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Not to be confused with the proposal a few days ago by an AMD engineer for Attack Vector Controls for broader control over CPU security mitigation handling, the in-development Linux 6.12 kernel is adding new Kconfig options to allow for more build-time control over what CPU security mitigation code is compiled for the kernel...

The big set of power management updates for Linux 6.12 have landed...

Intel Compute Runtime 24.35.30872.22 released today as the newest tagged version of this open-source GPU compute stack providing oneAPI Level Zero and OpenCL support for Linux and Windows systems...

Wasted! Linux Players Barred from GTA V Online Play  It's FOSS News

Merged as part of the Linux Security Modules (LSM) updates for the Linux 6.12 kernel is the new Integrity Policy Enforcement (IPE) module that has been years in the making. Integrity Policy Enforcement is an alternative to access controls...

VirtualBox 7.1: Qt 6 UI, Wayland Clipboard, New Icon + More  OMG! Ubuntu!

Linux 6.12 Adds Build Options For Greater Control Over CPU Security Mitigations  Phoronix

Many Intel & AMD Power Management Improvements For Linux 6.12  Phoronix

Intel Compute Runtime Offers "Preview" Support For Lunar Lake  Phoronix

The Btrfs file-system continues marching ahead with the Linux 6.12 kernel...

RustConf speakers affirm Rust for Linux project despite challenges of unstable Rust, maintainer resignation  DevClass

Open source orgs strengthen alliance against patent trolls  The Register

AWS Transfers OpenSearch to the Linux Foundation  The New Stack

Advanced AI Surges on Linux  Virtualization Review

Advanced AI Surges on Linux  Virtualization Review

Patch Proposed For Adding x86_64 Feature Levels To The Kernel - But It's Likely D.O.A.  Phoronix

A patch was sent out on Sunday for adding new Linux kernel configuration options for tuning the kernel build to different x86_64 micro-architecture feature levels. The intent is on generating kernel builds that are faster for use on modern Intel and AMD systems. However, this patch is likely to not be accepted in the mainline kernel and has already been criticized upstream Linux kernel developers...

Linux 6.11: More Rust, Torvalds adds "Runtime Constants"  heise online

Linux Foundation Unveils Valkey 8.0 with Enhanced Performance and Observability  Datanami

OpenJDK 23 is now generally available as the reference implementation to Java 23...