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Linux Kernel Ported To WebAssembly - Demo Lets You Run It In Your Web Browser

Phoronix - Sat, 11/01/2025 - 22:40
Open-source developer Joel Severin today announced his work on porting the Linux kernel to WebAssembly and has successffully gotten the kernel up and running within WASM-capable web browsers...

Archinstall 3.0.12 & Pacman 7.1 Released For Arch Linux Users

Phoronix - Sat, 11/01/2025 - 21:05
Kicking off November for Arch Linux users happen to be the releases of Pacman 7.1 as well as Archinstall 3.0.12...

PCI Resizable BAR Improvements Heading To Linux 6.19

Phoronix - Sat, 11/01/2025 - 20:35
Restructuring to the Linux kernel's PCI Resizable BAR "ReBAR" support is set to be submitted for the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel cycle...

Linux 6.18 Kernel Happenings, Python 3.14, NTFSPLUS & Other October Highlights

Phoronix - Sat, 11/01/2025 - 18:36
During the month of October on Phoronix were 305 original news articles around Linux/open-source and another 21 featured Linux hardware reviews / multi-page featured benchmark articles. There was an exciting mix of software and hardware happenings over the past month. Here is a look back at what excited readers the most...

AMD Acknowledges RDSEED Failure On AMD Zen 5 With Software Fix Coming

Phoronix - Sat, 11/01/2025 - 18:27
In mid-October a Meta engineer uncovered an RDSEED architectural issue with AMD Zen 5 CPUs. A patch in turn was sent out to the Linux kernel mailing list to disable RDSEED usage on affected Zen 5 processors. AMD this week issued a security bulletin to acknowledge the issue and report that a microcode fix is coming...

KDE Plasma 6.6 To Support Intel's Adaptive Sharpness Feature

Phoronix - Sat, 11/01/2025 - 18:09
KDE Plasma developers continue to be busy landing more fixes for the recently introduced Plasma 6.5 while also lining up more new features for Plasma 6.6...

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