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Linux 6.17-rc2 To Better Tune Attack Vector Controls For SRSO Mitigation

Phoronix - Sun, 08/17/2025 - 21:23
One of the new exciting security features with Linux 6.17 is Attack Vector Controls as a means of easier managing CPU security mitigations depending upon the system/server use-case. It drastically simplifies CPU security mitigation management for only activating the mitigations relevant to intended use. With the Linux 6.17-rc2 kernel due out later today, Attack Vector Controls refines its logic around the Speculative Return Stack Overflow (SRSO) mitigation...

Linux Merges Headset Detection Workaround For Framework 13 Ryzen AI 300 Series

Phoronix - Sun, 08/17/2025 - 20:29
Merged this week as part of the sound fixes for the Linux 6.17 cycle and now to be back-ported to the stable kernel versions is a headset detection fix/workaround for the Framework 13 Laptop powered by the AMD Ryzen AI 300 series...

Shotcut 25.08 Brings More Bug Fixes To This Open-Source Video Editor

Phoronix - Sun, 08/17/2025 - 17:24
Released last month was Shotcut 25.07 with many improvements to this popular open-source and cross platform video editor. Released today was Shotcut 25.08 to provide more fixes atop that latest video editor release...

Fedora Copr Repository Offers XLibre Packages For Alternative X Server

Phoronix - Sun, 08/17/2025 - 08:30
While a proposal to replace the upstream X.Org Server with the XLibre fork was ultimately withdrawn prior to voting by the Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo), a Fedora Copr repository has now surfaced for those wanting to try out this alternative X Server implementation on Fedora Linux...

Linux 6.16.1 Fixes A Large Intel GPU Driver Performance Regression - Up To 30%

Phoronix - Sat, 08/16/2025 - 20:53
Released on Friday were the Linux 6.16.1 and Linux 6.15.10 stable kernel point releases. Notable there is an Intel i915 kernel graphics driver performance regression fix with some users having reported as much as a 30% performance hit on prior Linux kernel versions...

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