Open-source News

Not to be confused with AMD's Platform Security Processor (PSP), but Google's PSP Security Protocol (PSP) for encryption in-transit for TCP network connections is now ready for the mainline kernel. This initial PSP encryption support for network connections is set to arrive with the upcoming Linux 6.18 kernel...

Code was open-sourced this week and posted to the Linux kernel mailing list as a "request for comments" (RFC) for a multi-kernel architecture. This proposal could allow for multiple independent kernel instances to co-exist on a single physical machine. Each kernel could run on dedicated CPU Cores while sharing underlying hardware resources. This could also allow for some complex use-cases such as real-time (RT) kernels running on select CPU cores...

Multi-Kernel Architecture Proposed For The Linux Kernel  Phoronix

The past few years Google engineers have been reimplementing Android's Binder driver in the Rust programming language. Binder is a critical part of Android for inter-process communication (IPC) and now with Linux 6.18 it looks like the Rust rewrite will be upstreamed...

A patch queued into the PCI subsystem's "next" branch ahead of the Linux 6.18 merge window will uniformally expose the PCI device serial number of devices via sysfs for easy programmatic parsing...

Linux 6.18 To Make It Easier Parsing PCI Device Serial Numbers  Phoronix

I tried using DietPi Linux with Xfce on an old laptop and it exceeded my expectations  XDA

6 operating system luxuries Windows users have never known about Linux  XDA

Developers behind the Git distributed revision control system are debating whether to make Rust programming language support mandatory...

FLX1S is a new Linux phone that’s… mostly a downgrade from the FLX1  Liliputing

Optimizing Linux System Calls: Cutting Costs with io_uring and eBPF  WebProNews

Don't Forget to Change These 5 BIOS Settings When Dual-Booting Windows and Linux  How-To Geek

Why You Shouldn’t Use a Full Path in Your Linux Aliases  How-To Geek

I tried 5 writing apps for Linux but I keep coming back to this web-based one instead  XDA

8 Games You Can Play in Your Ubuntu Terminal  How-To Geek

While years ago it was a annual ritual and closest thing to a vacation around here (even though the daily original content persisted), the Phoronix pilgrimage/meet-up at Oktoberfest in Munich sadly remains on hiatus. Web publishing operations remain difficult given the state of the industry and rampant ad-block use make even daily operations tight. But for those wishing to show their support for Phoronix during this autumn/fest period, there is the annual Phoronix Premium sale special for those wishing to help the site at a discounted rate to enjoy ad-free viewing, multi-page articles on a single page, native dark mode, and other benefits...

Rather than needing to parse package/history log files manually and akin to functionality provided by Red Hat's DNF, a merge request is pending to add a built-in history command for APT...

AMD ISP4 Driver Still Pending Review For The Linux Kernel  Phoronix

When it comes to AMD's incredible Strix Halo platform, the leading laptop option is the HP ZBook Ultra G1a. The HP ZBook Ultra G1a works great overall on Linux with the main caveat being the web camera due to making use of AMD's latest SoC capabilities for offloaded image processing. The AMD ISP4 open-source driver fixes that for the ZBook Ultra G1a and is also important for future laptop models employing AMD's ISP IP...

The Big iPhone Revamp, Lots of Linux Updates, and More: News Roundup  How-To Geek