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Linux Kernel Considers Linking The Relocatable x86 Kernel As PIE In 2026

Phoronix - Thu, 01/08/2026 - 18:53
To allow for additional security hardening of the Linux kernel, a patch series has been updated more than one year later to link the relocatable x86_64 kernel as Position Independent Executable (PIE) code...

FEX 2601 Brings Various Fixes, Improvements For Wine & DXVK/VKD3D-Proton

Phoronix - Thu, 01/08/2026 - 09:03
FEX, the open-source emulator for running x86 and x86_64 binaries on AArch64 (ARM64) Linux and that is sponsored by Valve and to be used by the Steam Frame, is out with a new monthly feature release...

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