Gigabyte servers will be certified for use with Ubuntu Server

Gigabyte has partnered with Canonical to begin certifying its servers for use with Ubuntu Server. This will ensure customers can install the Linux distribution without any problems.

Gigabyte servers will be certified for use with Ubuntu Server

Gigabyte has partnered with Canonical to begin certifying its servers for use with Ubuntu Server. This will ensure customers can install the Linux distribution without any problems.

Wireshark 3.6.2

Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer. A network packet analyzer will try to capture network packets and tries to display that packet data as detailed as possible.

Raspberry Pi OS is now available as a 64-bit download

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has made a 64-bit version of its operating system available. It won't run on all Raspberry Pi hardware but it should on some of the more modern hardware.

EFF takes on DMCA provision criminalizing open speech, indirectly forwarding ‘Right to Repair'

The EFF is going after Section 1201 of the DMCA which currently criminalizes any attempts to speak about legally acquired copyrighted material. If repealed, it would boost Right to Repair movement.

Humble Bundle retires all Mac and Linux games from the Humble Trove starting February 1st

It's a bittersweet day for gamers who participate in Humble Bundle's Humble Choice Program. The service will sunset Linux and Mac versions of all games on offer starting February 1st.

QOwnNotes 22.1.6

Plain-text file notepad and todo-list manager with markdown support and ownCloud / Nextcloud integration.

80% of Steam's top 100 games now work on Linux

Proton has made enormous strides toward game compatibility through advances in related technologies like DXVK, which enable DirectX 9, 10, and 11 games to run through the Vulkan API.

Linux boot times are about to get a whole lot faster on monster AMD EPYC and Intel Xeon rigs

Linux will soon be getting a performance-related patch that will improve the booting time of a large server or workstation system by a factor of 15 or more, by allowing multi-threaded booting.

The European Commission is making its software open source to benefit society

The European Commission has taken the decision to start releasing its software under open source licenses. It believes this will benefit society as others can make use of the code.

Germany's new coalition government backs the Public Money, Public Code initiative

The coalition set to lead Germany next month has said it's committed to the concept of Public Money, Public Code. This means that software funded by taxpayers will be released under a FOSS license.

GnuCash 4.8

Personal and small-business financial-accounting software designed to be easy to use, yet powerful and flexible. Track bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses.

Linux patch disables TRIM and NCQ on Samsung 860/870 SSDs in Intel and AMD systems

Samsung's 860 and 870 SATA SSDs have been causing issues for a while on Linux and it has been determined that NCQ and queued Trim commands are to blame. The problem is especially bad on older AMD PCs.