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Why Developers Prefer Linux Over Windows: A Deep Dive  Vocal

The IDXD Linux kernel driver used for the Data Streaming Accelerator (DSA) support on recent Xeon processors is being cleaned up for some "not so happy code paths" after an Intel engineer uncovered memory leaks and other troubles with the open-source driver code...

Intel IDXD Accelerator Driver Cleaned Up For Some "Not So Happy Code Paths"  Phoronix

It was nearly one year ago in the Linux 6.13 kernel that the ReiserFS file-system was dropped from the mainline kernel after having been deprecated in 2022. That dropped 32.8k lines of code from the Linux kernel but some documentation remnants of ReiserFS were mistakenly left in but now in the process of dropping those remnants for the defunct file-system...

Clearing The Last ReiserFS Remnants: Documentation Cleanse Of The Defunct File-System  Phoronix

The upcoming FFmpeg 8.0 multimedia library release continues to get more exciting almost by the day. The newest feature being squeezed into this next release is a Whisper audio filter for making use of OpenAI's Whisper model for providing automatic speech recognition / transcription capabilities...

Last week Microsoft released new versions of WSL2 for a yet-to-be-public security vulnerability affecting their Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 implementation. Those details around CVE-2025-53788 are now public for this vulnerability that could lead to elevation of privileges...

WSL2 Vulnerability Could Lead To Elevating Local Privileges  Phoronix

The xf86-input-mouse driver for mouse support when using the X.Orrg Server on operating systems like the BSDs, Illumos, GNU Hurd, and Solaris is out with a rare update...

Following the discussion over potentially obsoleting/deprecating the Itanium IA-64 support within the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), developers are discussing similar treatment for some of the other poorly-maintained CPU ports...

GE-Proton 10-12 hotfix adds a few more needed tweaks for video playback  GamingOnLinux

Intel's fabled Itanium refuses to die, but the end is probably near — deprecation of IA-64 support is back on the chopping block in GCC version 16  Tom's Hardware

Newly Discovered Plague Linux Backdoor Malware Remained Undetected For A Year  latesthackingnews.com

Orion Browser for Linux Gets Exciting Progress Update  OMG! Ubuntu

I installed Linux on this mini PC - here's how it transformed my workflow (for the better)  ZDNET

Quartet Brings Retro JRPG Magic to PC, Mac, and Linux August 26  MonsterVine

New Version Of Envelope Sequencer Plugin  Sonicstate

Go 1.25 is out today as the newest half-year update to this popular programming language. What I find most exciting with Go 1.25 is the new experimental garbage collector yielding 10~40% reduction in overhead...

NVIDIA 580 Linux Graphics Driver Released, Promises Better Wayland Support  9to5Linux

You Can't Buy This Linux Phone Anymore  How-To Geek