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Intel CPU Microcode 20260210 Brings Security Updates & Functional Fixes

Phoronix - Wed, 02/11/2026 - 02:46
Intel today for Patch Tuesday released several generations worth of CPU microcode updates for addressing multiple security issues and functional issues...

Linux 7.0 Bringing Mainline Support For The SpacemiT K3 RVA23 SoC, Qualcomm Kaanapali

Phoronix - Wed, 02/11/2026 - 02:24
The various SoC and platform Device Tree additions were sent out today for the Linux 7.0 kernel. Easily most exciting on the SoC side this cycle among the ARM and RISC-V changes is getting support ready for the SpacemiT K3 RVA23 SoC...

Linux 7.0 VFS Changes: Non-Blocking Timestamps, Standardized Generic I/O Error Reporting

Phoronix - Wed, 02/11/2026 - 01:20
In addition to introducing nullfs and the OPEN_TREE_NAMESPACE support for containers, there were also a number of other interesting VFS updates merged on Monday for the Linux 7.0 kernel...

Kernel Upgrades - Trend Hunter

Google News - Wed, 02/11/2026 - 01:05
Kernel Upgrades  Trend Hunter

CrossOver 26 Released - Powered By Wine 11.0 For Windows Apps/Games On Linux + macOS

Phoronix - Wed, 02/11/2026 - 00:11
CodeWeavers just announced CrossOver 26, the newest version of their commercial software built atop Wine for running Windows games and applications under Apple macOS and Linux...

Intel Xeon 6780E Sierra Forest vs. AMD EPYC 9965 On Linux 6.18 Performance

Phoronix - Tue, 02/10/2026 - 23:32
With recently having carried out benchmarks and finding the Intel Xeon 6780E "Sierra Forest" performance has improved ~14% since launch day thanks to open-source/Linux software improvements plus also recently having carried out Xeon 6980P Granite Rapids vs. EPYC 9755 128-core benchmarks using the latest upstream software, here is a look at how the Xeon 6780E "Sierra Forest" dual socket server is comparing up against the AMD EPYC 9965 Turin Dense flagship when both are running up-to-date software.

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