Cohen: gccrs: An alternative compiler for Rust

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[$] Progress on toolchain security features

Over the years, there has been steady progress in adding security features to compilers and other tools to assist with hardening the Linux kernel (and, of course, other programs). [...]

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The 6.12 kernel has been released

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FreeBSD Foundation releases Bhyve and Capsicum security audit

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AlmaLinux 9.5 released

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[$] Book review: Run Your Own Mail Server

The most common piece of advice given to users who ask about running their own mail server is don't. Setting up and securing a mail server in 2024 is not for the faint of heart, no [...]

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FreeCAD 1.0 released

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Rocky Linux 9.5 released

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Plans for CHICKEN 6

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Blender 4.3 released

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[$] RVKMS and Rust KMS bindings

At the 2024 X.Org Developers Conference (XDC), Lyude Paul gave a talk on the work she has been doing as part of the Nova project, which is an effort build an NVIDIA GPU driver in R [...]

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[$] Arch Linux finally starts licensing PKGBUILDs

Arch Linux is popular as a base for other Linux distributions; examples of Arch-derivatives include EndeavourOS, Manjaro, Parabola, and SteamOS. There's one small problem: the cont [...]

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Elementary OS 8 released

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[$] GIMP 3.0 — a milestone for open-source image editing

The long-awaited release of the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) 3.0 is on the way, marking the first major update since version 2.10 was released in April 2018. It now featur [...]

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