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NVIDIA 580.82.07 Supports NVIDIA Smooth Motion on GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs

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OpenSSL 3.6 Promises LMS Signature Verification Support, Alpha Out Now

OpenSSL 3.6 promises LMS signature verification support as per [SP 800-208] in both the FIPS and default providers, and support for EVP_SKEY opaque symmetric key objects to the key derivation and key exchange provider methods via EVP_KDF_CTX_set_SKEY(), EVP_KDF_derive_SKEY(), and EVP_PKEY_derive_SKEY() functions.

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BesGnuLinux: a Lightweight, Fast, Furious, and Stable Distro

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 04, 2025

Quoting: BesGnuLinux: a Lightweight, Fast, Furious, and Stable Distro - FOSS Force —

In case you’re wondering, here’s how I choose a distro to be FOSS Force’s Distro of the Week. Unless I get a directive handed down from our editor Christine Hall, I am usually left to my own devices, meaning I’m free to choose whatever distro I find most interesting or relevant for the week.

Sometimes I scour places like article archives or Distrowatch to see which distros have been updated recently. I even visit distrowiz.com to take their interesting AI-driven quiz to see what distros each particular test throws up. This week I’m going with Distrowatch, which recently reported that the Turkish distro Besgnulinux has released version 3-0 a few weeks ago (and yes, the distro uses a dash instead of a dot in its versioning), so that’s our choice today.

Besgnulinux has been around since 2017. The latest version is based on the recent release of Debian Trixie (stable) and features the lightweight JWM window manager as a way to conserve resources. This fits a Besgnulinux mandate to enable computers to run long after their prime. For the most part, the distro succeeds in this endeavor.

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