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Archinstall 3.0.12 & Pacman 7.1 Released For Arch Linux Users

Phoronix - Sat, 11/01/2025 - 21:05
Kicking off November for Arch Linux users happen to be the releases of Pacman 7.1 as well as Archinstall 3.0.12...

PCI Resizable BAR Improvements Heading To Linux 6.19

Phoronix - Sat, 11/01/2025 - 20:35
Restructuring to the Linux kernel's PCI Resizable BAR "ReBAR" support is set to be submitted for the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel cycle...

Linux 6.18 Kernel Happenings, Python 3.14, NTFSPLUS & Other October Highlights

Phoronix - Sat, 11/01/2025 - 18:36
During the month of October on Phoronix were 305 original news articles around Linux/open-source and another 21 featured Linux hardware reviews / multi-page featured benchmark articles. There was an exciting mix of software and hardware happenings over the past month. Here is a look back at what excited readers the most...

AMD Acknowledges RDSEED Failure On AMD Zen 5 With Software Fix Coming

Phoronix - Sat, 11/01/2025 - 18:27
In mid-October a Meta engineer uncovered an RDSEED architectural issue with AMD Zen 5 CPUs. A patch in turn was sent out to the Linux kernel mailing list to disable RDSEED usage on affected Zen 5 processors. AMD this week issued a security bulletin to acknowledge the issue and report that a microcode fix is coming...

KDE Plasma 6.6 To Support Intel's Adaptive Sharpness Feature

Phoronix - Sat, 11/01/2025 - 18:09
KDE Plasma developers continue to be busy landing more fixes for the recently introduced Plasma 6.5 while also lining up more new features for Plasma 6.6...

Wine 10.18 Released With More WoW64 Mode Improvements

Phoronix - Sat, 11/01/2025 - 08:35
Wine 10.18 is now available for capping off the month of October and working toward the code freeze for Wine 11.0 beginning in early December...

GNOME Gains A New macOS-Inspired Quick Menu Option

Phoronix - Sat, 11/01/2025 - 05:41
For GNOME desktop users desiring a more macOS-like experience, a new GNOME extension provides a macOS-inspired quick menu option...

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