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The generation of binary code for the kernel's BPF virtual machine has been limited to the Clang compiler since the beginning; even developers who use GCC to build kernels must use Clang to compile to BPF. Work has been underway for some years on adding a BPF backend to GCC as well; the developers involved ran a session at the 2024 GNU Tools Cauldron to provide an update on that project. It would seem that the BPF backend is close to being ready for production use.

Security updates have been issued by Debian (php-twig and pymongo), Fedora (linux-firmware, microcode_ctl, and python3.13), Mageia (clamav, microcode, postgresql13 and postgresql15, python3-webob, suricata, tcpreplay, tgt, and wireshark), Oracle (httpd, kernel, and linux-kernel), Red Hat (firefox, kernel, kernel-rt, pcs, and thunderbird), SUSE (389-ds, chromium, golang-github-prometheus-prometheus, htmldoc, kernel, SUSE Manager Client Tools, and wireshark), and Ubuntu (clamav, curl, dcmtk, dovecot, nginx, openssh, and python3.10, python3.12, python3.8).

Version:next-20240917 (linux-next) Released:2024-09-17

Discover how to safeguard your online privacy on Linux by installing Tor Browser, a secure and anonymous web browser, with step-by-step instructions and essential tips for safe browsing.

The post What is Tor Browser (and How to Install it on Major Linux) appeared first on Linux Today.

Fedora 42 may switch to a new web-based installer, focusing on user-friendly guided options and better support for advanced storage configurations.

The post Fedora 42 to Introduce New Anaconda Web UI Installer appeared first on Linux Today.

Immich 1.115 self-hosted photo and video backup solution addresses backlog issues and introduces improved album management.

The post Immich 1.115 Allows Manual Linking of Live Motion Photos appeared first on Linux Today.

The Linux Foundation has announced the creation of the OpenSearch Software Foundation as a vendor‑neutral home for the OpenSearch search and observability software:

Established in 2021 and previously hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS), OpenSearch has recorded more than 700 million software downloads and participation from thousands of contributors and more than 200 project maintainers.

AWS created the OpenSearch project as an open-source fork of ElasticSearch and Kibana in 2021 after Elastic moved those projects to non-free licenses. Elastic announced in August that it would relicense the projects under the Affero GPL (AGPL).

Niri 0.1.9, the scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor, now features IPC event streams, on-demand VRR, NVIDIA flicker fixes, and more.

The post Niri 0.1.9 Unveils Enhanced Workspace and Window Management appeared first on Linux Today.

Kdenlive open-source video editor releases version 24.08.1 with important fixes for playback and rendering. Here’s more on that!

The post Kdenlive 24.08.1 Resolves Playback Issues appeared first on Linux Today.

Shotcut 24.09, a free cross-platform video editor, enhances video resolution and fixes bugs in audio playback.

The post Shotcut 24.09 Delivers Key Fixes and User-Requested Features appeared first on Linux Today.

The Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo) has voted to immediately remove the WolfSSL package from all of Fedora's repositories due to its maintainer failing to gain approval to package a new cryptography library for Fedora. Its brief travels through Fedora's package system highlights gaps in documentation, as well as in the package‑review process. The good news is that this may stir Fedora to improve its documentation and revive a formal security team.

Attention Arch users, Pacman 7.0 has just landed in stable Arch’s repos. However, if you use local ones, you must manually intervene. Here’s how to do it.

The post Pacman 7.0 Required Manual Intervention for Local Repositories appeared first on Linux Today.

Version 8.0.0 of the Valkey open-source in-memory data store is now available. This is the first major release of Valkey since the project forked from Redis in March of this year:

While this is a major version, Valkey takes command set compatibility seriously: Valkey 8.0.0 makes no backwards incompatible changes to the existing command syntax or their responses. Your existing tools and custom software will be able to immediately take advantage of Valkey 8.0.0. Since Valkey 8.0.0 does make some small changes to previously undefined behaviors, it's wise to read the release notes. Additionally, because this version makes changes in how the software uses threading, you may want to re-evaluate your cluster's infrastructure to achieve the highest performance.

Linus Torvalds announced today the release and general availability of Linux kernel 6.11, the latest stable version of the Linux kernel that introduces several new features and improvements.

The post Linux Kernel 6.11 Officially Released, Here’s What’s New appeared first on Linux Today.

The 6.11 kernel was released on September 15 after a typical nine-week development cycle. This release integrates 13,890 non-merge changesets, so it was a moderately busy cycle, slightly more so that 6.10 was. With a new release comes a new round of development statistics; read on for the details.

MX Linux 23.4 “Libretto” released, bringing bug fixes, kernel 6.1, app updates, and more. Based on Debian 12.7 “Bookworm.”

The post MX Linux 23.4 Released, Here’s What’s New appeared first on Linux Today.

SerNet secured €688,800 in funding from Germany’s Sovereign Tech Fund to boost Samba’s security, scalability, and functionality.

The post Germany’s Sovereign Tech Fund Injects €688K into Samba appeared first on Linux Today.

Security updates have been issued by Debian (git, nodejs, and ring), Fedora (apr, bubblewrap, chromium, clamav, flatpak, mingw-expat, python3-docs, python3.12, and thunderbird), Mageia (assimp, botan2, python-tqdm, and radare2), Slackware (libarchive), and SUSE (curl).

Version:next-20240916 (linux-next) Released:2024-09-16

MX Linux, a desktop-oriented Linux distribution based on Debian's "Stable" branch, is a cooperative venture between the antiX and former MEPIS Linux communities. Using Xfce as the default desktop (with separate KDE Plasma and Fluxbox editions also available), it is a mid-weight operating system designed to combine an elegant and efficient desktop with simple configuration, high stability, solid performance and medium-sized footprint.