TUXEDO Computers rilascia la Open Beta di TUXEDO OS basata su Debian Testing. Addio a Ubuntu e Snap, arrivano il modello "Continuous Debian" e snapshot Btrfs.

L'articolo TUXEDO OS: Al via la Open Beta basata su Debian Testing proviene da Marco's Box.

"Epic Games has confirmed that it is working on a Linux version of its storefront, potentially removing the need for third-party launchers on platforms such as Steam Deck," reports PC Guide: The confirmation came during an Ask Me Anything (AMA) on the Epic Games Store's community Discord server. When a user asked whether Epic had any plans for a Linux version of its launcher, an Epic staff member confirmed that it is coming "soon(TM)" in emoji form. Of course, that is far from confirming any kind of date, but it is official confirmation of a Linux version nonetheless. "On top of that, Nvidia's GeForce Now [cloud gaming] app for Linux is also official, having emerged from beta," writes TechRadar, calling it all part of "a rosier future for Linux gamers." And while it's not related to gaming, OpenAI's ["preview"] release of a ChatGPT app for Linux is another milestone for the platform... OpenAI said: "Linux has been one of the most-requested platforms for the desktop app, and this launch extends ChatGPT and Codex across every major desktop operating system." The Epic Games Store arriving natively is great news for gamers running Linux — including SteamOS — as it means a much more convenient way of playing games from the store, as opposed to the current situation with fudging and workarounds (using a third-party app such as the Heroic Games Launcher)... Epic's own Fortnite doesn't work on Linux (and that's down to Epic actively blocking the game from running due to issues around cheating, which remains a source of controversy). Given the apparent changing attitude here with its launcher being ported over, maybe Epic will reverse course on Fortnite eventually. Some gamers on Reddit are highly skeptical about that possibility though, and as one doubting Redditor put it: "I wouldn't hold my breath."

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Linux Kernel 7.2 has just been officially released with a slew of new features, reports the blog 9to5Linux. Highlights of Linux 7.2 "include cache-aware load-balancing support, initial HDMI 2.1 FRL support to the AMDGPU driver, support for devres-based management of ACPI notify handlers, initial CRI platform support for the Intel Xe driver, and Rust support for the IBM System/390 (S/390) architecture." Linux kernel 7.2 also introduces a "Fair(er)" GPU scheduler, support for the 'zerocopy' library to Rust support to make zero-cost memory manipulation effortless, new hwcaps for the 2025 dpISA extensions on the AArch64 (ARM64) architecture, and enables large folios by default for the Btrfs file system. It also brings Intel CPU model number support for Panther Lake R processor series, improvements to the kernel's swap subsystem, support for multi-size transparent huge pages (mTHPs) to the khugepaged kernel thread, and support for compressed files to the SMB filesystem. On top of that, Linux 7.2 improves the new NTFS filesystem introduced in Linux kernel 7.1, adds devicetree updates for 64-bit NXP/Freescale and Qualcomm platforms, introduces MPTCP signaling support for IPv6 addresses, adds GRO/GSO support for PPPoE, and brings more SMP load-balancing updates... [T]he TCP authentication option has been implemented, and there are also some Thunderbolt networking improvements. Also worth mentioning is that the KVM subsystem has received support for AMD's "guest-mode execution trap" and Intel's "mode-based execution control" (MBEC) features, the NFS file system's default block size was bumped to 4MB on systems with at least 16GB RAM, and support for the Intel Trusted Domain Extensions (TDX) feature has been added. Thanks to Slashdot reader prisoninmate for bring the news.

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L'ecosistema del gaming su Linux sta per arricchirsi di un altro tassello fondamentale. Dopo i rumor e l'impegno di altri store nel migliorare la compatibilità con il sistema operativo del pinguino, Epic Games ha confermato che il supporto nativo per Linux è in arrivo “presto”.

L'articolo Epic Games Store si prepara al supporto nativo su Linux proviene da Marco's Box.

Importanti novità gli i videogiocatori su Linux: NVIDIA ha annunciato che l'applicazione nativa di GeForce NOW per PC Linux ha ufficialmente completato la fase di test ed è uscita dalla beta, passando alla release stabile generale.

L'articolo GeForce NOW per Linux esce dalla Beta: l’app nativa passa a versione stabile proviene da Marco's Box.

Nuova puntata del podcast di Marco's Box, questa volta dedicata a commentare le principali notizie dal mondo di linux e del software libero e open source.

L'articolo Il podcast di Marco’s Box #221 – ChatGPT sbarca su Linux proviene da Marco's Box.

Dopo una disponibilità limitata a macOS e Windows, OpenAI ha reso disponibile la prima versione preview dell'app desktop di ChatGPT per Linux.

L'articolo OpenAI rilascia l’app desktop ufficiale di ChatGPT per Linux con integrazione Codex proviene da Marco's Box.

Proton sta lavorando a un proprio browser web. L’azienda svizzera famosa per i suoi prodotti Proton VPN e Proton Mail, è alla ricerca di sviluppatori per creare un browser incentrato sulla tutela della privacy degli utenti. A rivelarlo è un annuncio di lavoro comparso sul sito di Proton nel quale si cerca un ingegnere software […]

L'articolo Proton sta sviluppando un browser web (basato su Chromium) proviene da Marco's Box.

Xfer, creatrice dei popolari sintetizzatori software VST Serum e Serum 2, ha pubblicato sul proprio forum una beta per Linux. Per chi produce musica al computer è un’ottima notizia: questo plugin non ha mai funzionato in modo affidabile con Wine/Yabridge ed è spesso indicato come uno dei motivi per cui molti evitano di passare a […]

L'articolo Il sintetizzatore software Xfer Serum 2 sbarca su Linux proviene da Marco's Box.

Ricordate cosa ha detto Greg Kroah-Hartman a proposito delle innumerevoli #CVE pubblicate dal #Kernel #Linux? Se non volete pagare una subscription, usate #Debian! Ma quante aziende hanno politiche di aggiornamento dei sistemi operativi serrate? Quante aziende non si sono ancora rese conto che se prima l'approccio poteva essere semestrale o trimestrale oggi questo deve essere settimanale? Esistono ancora aziende che hanno sistemi Single Point Of Failure (#SPOF) che non possono essere spenti? Ah, a saperlo. O forse lo si sa, ma è meglio non dirlo. Nel frattempo, all'interno del progetto Debian arriva una General Resolution che determinerà se e come i contributi #AI verranno accettati nel progetto.

Misure straordinarie per la sicurezza su Arch Linux. Con un breve e perentorio comunicato inviato alla mailing list aur-general, Robin Candau (noto con l’alias Antiz, membro del DevOps team di Arch Linux) ha annunciato la sospensione temporanea della funzione di adozione dei pacchetti dismessi su AUR (Arch User Repository). La decisione è stata presa d’urgenza […]

L'articolo Attacchi su AUR: Arch Linux blocca l’adozione dei pacchetti orfani proviene da Marco's Box.

Quello che sulla carta appare come un diluvio di problemi di sicurezza che riguardano il Kernel Linux è in realtà un normale momento di vita del progetto open-source più importante del mondo. Il momento torna però utile al manutentore del Kernel Linux stabile, Greg Kroah-Hartman, per ricordare a tutti che aggiornare i propri sistemi con frequenza non è un'opzione, ma dovrebbe essere un mantra.

Sustaining a Core Part of the Linux Ecosystem

The Linux Foundation has announced a second year of sponsorship for the ongoing maintenance of the Linux manual pages (man-pages) project, led by Alejandro (Alex) Colomar. This critical initiative is made possible through the continued support of Google, Hudson River Trading, and Meta, who have renewed their sponsorship to ensure the long-term health of one of the most fundamental resources in the Linux ecosystem.

Since 2020, Alex Colomar has been the lead maintainer of the man-pages, providing detailed documentation for system calls, library functions, and other core aspects of the Linux API. While Alex initially maintained the project voluntarily, sponsorship beginning in 2024—supported by Google, Hudson River Trading, Meta, and others—has enabled him to dedicate more time and focus to improving the quality, accessibility, and accuracy of the Linux man-pages.

Expanding and Modernizing the Man-Pages

Over the last year, Alex’s work has resulted in major improvements that benefit both developers and maintainers across the Linux ecosystem. Highlights include:

• Enhanced readability and structure: The SYNOPSIS sections of many pages now include clearer parameter names and array bounds, while large pages such as fcntl(2), futex(2), and keyctl(2) have been refactored into more focused, maintainable units.
  
• Build system improvements: Updates make packaging easier for distributions and introduce new diagnostic checks that help identify inconsistencies across pages.
  
• New documentation for GCC and Clang attributes: These additions reduce the documentation burden on the LLVM project while helping developers better understand compiler-specific features.
  
• Coverage of POSIX.1-2024 and ISO C23 updates: Nearly all recent standard changes have been documented, with more updates in progress.
  
• Developer tools and scripts: Utilities such as diffman-git(1), mansect(1), and pdfman(1) help developers compare versions, extract specific sections, and generate printable documentation. Some are now included by default in major Linux distributions.
  
• Historical preservation: Documentation now includes guidance for producing PDF books of manual pages and the ongoing project of recreating original Unix manuals to compare modern APIs against historical references.
  
• Upstream fixes and contributions: Beyond man-pages, Alex has submitted patches to groff, the Linux kernel, and GCC, and contributed to improving the spatial memory safety of C through the ISO C Committee, including by adding the new _Countof()operator which will continue to evolve in the coming years.
  

Enabling Sustainability Through Collaboration

The man-pages project continues to be one of the most relied-upon open documentation resources in computing, providing millions of developers with accurate and accessible information directly from the command line. Its continued maintenance is vital to the long-term health of Linux and open source software at large.

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