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Google Sites lure leads to bogus root certificate

It's finally time: a patch queued into one of the development branches ahead of the upcoming Linux 7.1 merge window is set to finally begin the process of phasing out and ultimately removing Intel 486 CPU support from the Linux kernel. Anyone still using an i486 CPU with an upstream Linux kernel would be incredibly rare and no known Linux distribution vendors are still shipping with i486 CPU support, but in case you are, you can continue to be running one of the existing Linux LTS kernel versions.

Investigation into Amutable GmbH founding documents, undisclosed conflicts in the systemd birthDate merge, EUR 855K in undisclosed government funding, and $42.2M in corporate lobbying.

A single pull request turned a quiet open source contributor into the unlikely target of one of the Linux community's most heated controversies. We interacted with Dylan Taylor to hear his side of the story.

In the lead-up to the official launch, Gnome 50 has been previewed in beta via distributions like the Fedora 44 beta, but the updated version of the desktop environment, dubbed Tokyo, has officially launched in stable form, bringing with it a slew of long-expected changes—although some features did not make the cut for Gnome 50 and will be pushed back to Gnome 51. The biggest additions to Gnome 50 are the official launch of variable refresh rate and fractional scaling, both of which are enabled as long as the hardware supports it. Beyond implementing VRR and fractional scaling, Gnome 50 also features a low-latency cursor mode that allows the cursor to refresh independently from the window behind it when VRR is active. It also features workarounds for the NVIDIA driver for stuttering and frame timing issues, which should result in "noticeably smoother window animations and general desktop fluidity for users with NVIDIA GPUs."

Dial back to the 1990s with this Debian Linux clone in your browser

We have known for a while that the Linux 6.19 development cycle has been a bit disruptive with Christmas and New Year disrupting the early stages of development. Now, with the sixth release candidate just arriving, Linus Torvalds has more or less confirmed that an eighth release candidate, which is not the norm, looks very likely.

A big breakthrough for Adobe Creative Cloud on Linux.

VoidLink includes an unusually broad and advanced array of capabilities.

Wine 11.0 arrives with a year of development work, more than six thousand changes, and broad improvements across graphics, WoW64 compatibility, gaming, and system performance. From Vulkan and Direct3D tweaks to new Wayland desktop features and better device support, this release marks a confident leap forward for Windows application support on Linux.

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/10331682

I finally switched from Win10. I booted it from a live USB, and everything was golden. Then, I decided to dual-boot it first in case anything goes wrong. After that, I rebooted, removed the USB, and launched Fedora on GRUB.

This is where weird things happen. It showed the launch screen first. Then… nothing. No key combination worked on that screen; only the power button works. When shutting down, it also shows the launch screen and shuts down.

Now here is my system: I'm using a Lenovo Ideapad 3 Gaming laptop with NVIDIA GTX 1650 Ti and AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon graphics. I'm definitely sure it's caused by NVIDIA, but I couldn't find a proper solution for me.

It has been a while since they started the fundraising, but it's heartwarming to see it reaching such a level by the end of the year!

...with varying definitions of "usable," anyway.

Link: https://riedstra.dev/static/unixv4/

A heart-warming story for cold, stony sysadmin hearts.

An attempt to provide vendor-neutral oversight as the agent train barrels on

After bearing with a very slow laptop, I tried out Fedora Xfce and the results were staggeringly good.

Linux Torvalds has released the last kernel update for the year. The merge window for Linux 6.19 is now open, but it's expecting some delays.

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will feature a revamped set of default applications. Canonical has confirmed that both the Totem video player and GNOME System Monitor

How does turbowarp desktop help in handling scratch ?

Firefox 145 has arrived with new features, enhanced privacy protection, and the end of support for 32-bit Linux systems.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/52805927

But author warns that Direct3D 7 “is a land of highly cursed API inter-operability.”

The Linux Mint team just shared a new report on what they worked on in October, and it highlights updates to Cinnamon, better troubleshooting tools, and a few other tweaks.

Ubuntu Unity, the community-driven flavor reviving the classic Unity desktop, is struggling, and a moderator is calling for help to keep it alive.

RFC proposes power-button interrupt – and highlights wider problems with sleep states

Linus Torvalds has grown frustrated enough with seeing "Link: " tags within Git commits/patches that often times they are of no value and he's had enough of it. For Linux kernel activity moving forward he's going to be more strict over "useless" link tags in Git commit messages.