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A Minor Optimization Comes For x86 Memory Management In Linux 6.18 - Phoronix

Google News - Thu, 10/02/2025 - 06:36

A Minor Optimization Comes For x86 Memory Management In Linux 6.18 Phoronix

Forget your laptop, this rugged portable computer runs Linux, takes SIM cards, and survives days without plugging into the wall - Currently.com

Google News - Thu, 10/02/2025 - 05:35

Forget your laptop, this rugged portable computer runs Linux, takes SIM cards, and survives days without plugging into the wall Currently.com

Attack Vector Controls Can Now Manage VMSCAPE Mitigation

Phoronix - Thu, 10/02/2025 - 04:51

Made public and mitigated within the mainline Linux kernel last month was the VMSCAPE vulnerability affecting both AMD and Intel CPUs. Now merged for the in-development Linux 6.18 kernel is adding VMSCAPE to the recently-introduced Attack Vector Controls functionality...

Attack Vector Controls Can Now Manage VMSCAPE Mitigation - Phoronix

Google News - Thu, 10/02/2025 - 04:51

Attack Vector Controls Can Now Manage VMSCAPE Mitigation Phoronix

Alpine Linux Is Moving to a /usr-merged File System Layout - 9to5Linux

Google News - Thu, 10/02/2025 - 04:29

Alpine Linux Is Moving to a /usr-merged File System Layout 9to5Linux

Upgrade Your man Pager for Better Linux Help - How-To Geek

Google News - Thu, 10/02/2025 - 04:00

Upgrade Your man Pager for Better Linux Help How-To Geek

I was already a Pop!_OS fan - but the new beta is stunning - ZDNET

Google News - Thu, 10/02/2025 - 02:55

I was already a Pop!_OS fan - but the new beta is stunning ZDNET

Cairo-Dock 3.6 Released with Wayland and HiDPI Support, systemd Integration - 9to5Linux

Google News - Thu, 10/02/2025 - 02:49

Cairo-Dock 3.6 Released with Wayland and HiDPI Support, systemd Integration 9to5Linux

More ASUS Motherboards Will Have Working Sensor Monitoring With Linux 6.18 - Phoronix

Google News - Thu, 10/02/2025 - 02:00

More ASUS Motherboards Will Have Working Sensor Monitoring With Linux 6.18 Phoronix

More ASUS Motherboards Will Have Working Sensor Monitoring With Linux 6.18

Phoronix - Thu, 10/02/2025 - 02:00

The hardware monitoring "HWMON" subsystem updates have been sent out for the Linux 6.18 kernel with some notable additions...

Aurora immutable KDE Plasma workstation: Big, slow, and confusing - theregister.com

Google News - Thu, 10/02/2025 - 01:49

Aurora immutable KDE Plasma workstation: Big, slow, and confusing theregister.com

Intel Arc Pro B50, Raspberry Pi 500+, Strix Halo & Other September Highlights - Phoronix

Google News - Thu, 10/02/2025 - 01:00

Intel Arc Pro B50, Raspberry Pi 500+, Strix Halo & Other September Highlights Phoronix

Intel Arc Pro B50, Raspberry Pi 500+, Strix Halo & Other September Highlights

Phoronix - Thu, 10/02/2025 - 01:00

During the month of September on Phoronix were 271 original Linux/open-source news articles and another 19 featured Linux hardware reviews and benchmark articles, all written by your's truly. Here is a look back at what excited Linux enthusiasts the most on Phoronix during September...

New FlipSwitch Hooking Technique Bypasses Linux Kernel Defenses - Cyber Security News

Google News - Thu, 10/02/2025 - 00:19

New FlipSwitch Hooking Technique Bypasses Linux Kernel Defenses Cyber Security News

Gaming on Linux still isn’t perfect - here’s why I switched off of it - XDA

Google News - Thu, 10/02/2025 - 00:00

Gaming on Linux still isn’t perfect - here’s why I switched off of it XDA

EXT4, EROFS & NTFS3 File-System Drivers Ready With Improvements For Linux 6.18

Phoronix - Wed, 10/01/2025 - 22:51

In addition to XFS enabling online fsck by default, Bcachefs being stripped from the mainline Linux kernel, and Btrfs improvements making for a notable first few days of the Linux 6.18 window, there's more. The EXT4, EROFS, and NTFS3 drivers are bringing the latest batch of file-system changes for Linux 6.18...

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