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Arm Changing Linux Default To Costly "KPTI" Mitigation For Some Newer CPUs

Phoronix - Sun, 03/16/2025 - 22:38
For some newer Arm core designs, Arm is changing the Linux kernel to defaulting to enabling Kernel Page Table Isolation "KPTI" if not running on a new firmware version in order to properly mitigate a recently disclosed CPU security issue. This change has been queued up and is expected to change the default with the upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel...

Huawei Matebook E Go Laptops To Be Better Supported With Linux 6.15

Phoronix - Sun, 03/16/2025 - 22:18
For those that happen to have a Huawei Matebook E Go 2-in-1 laptop or have been considering these ARM laptops, the upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel will be better supporting these devices thanks to a new driver set to be merged...

Linux 6.14-rc7 To Support A Few More Gaming Controllers

Phoronix - Sun, 03/16/2025 - 19:01
Ahead of the Linux 6.14-rc7 kernel release later today, a set of input subsystem updates were merged overnight that add in support for a few more gaming controllers...

One Line Of Code Optimizes F2FS Performance For Small Multi-Threaded Writes

Phoronix - Sun, 03/16/2025 - 18:38
An SK engineer has posted a Flash-Friendly File-System (F2FS) driver optimization for Linux that one line of code changed is helping with performance especially for multi-threaded workloads involving small writes to SSD storage...

Linux Kernel's Rust Support Being Expanded To HID Drivers

Phoronix - Sun, 03/16/2025 - 18:27
A set of patches were posted to the Linux kernel mailing list this week that are working on initial Rust programming language abstractions for enabling HID device driver development...

Debian 12.10 Released With More Bugs Fixed & Security Updates

Phoronix - Sun, 03/16/2025 - 07:30
Debian 12.10 is out today as the newest routine media refresh for the Debian 12 "Bookworm" Linux distribution release...

Paid XR Desktop For GNOME "Breezy Desktop" In Open Beta With Multi-Display Support

Phoronix - Sat, 03/15/2025 - 22:51
The much anticipated GNOME 48 is releasing this coming week as a big step forward for this popular Linux desktop environment. In addition there are a lot of other interesting projects continuing in tandem around GNOME. This Week in GNOME is out with its latest issue to highlight some of these most recent GNOME-related changes...

ReactOS Can Now Boot With The Windows Audio Stack... But No Sound Due To Bugs

Phoronix - Sat, 03/15/2025 - 22:26
It's been a while since having any news to share on ReactOS as the open-source operating system working to re-implement the Microsoft Windows APIs/ABIs for enjoying Windows apps/games and drivers on this platform. Today though they are celebrating a new milestone of being able to boot with the Windows audio stack...

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