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Linux Kernel closes in on 10M git objects

Ryan Daws — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:50:20 +0000

Linus Torvalds has announced version 6.8 of the Linux Kernel, inching ever closer to a major milestone in the project’s codebase. In his announcement on Sunday, Torvalds noted that the git repository tracking the kernel’s development now contains 9.996 million objects. “This is the last mainline kernel to have less than ten million git objects,”... Read more »

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Asahi Linux’s OpenGL support leapfrogs Apple’s on M-chip Macs

Ryan Daws — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 16:46:02 +0000

The team behind the Asahi Linux project, which aims to support Linux on Apple Silicon Macs, has achieved a major milestone: its open-source graphics driver now fully supports up to OpenGL 4.6 and OpenGL ES 3.2, surpassing the OpenGL 4.1 support currently offered in macOS. Asahi developer Alyssa Rosenzweig announced the new driver in a... Read more »

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Asahi Linux announces ‘Fedora Asahi Remix’ for Apple Silicon machines

Ryan Daws — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 12:51:39 +0000

Asahi Linux, a project dedicated to bringing full Linux support to Apple Silicon machines, has unveiled its highly anticipated flagship distribution: Fedora Asahi Remix. The announcement was made at the Flock To Fedora event and has been a monumental undertaking, involving extensive reverse engineering, development, and integration work to support the unique hardware architecture of... Read more »

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GSMA’s Open Gateway aims to give developers universal operator network access

James Bourne — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 11:56:05 +0000

The GSMA has announced the launch of GSMA Open Gateway, a framework of universal network APIs to provide universal access to operator networks for developers – with names including Microsoft and Amazon Web Services (AWS) on board. The industry body has traditionally pursued the interests of telcos and mobile operators, and continues to do so... Read more »

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Windows Subsystem for Linux is now delivered via the Microsoft Store

Ryan Daws — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 15:33:42 +0000

Anyone wanting to use Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) should now grab it from the Microsoft Store. WSL enables Linux binary executables to be run natively on Windows 10, 11, and Server 2019. The compatibility layer was previously obtained through the ‘Turn Windows Features on or off’ dialogue, which required a machine restart. By decoupling... Read more »

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Linux Foundation: Companies are struggling to find open-source talent

Ryan Daws — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 16:15:31 +0000

The Linux Foundation and edX have released the 2021 Open Source Jobs report which reveals the struggle companies are having in finding talent. As the world recovers from the pandemic, the general talent shortages across industries have been well-documented. However, the new report shows just how pronounced the problem is when it comes to hiring... Read more »

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Torvalds hopes future Linux 5.13 release candidates will ‘start shrinking’

Ryan Daws — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 16:12:24 +0000

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has expressed mild concern over the size of kernel 5.13 following its fifth release candidate. “Hmm,” Torvalds opened his latest State of the Kernel post. “Things haven’t really started to calm down very much yet, but rc5 seems to be fairly average in size. I’m hoping things will start shrinking now.”... Read more »

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Chrome OS support for Linux apps will exit beta in a few weeks

Ryan Daws — Fri, 21 May 2021 12:13:07 +0000

Google has announced that Chrome OS support for Linux apps will finally exit beta in a few weeks. Linux apps have been available on Chrome OS for three years, albeit in beta. Google is now ready to drop the beta label and declare the feature stable. Chrome OS supports running Chrome, Android, Linux, and even... Read more »

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IBM brings Python data science platform Anaconda to Linux

Ryan Daws — Tue, 18 May 2021 15:28:00 +0000

IBM is bringing the Python data science platform Anaconda to the company’s LinuxONE and IBM Z customers. Anaconda is the world’s most popular Python distribution platform and boasts over 25 million users worldwide. Today’s announcement is the latest part of IBM’s effort to bring popular data science frameworks and libraries to its enterprise platforms. Barry... Read more »

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Torvalds: Linux 5.13 ‘will be making up’ for smaller release of 5.12

Ryan Daws — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 12:30:50 +0000

Linux creator Linus Torvalds warns the next version of the kernel will likely be “making up” for the smaller release of 5.12. “Despite the extra week, this was actually a fairly small release overall,” Torvalds wrote in an announcement. “Judging by linux-next, 5.13 will be making up for it.” Last month, Torvalds warned 5.12 may... Read more »

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