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A minor performance optimization is on the way to the Linux kernel for roughly two decade old CPUs that have SSE but lack SSE2. This includes the AMD Athlon XP series, some early Sempron models, and some Intel Celeron and Pentium III models.
Linux 7.2-rc7 is now available for testing as we close in on the official Linux 7.2 release hopefully next weekend.
Qualcomm engineers posted a set of 15 patches today for the Linux kernel to enable the Qualcomm Kuno SoC support and their reference development platform.
After five years, the user-facing web camera on the Dell Latitude 7320 2-in-1 laptop is finally gaining support on Linux, thanks to independent community efforts.
New Linux patches have been posted to enable the ASUS ROG Ryujin III all-in-one CPU liquid cooling setup to work under Linux for monitoring. The patches extend the asus_rog_ryujin Linux driver to support the newer ASUS ROG Ryujin III coolers.
A set of patches from Intel are set to be merged for the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window to enhance the cluster-aware scheduling code so it better handles load balancing on modern Intel Core (Ultra) hybrid CPUs with a mix of P and E/LPE cores.
Polychromatic 0.9.8 is now available for managing Razer devices on Linux, featuring a device map for the Razer Blade 16 2023 model and support for translating AppStream meta information.
Wine 11.15 is out today as the newest development release for this open-source software enabling Windows games and applications to run on Linux. It brings more KDF algorithms implemented in BCrypt, support for ARM64EC build with the MinGW mode, and more.
The Linux kernel's hardware monitoring (HWMON) subsystem has seen many fixes this week for issues mostly raised by the Sashiko AI bot. These fixes are now merged ahead of Linux 7.2-rc7 due out tomorrow.
KDE Plasma 6.8 is set to bring several enhancements, including better UI feedback for printer issues and user account creation, along with significant improvements to its built-in remote desktop server.
Initial Apple M3 Pro / Max / Ultra support is being upstreamed for the Linux 7.3 kernel. This includes basic Device Tree files for the mainline Linux kernel, but many features remain to be supported and upstreamed.
Intel has released an updated version of their QuickAssist Technology library (QATlib) as the user-space component for making use of QuickAssist accelerators under Linux. The new version, QATlib 26.08, includes support for next-gen QAT Gen6 6XXX accelerators and adds feat…
A use-after-free bug in Linux's SCTP networking code can be turned into full root on a host, and Tencent researchers say they used it to escape a container and reach the machine underneath. The flaw has existed since 2008.
NetworkManager, a widely-used software for Linux network configuration, has adopted a policy for AI coding assistants. The policy requires authors to be accountable for the entire patch and to review and understand the code before submitting it.
AMD has submitted their last planned feature updates ahead of the Linux 7.3 merge window opening later this month. The updates include improvements for GPU reset recovery on older hardware, DRM format modifier support for older hardware, second graphics pipe for GFX11 APU…
A new Linux vulnerability, Zapscape, has been discovered in the KVM x86 code, allowing guest-to-host escape and local privilege escalation (LPE) on certain Linux distributions.
The Btrfs file-system has restored its COW fixup mechanism to address silent data loss. This change is included in Linux 7.2-rc7 and will be part of the stable v7.2 kernel later this month.
The Linux networking subsystem is being bombarded with AI-generated patches, with some weeks seeing double the count of typical patches. This is despite efforts to keep the patches smaller and prevent AI/LLM noise around old/unused code.
IceWM 4.1, the first new release since IceWM 4.0, is now available. It brings a handful of bug fixes, a new 'ignoreUserTime' window option, and a 'mouse move' command for icesh.
Researchers found a way to bypass recent mitigations for Spectre v2 speculative execution side-channel attacks and developed an exploit to leak secrets from Linux machines.
A new Linux kernel vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-64561, could allow an attacker with kernel privileges inside an L1 guest virtual machine (VM) to escape KVM isolation and execute code on the host. The flaw affects KVM/x86's shadow memory management unit (MMU) and req…
A vulnerability in Linux's Speculative Return Stack Overflow (SRSO) mitigation affecting AMD Zen 1 through Zen 4 processors has been patched. The Safe RET Interrupt Vulnerability could lead to the SRSO mitigation being weakened and/or information disclosure.
A set of patches providing fixes for the Apple Silicon NVMe driver for the Linux kernel were sent out today due to new issues cropping up when running newer Apple firmware.
The Linux kernel has a security vulnerability that allows legacy I/O and memory interfaces to remain open in lockdown mode, allowing root users to write arbitrary I/O ports and map legacy I/O and memory spaces.
A new kernel feature proposed by a Google engineer is Page Alloc Hogger to allow for fine control over where memory pages are allocated in order to more easily reproduce low-memory conditions, make it simpler to exert memory pressure, and enable other stressful memory con…
AMD GFX1171 support has been merged for Mesa 26.3, adding the new target to the RADV and RadeonSI drivers. This follows the earlier addition of GFX1170 support in April.
The Linux 7.3 kernel release will include an important addition for those with an original Valve Steam Controller: support for sensor events. This will allow for the use of the controller's accelerometers, gyroscope, touch grips, and more outside of the Steam client or SDL.
Mesa 26.2 stable is now available as the newest quarterly feature release for this set of open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers typically used on Linux systems. Mesa 26.2 is another splendid feature update for these open-source user-space 3D drivers, especially on the Vul…
Intel engineers have developed a new feature for Linux 7.2 called USB4STREAM, which allows for quick data transfers between USB4 connected systems. A busy poll mode is now being added to provide lower-latency data transfers at the expense of increased CPU activity.
Denial is a new Wayland compositor, currently in alpha, that uniquely embeds the Flutter engine directly into its codebase, leveraging Rust and Smithay for optimal Arch Linux integration.