch....
Finally made the move (lemmy.world)
Just don’t ask how long it took to get my dGPU working properly :D But thankfully, there were a bunch of helpful folks with tips!
Things I want to be functional in Linux
I’ve been trying various Linux flavours every year for 10 years or so. The last year I tried Arch, then EndeavourOS, which has been my most successful Linux exploration I’ve ever had, and given me huge hope. However, there are still a few things preventing me switching it to my default OS....
I had a journey (lemmy.ml)
Reading about FOSS philosophy, degoogling, becoming against corporations, and now a full-blown woke communist (like Linus Torvalds)
Qualcomm goes where Apple won't, readies official Linux support for Snapdragon X Elite | Tom's Hardware (www.tomshardware.com)
Most of the functionality is present but many important bits are still being developed.
The history of LibreOffice (www.libreoffice.org)
aka. dont use OpenOffice
Crapped my system
This isn’t me asking for help or anything, I already replaced it with fedora kinoite. I just felt like talking about this ridiculous venture of mine....
How do I install inkstitch extension in inkscape-flatpak?
I’m running Inkscape as flatpak on Kubuntu 24.04 and I wanted to install.the Ink/Stitch extension, but somehow this doesn’t seem to work like it did on the apt/ppa version. I’ve tried the script install from inkstitch, and I’ve tried to manually copy the contents of the tar.xz to the extensions subfolder in home/.var/...
Interview with GloriousEggroll about Proton-GE, Nobara, and more | Destination Linux (www.youtube.com)
Every time I search for a USB key, I end up finding the ones flashed with OS ISOs! I don't have a normal key anymore lol (sh.itjust.works)
Decision of Next Os
I was Nobara user, then I am using Fedora right now. I want to use things like Hyprland etc. and ya know, Its damn cool to say I am using arch btw. So I’ve decided to use Arch Linux. But everyone says its always breaking and gives problems. That’s because of users, not OS… right? I love to deal with problems but I don’t...
Release: Getting Started with Endless OS 6 — Available Now! (www.endlessos.org)
