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SparkyLinux 8.3 Released with Support for Linux Kernel 7.0, Debian 13.4 Base  9to5Linux

Intel IGC 2.34.4 Compiler Brings Many Improvements  Phoronix

The Intel Graphics Compiler "IGC" 2.34.4 release is out today as this compiler used by the Intel Compute Runtime for Level Zero and OpenCL compute on Intel graphics hardware plus is also used as the graphics shader compiler under Windows...

Linux developers weigh emergency "killswitch" for vulnerable kernel functions  Help Net Security

⚡ Weekly Recap: Linux Rootkit, macOS Crypto Stealer, WebSocket Skimmers and More  The Hacker News

9-Year-Old Dirty Frag Vulnerability Enables Root Access on Linux Systems  Hackread

Dirty Frag: Linux kernel hit by second major security flaw in two weeks  The Record from Recorded Future News

Introduced in Linux 7.0 was FSERROR as generic I/O error reporting infrastructure. Linux to that point had no standardized mechanism for reporting metadata corruption or file I/O errors to user-space with each file-system doing its own thing. The Flash-Friendly File-System (F2FS) is now the latest Linux file-system preparing for FSERROR usage...

Red Hat deploys Linux system to space station datacenter By Investing.com  Investing.com Canada

Voyager and Red Hat Propel Red Hat Enterprise Linux into Orbit with Space Edge Micro Datacenters  marketscreener.com

New ‘Dirty Frag’ exploit targets Linux kernel for root access  csoonline.com

Orbiting micro data center brings Linux and AI to the space edge on ISS  Stock Titan

MX Linux 25.2 Enters Public Beta Testing with New Text Mode Installer  9to5Linux

Linux kernel maintainers pitch emergency killswitch after CopyFail and Dirty Frag chaos  The Register

The upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel will be adding support for Microchip's Switchtec PCIe Gen6 switches...

Linux 7.2 To Add Support For Switchtec PCIe Gen6 Switches  Phoronix

Last week's drm-misc-next pull request of new Direct Rendering Manager and accelerator driver feature material destined for Linux 7.2 include some new power management control features both for the AMD Ryzen AI and Intel NPU drivers...

AMD Ryzen AI & Intel NPU Drivers Adding New Power Features With Linux 7.2  Phoronix

Sculpt OS as the general purpose operating system built off the Genode OS Framework is out with a new feature release...

Sculpt OS 26.04 Can Finally Be Used To Self-Host For Developing/Building Genode  Phoronix