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Lets finish setting up your PC  Thurrott.com

Papermoon: A Space-Grade Linux for the NewSpace Era  The New Stack

The Kernel-based Virtual Machine "KVM" updates for Linux 6.19 include preparations by AMD for handling up to a possible 4,096 virtual CPUs for VMs...

Linux 6.19 Lands x2AVIC Patches For AMD SVM Handling Up To 4096 vCPUs  Phoronix

With the first of RISC-V RVA23-compatible hardware expected to be released in 2026, we are beginning to see more Linux developers prepare for this RVA23 profile and the now-mandated extensions. Sent out this week was an initial "request for comments" patch series on RVA23 adjustments for the Linux kernel...

New Patches Lay Out Linux Kernel Adjustments For RISC-V RVA23 Hardware  Phoronix

Kali Linux 2025.4 arrives with GNOME 49, KDE Plasma 6.5, and much more  How-To Geek

Kali Linux 2025.4 Released With 3 New Hacking Tools and Wifipumpkin3  CybersecurityNews

Linux 6.19 Improves User-Space I/O "UIO" With Shared Virtual Addressing  Phoronix

Merged a few days ago for the ongoing Linux 6.19 merge window were all of the "char/misc" updates. A lot of random changes throughout this time from the Industrial I/O "IIO" drivers to an interesting new feature for User-Space I/O "UIO" for PCI/PCIe devices...

COSMIC desktop for Linux exits beta with Pop!_OS 24.04  How-To Geek

Rust-Based 01flip Ransomware Hits Windows and Linux  eSecurity Planet

Kali Linux 2025.4 released with 3 new tools, desktop updates  BleepingComputer

Kali Linux 2025.4 released with full Wayland support and new ofsec tools  CyberInsider

Cache Aware Scheduling Raises Performance For Intel Xeon 6 Granite Rapids  Phoronix

Over the past year Intel engineers have worked a lot on Cache Aware Scheduling for the Linux kernel. The yet-to-be-merged functionality allows for the Linux kernel to better aggregate tasks sharing data to the same last level cache (LLC) domain to reduce cache misses and cache bouncing. The Cache Aware Scheduling development was led by Intel but helps other CPU vendors too for processors with multiple cache domains. Back in October I showed some nice performance wins for AMD EPYC Turin with Cache Aware Scheduling while today's article are some benchmarks of the newest CAS code and looking at the performance benefit on Xeon 6 "Granite Rapids" processors.

After multiple delays Terminator 2D: NO FATE has launched with Linux support and Steam Deck Verified  GamingOnLinux

This Week In Security: Hornet, Gogs, And Blinkenlights  Hackaday

AI is already part of Linux's plumbing - whether developers like it or not  ZDNET

The Blender 3D modeling software could enjoy better macOS support with better cross-platform code paths thanks to in-development work for leveraging KosmicKrisp for Vulkan API usage on macOS via Metal...