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📰 DietPi 9.20 Brings RustDesk Server and Broad SBC Improvements DietPi 9.20 is out with RustDesk Server support, USB improvements for Orange Pi boards, kernel updates, and multiple stability and bug fixes. 🔗 Source: 👉@sysadminoff https://linuxiac.com/dietpi-9-20-brings-rustdesk-server-and-broad-sbc-improvements/

📰 AmpereOne M Finally Appears - In The Oracle Cloud With A4 Back in July 2024, Ampere Computing announced AmpereOne M on their road-map for Q4'2024 to provide AmpereOne with 12 channel DDR5 memory compared to eight memory channels with the original AmpereOne processors. Then this past May the AmpereOne M SKUs were announced while Ampere Computing stated these "M" processors had been shipping since Q4 of last year. 🔗 Source: 👉@sysadminoff https://www.phoronix.com/news/AmpereOne-M-Oracle-Cloud-A4

Объявлены устаревшими 11 методов верификации доменов для TLS-сертификатов Ассоциация CA/Browser Forum, выступающая площадкой для совместного принятия решений с учётом интересов производителей браузеров и удостоверяющих центров, утвердила новые требования к организациям, выдающим сертификаты для HTTPS. В новых требованиях объявлены устаревшими 11 методов проверки владения доменом, для которого выдаётся сертификат. Прекращение поддержки устаревших методов будет производиться поэтапно до марта 2028 года. В качестве причин прекращения поддержки отмечается фокусирование внимания на автоматически выполняемых и криптографически верифицируемых методах проверки. 👉@sysadminoff https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64426

📰 Intel Quietly Discontinues Its Open-Source User-Space Gaudi Driver Code There's another setback to the open-source driver code around Intel's Gaudi accelerator support on Linux... 🔗 Source: 👉@sysadminoff https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-SynapseAI-Stops

New features in Microsoft Entra: WebView2, AI Agents ID, synced passkeys Recent Microsoft Entra and Windows updates introduce multiple changes across authentication, identity management, and access control. The updates include an option to replace the legacy EdgeHTML WebView with the Chromium-based WebView2 for Entra ID authentication flows, improved identity constructs for AI agents, public preview support for synced passkeys, and expanded self-service account recovery. Additional changes cover jailbreak detection in Microsoft Authenticator, enforcement of a stricter Content Security Policy for browser-based sign-ins, updates to session revocation behavior, and new capabilities in Entra ID Governance, External ID, and Global Secure Access. Source 👉@sysadminoff https://4sysops.com/archives/new-features-in-microsoft-entra-webview2-ai-agents-id-synced-passkeys/

Self-service password reset with SMS in Microsoft Entra External ID Microsoft Entra External ID now supports SMS-based verification for self-service password reset (SSPR), providing external users an additional recovery method beyond email one-time passcodes. The feature entered public preview in September 2025 and includes built-in fraud protection through integration with Microsoft's Phone Reputation platform. Source 👉@sysadminoff https://4sysops.com/archives/self-service-password-reset-with-sms-in-microsoft-entra-external-id/

📰 Fresh Launches as a New Terminal-First Text Editor Fresh is a newly released open-source terminal text editor combining modern UI elements, mouse support, plugins, and strong performance. 🔗 Source: 👉@sysadminoff https://linuxiac.com/fresh-launches-as-a-new-terminal-first-text-editor/

📰 7 Projects Killed by Ubuntu (But I Still Miss Them) Over the span of the past 15 years, Ubuntu started several projects. Not all of them are active today. And yet, they live in our memory. 🔗 Source: 👉@sysadminoff https://itsfoss.com/projects-ditched-by-ubuntu/

📰 Kernel Graphics Driver Changes Already Begin Lining Up For Linux 6.20~7.0 Even before the Linux 6.19 merge window wrapped up this weekend with the Linux 6.19-rc1 release, there was already the first pull request to DRM-Next of the first batch of new material to be queued for Linux 6.19's successor... 🔗 Source: 👉@sysadminoff https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-DRM-Misc-Next-Post-6.19

📰 Denmark takes a Viking swing at VPN-enabled piracy Minister insists 'modest' bill is not an assault on privacy-preserving tech The Danish government wants the public to weigh in on its proposed laws restricting use of VPNs to access certain corners of the internet.… 🔗 Source: 👉@sysadminoff https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/12/15/denmark_vpn_ban/

📰 Scribus 1.6.5 Open-Source Desktop Publishing App Released with Various Changes Scribus 1.6.5 free and open-source desktop publishing software is now available for download with various updates and bug fixes. Here’s what’s changed! 🔗 Source: 👉@sysadminoff https://9to5linux.com/scribus-1-6-5-open-source-desktop-publishing-app-released-with-various-changes

SparkyLinux 2025.12 “Tiamat” Released with Debian Forky Base, Linux Kernel 6.17 SparkyLinux 2025.12 distribution is now available for download based on Debian Testing/Forky and powered by Linux kernel 6.17. Here's what's new! The post SparkyLinux 2025.12 “Tiamat” Released with Debian Forky Base, Linux Kernel 6.17 appeared first on 9to5Linux - do not reproduce this article without permission. This RSS feed is intended for readers, not scrapers. 👉@sysadminoff https://9to5linux.com/sparkylinux-2025-12-tiamat-released-with-debian-forky-base-linux-kernel-6-17

Выпуск Ventoy 1.1.09, инструментария для загрузки произвольных систем с USB-носителей Опубликован выпуск инструментария Ventoy 1.1.09, предназначенного для создания загрузочных USB-носителей, включающих несколько операционных систем. Программа позволяет загрузить ОС из неизменных ISO-, WIM-, IMG-, VHD- и EFI-образов, не требуя распаковки образа или переформатирования носителя. Достаточно просто скопировать интересующий набор iso-образов на USB Flash с загрузчиком Ventoy, и он обеспечит загрузку операционных систем, находящихся внутри образов. В любой момент можно заменить или добавить новые iso-образы, просто скопировав новые файлы, что удобно для тестирования и предварительного ознакомления с различными дистрибутивами и операционными системами. Код проекта написан на языке Си и распространяется под лицензией GPLv3. 👉@sysadminoff https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64425

Scribus 1.6.5 Open-Source Desktop Publishing App Released with Various Changes Scribus 1.6.5 free and open-source desktop publishing software is now available for download with various updates and bug fixes. Here’s what’s changed! The post Scribus 1.6.5 Open-Source Desktop Publishing App Released with Various Changes appeared first on 9to5Linux - do not reproduce this article without permission. This RSS feed is intended for readers, not scrapers. 👉@sysadminoff https://9to5linux.com/scribus-1-6-5-open-source-desktop-publishing-app-released-with-various-changes

Анонсирован KDE Ni! OS, дистрибутив для разработчиков KDE Один из разработчиков KDE анонсировал проект KDE Ni! OS, нацеленный на создания окружения для работы с KDE на основе технологий NixOS. Проект развивает Иван Чукич (Ivan Čukić), 13 по числу коммитов участник разработки KDE Plasma , автор книги "Functional Programming in C++" и сотрудник компании KDAB, занимающей второе место по вкладу в разработку Qt. 👉@sysadminoff https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64424

📰 Pangolin 1.13 Released With Private Resources and User Device Access Pangolin 1.13, an open-source, zero-trust VPN, introduces Private Resources, user devices, and a new WireGuard-based networking model. 🔗 Source: 👉@sysadminoff https://linuxiac.com/pangolin-1-13-released-with-private-resources-and-user-device-access/

📰 CentOS Kmods SIG Providing NVIDIA Linux Open GPU Kernel Modules For RHEL/CentOS Users The CentOS kernel modules "Kmods" special interest group (SIG) is now providing NVIDIA Linux Open GPU Kernel Modules for users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and its downstreams as well as for CentOS Stream... 🔗 Source: 👉@sysadminoff https://www.phoronix.com/news/CentOS-Kmods-SIG-NVIDIA

📰 15 Signs Linux Is Not For You If you recognized yourself in a few of these points, that doesn’t mean Linux isn’t for you. In fact, you can count it as an invitation. It just means you’ve spent a long time in an ecosystem that treats you more like a product than a participant. 🔗 Source: 👉@sysadminoff https://itsfoss.com/signs-linux-is-not-for-you/

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: December 14th, 2025 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for December 14th, 2025, brings news about Firefox 146, Cinnamon 6.6. pearOS, KDE Gear 25.12, KDE Plasma 6.5.4, KDE Frameworks 6.21, COSMIC on Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS, Thunderbird 146, Tails 7.3.1, AerynOS 2025.12, Parrot 7.0 Beta, Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.2, NVIDIA 580.119.02, Kali Linux 2025.4, Grml 2025.12, Linux 6.19 RC, Mixxx 2.5.4, and more. The post 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: December 14th, 2025 appeared first on 9to5Linux - do not reproduce this article without permission. This RSS feed is intended for readers, not scrapers. 👉@sysadminoff https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-december-14th-2025

📰 Early Linux 6.19 Benchmarks On AMD EPYC 9965 2P Excelling For AI & HPC Performance As the Linux 6.19 merge window winded down this weekend, I began running this development kernel on more systems. While there are some scheduler regressions currently with Linux 6.19 Git, for HPC workloads especially I am seeing some encouraging results using a flagship AMD EPYC 9965 2P server configuration. 🔗 Source: 👉@sysadminoff https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-epyc-9965-linux-619