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Experimental Linux Address Space Isolation "ASI" v2 Patches: I/O Throughput Lower By 70%  Phoronix

Google engineers and others have been talking about Address Space Isolation "ASI" for the Linux kernel to better deal with speculative execution attacks and other CPU vulnerabilities. Last summer there were some new "request for comments" patches working on Linux Address Space Isolation and today a second iteration of those RFC patches were published. They are now out for review but they are unlikely to see much use: the I/O throughput as measured by FIO takes a 70% hit...

Git 2.48 is out today as the newest feature update to this leading distributed version control system...

How to check game compatibility for Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck  GamingOnLinux

How to check game compatibility for Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck  GamingOnLinux

The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav adventure game from Daedalic added Linux / Steam Deck support  GamingOnLinux

Linux Foundation launches initiative to support Chromium-based browsers  SiliconANGLE News

Thoroughly charming adventure game The Night of the Rabbit added Linux / Steam Deck support  GamingOnLinux

Google, Microsoft, and others team up for Chromium browser alliance under Linux Foundation  TechSpot

Squeezing into the mainline Linux 6.13 kernel code today as part of the latest batch of "fixes" are two additional enablement bits for the upcoming high-density Intel Xeon Clearwater Forest server processors...

More Intel Xeon Clearwater Forest Enablement Merged For Linux 6.13  Phoronix

1. Linux Foundation & Google Form New Group to Manage Chromium  OMG! Ubuntu!
2. The Linux Foundation launches an initiative to support open-source Chromium-based browsers  ZDNet
3. Google & Linux Foundation Launch "Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers" Fund  Phoronix

Ubuntu Linux arrives on HiFive Premier P550 RISC-V development board  BetaNews

Review Display Systems Ltd - Android and Linux-based Smart TFT displays simplify embedded development  Design Products & Applications

Steam's most popular operating systems of 2024  Gamereactor UK

A change made to the Linux kernel in June 2023 has led to a situation where PCIe Gen5 NVMe solid state drives could potentially drop down to Gen1 speeds... Lenovo engineers spotted this issue and bisected the problem along with coming up with a solution...

Lenovo Discovers Situation Of Linux Dropping PCIe Gen 5 NVMe SSDs To Gen 1 Speeds  Phoronix

Why are there so many different Proton versions? Proton 8, Proton 9, Experimental, GE-Proton  GamingOnLinux

The Servo open-source web browser layout engine project has published their newest monthly recap to highlight the progress they made during December 2024. They ended the year on a high note with getting dark mode support working and other features wired up -- including enough to now be able to read Discord messages but not yet enough to actually post messages on Discord...

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Now Works on the HiFive Premier P550 RISC-V Development Board  9to5Linux