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Over the years we have seen various workarounds like disabling RDSEED for select AMD CPUs due to hardware bugs and early on in the Zen days were also some RdRand issues due to different problems. It turns out the newest AMD EPYC 5th Gen "Turin" processors have a new RDSEED issue...

A Phoronix reader pointed out a bug report from 2015 now getting renewed interest... Linux software RAID via MD RAID, DRBD, LVM RAID, and similar software-based solutions can be broken from user-space around O_DIRECT usage. The issue is that these RAID arrays can be put silently into an inconsistent state across disks...

Linux Affected By Decade Old Bug In Software RAID Around O_DIRECT Usage  Phoronix

News - Hackers exploit Cisco SNMP flaw to deploy Linux rootkits  teiss

Posted to the Linux kernel mailing list and GNU Binutils mailing list today is an intriguing message from a longtime x86/x86_64 expert around a "a corporate entity other than Intel/AMD" using some x86 opcodes not used by AMD or Intel processors...

An Early Look At Linux 6.18 Performance With Intel Xeon 6 Granite Rapids  Phoronix

With Linux 6.18 now past the merge window and many new features and changes introduced (https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-618-features), I have begun testing out this kernel on various servers, desktops, and laptops at Phoronix. Linux 6.18 is quite important with expected to become this year's LTS kernel version upon its stable debut in December. Up today is a first look at Linux 6.17 vs. 6.18-rc1 performance using Intel Xeon 6 Granite Rapids server performance.

NordVPN open sources its Linux GUI client under GPLv3  theregister.com

LinkPro Linux Rootkit Uses eBPF to Hide and Activates via Magic TCP Packets  The Hacker News

Windows 10 Support Ends 2025: Windows 11 Privacy Risks Fuel Linux Alternatives  WebProNews

GNOME 49.1 Desktop Released with Various Improvements and Bug Fixes  9to5Linux

AOMP 22.0-1 was released on Wednesday as the newest routine update to this downstream of LLVM/Clang/Flang maintained by AMD that continues to carry their latest modifications for enhancing the C/C++/Fortran compiler offloading support to AMD Radeon/Instinct hardware using the likes of OpenMP and OpenACC...

AOMP 22.0-1 Brings Many Improvements For AMD's Fortran Compiler GPU Offloading  Phoronix

If you regret not living through the floppy disk era why not try this 3D printed Linux project that uses the cartridges to launch games  PC Gamer

Merged today to LLVM Git for next spring's LLVM 22.0 release is support for the Intel Nova Lake ISA targeting with the "-march=novalake" option...

LLVM/Clang 22 Merges Support For Intel Nova Lake "-march=novalake"  Phoronix

Just days ago Valve developer Autumn Ashton announced initial NVIDIA DLSS upscaling for the open-source Mesa NVK driver. One of those needed Vulkan extensions, VK_NVX_image_view_handle, is already merged to Mesa Git...

Adaptiva Expands Cross-Platform Patch Management Leadership with Support for Latest Linux, Mac, and Windows Platforms  PR Newswire

Beckhoff Introduces TwinCAT for Linux  Automation World

Hackers Deploy Linux Rootkits via Cisco SNMP Flaw in "Zero Disco' Attacks  The Hacker News