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Back during the Linux 6.17 merge window the RISC-V changes were rejected as "garbage" for being submitted too late in the merge window and with some code choices that upset Linus Torvalds. With lessons learned, the RISC-V changes for Linux 6.18 were submitted today during the first official day of this new kernel cycle...

RISC-V With Linux 6.18 Brings Support For MIPS Vendor Extensions  Phoronix

Building off yesterday's release of Linux 6.17, the GNU Linux-libre 6.17-gnu kernel is now available for this downstream kernel variant that strips away support for loading non-free microcode and other elements not aligned with the Free Software Foundation principles. This ultimately ends up limiting the hardware support available with most of today's modern hardware requiring microcode/firmware but alas here is the latest release with a fresh round of de-blobbing...

Cronos: The New Dawn gets performance improvements and a Linux HDR fix  GamingOnLinux

Mini Laptop Needs Custom Kernel  Hackaday

Open-source Linux OS for prototyping to production  Electronics Weekly

Amazon Fire TV to dump Android for Linux in 2025  Fudzilla.com

With Q3 coming to an end this week, here is a look back at the most popular Linux hardware reviews and featured multi-page benchmark articles during the third quarter of this year on Phoronix...

Linux Kernel 6.17 Release is All About Performance, Reliability, and Hardware Support  It's FOSS News

A Lot Of Rust Code Lining Up For The Linux 6.18 Kernel  Phoronix

While the Linux 6.18 kernel merge window is just getting formally started following yesterday's Linux 6.17 release, one thing is already quite clear: there is a a lot of new Rust programming language code set to head into Linux 6.18...

It turns out that there's one guy at Valve keeping a 13-year-old GPU alive via Linux updates  XDA

Linux 6.18 Preps KVM x86 CET Virtualization For AMD & Intel CPUs  Phoronix

Control-Flow Enforcement Technology "CET" is coming to the virtualized world with support for running within KVM guest VMs on Linux 6.18+. This CET virtualization support works for both AMD and Intel processors...

Linux Kernel 6.17 Released, This is What’s New  OMG! Ubuntu

Not a fan of Windows 11? Here's how I made my system look more like Linux or MacOS  ZDNET

As expected, Linus Torvalds just released the Linux 6.17 kernel on-schedule as the kernel version powering Ubuntu 25.10, Fedora 43, and other upcoming Linux distribution releases and rolling releases...

Linux 6.17 Released: Intel Panther Lake Xe3 Graphics Ready, New Optimizations  Phoronix

Linux Kernel 6.17 Officially Released, This Is What’s New  9to5Linux

Bcachefs Announces First-Tier Arch & NixOS Support, Post-Experimental Release EOY  Phoronix