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In this tutorial, learn the simple steps to enable Flatpak support in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS to expand your app options.

The post How to Install Flatpak Apps on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS appeared first on Linux Today.

OpenSnitch is an "interactive application firewall". Like other firewalls, it uses a series of rules to decide what network traffic should be permitted. Unlike many other firewalls, though, OpenSnitch does not ask the user to create a list of rules ahead of time. Instead, the list of rules can be built up incrementally as applications make connections — and the user can peruse both the rules that have built up over time, and statistics on the connections that have been attempted.

Auto-cpufreq 2.4 CPU speed and power optimizer for Linux adds platform profiles, Gentoo & Dinit init system support.

The post Auto-Cpufreq 2.4 Adds Platform Profile Settings appeared first on Linux Today.

Version 4.21.0 of the Samba Windows interoperability suite has been released. Changes include some authentication hardening, a number of LDAP improvements, per-user and per-group veto and hide files, group-managed service accounts, and quite a bit more.

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (bubblewrap and flatpak, containernetworking-plugins, fence-agents, ghostscript, krb5, orc, podman, python3.11, python3.9, resource-agents, runc, and wget), Debian (chromium, cinder, glance, gnutls28, nova, nsis, python-oslo.utils, ruby-sinatra, and setuptools), Fedora (kernel), Oracle (bubblewrap and flatpak, buildah, containernetworking-plugins, fence-agents, ghostscript, gvisor-tap-vsock, kernel, krb5, libndp, nodejs:18, orc, podman, postgresql, python-urllib3, python3.11, python3.12, python3.9, runc, skopeo, and wget), SUSE (hdf5, netcdf, trilinos), and Ubuntu (firefox, imagemagick, ironic, openssl, python-django, vim, and znc).

QEMU 9.1 open-source machine emulator is here, bringing enhanced ARM and RISC-V support and security updates.

The post QEMU 9.1 Released with Better ARM and RISC-V Support appeared first on Linux Today.

Version:next-20240905 (linux-next) Released:2024-09-05

Rocky Linux is a community enterprise operating system designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It is available for the x86_64 and AArch64 processor architectures.

Daphile is a minimal operating system for running a digital audio player on a headless computer. The operating system and media manager can be controlled remotely using a web-based interface.

The LWN.net Weekly Edition for September 5, 2024 is available.

The call for candidates has gone out for the 2024 election of members of the Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board:

The TAB exists to provide advice from the kernel community to the Linux Foundation and holds a seat on the LF's board of directors; it also serves to facilitate interactions both within the community and with outside entities. Over the last year, the TAB has overseen the organization of the Linux Plumbers Conference, advised on the setup of the kernel CVE numbering authority, worked behind the scenes to help resolve a number of contentious community discussions, worked with the Linux Foundation on community conference planning, and more.

Nominations are due by September 20.

Version 4.0 of the Tellico collection-management software has been released. This is the first release to use the KDE Frameworks 6 and Qt6 libraries, with a fallback available for Frameworks 5 and Qt5. Other notable changes in 4.0 include importing video collections from file metadata and correctly importing multi-disc album data from Discogs, MusicBrainz, and iTunes. Users of prior versions are advised to make a backup of their data before upgrading.

Copr, which stands for Cool Other Package Repo, is a build system and third-party package repository designed for Fedora and RPM-based distributions.

The post Understanding Copr: The Community-Driven Fedora Software Repository appeared first on Linux Today.

Learn how to easily install Akregator on your Ubuntu 24.04 desktop. Follow this simple, step-by-step guide to get Akregator up and running using either Ubuntu’s default repository or Flatpak from Flathub.

The post How to Install Akregator on Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop via Terminal appeared first on Linux Today.

The creator of the popular open-source network protocol analyzer talks about what’s new in Wireshark 4.4, how governance has changed, and what to expect next.

The open-source Wireshark network protocol analyzer is among the most widely used technologies by networking professionals. Version 4.4, which became generally available on Aug. 28, has a number of new features aimed at making it even easier to use and better understand what’s running on a network

The post Open Source Wireshark 4.4 Boosts Network Protocol Visibility appeared first on Linux Today.

Audacity 3.6.2 open-source audio editor includes Legacy effects, enhances performance, and resolves numerous bugs.

The post Audacity 3.6.2 Bringing Back Legacy Effects appeared first on Linux Today.

Much of the early Rust code for the kernel has taken the form of reimplementations of existing drivers as a proof of concept. One project, though, is entirely new: the driver for Apple GPUs written by Asahi Lina. This driver has shipped with Asahi Linux for some time and, by many accounts, is stable, usable, and a shining example of how Rust can be used in a complex kernel subsystem. That driver remains outside of the mainline kernel, though, and merging currently looks like a distant prospect. The reasons for that state of affairs highlight some of the difficulties inherent in integrating a new language (and its associated development style) into the Linux kernel.

Docker Desktop 4.34 debuts with MSI installer, NVIDIA AI, new authentication features, and major networking upgrades.

The post Docker Desktop 4.34: MSI Installer and NVIDIA AI Integration appeared first on Linux Today.

The 6.10.8, 6.6.49, 6.1.108, 5.15.166, 5.10.225, 5.4.283, and 4.19.321 stable kernel updates have all been released. As usual, they contain important fixes throughout the tree. Users of those kernels should upgrade.

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (buildah, gvisor-tap-vsock, nodejs:18, python-urllib3, and skopeo), Debian (firefox-esr and openssl), Fedora (apr and seamonkey), Red Hat (podman), Slackware (mozilla and seamonkey), SUSE (bubblewrap and flatpak, buildah, docker, dovecot23, ffmpeg, frr, go1.21-openssl, graphviz, java-1_8_0-openj9, kubernetes1.26, kubernetes1.27, kubernetes1.28, openssl-1_0_0, openssl-3, perl-DBI, python-aiohttp, python-Django, python-WebOb, thunderbird, tiff, ucode-intel, unbound, webkit2gtk3, and xen), and Ubuntu (drupal7 and twisted).