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AMD & Intel Mark x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group's Anniversary: FRED, ACE, AVX10, ChkTag  Phoronix

It's been one year already since Intel and AMD formed the x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group in cooperation with other industry stakeholders. Today both companies are marking the first anniversary while reaffirming their commitment to the group...

Linux Kernel 6.18 Now Available — A Deep Dive Into The Changes  LinkedIn

Linux Kernel 6.18 Now Available — A Deep Dive Into The Changes | The Cyber Security Hub™  LinkedIn

Intel Lands Big Linux GPU Driver Fix: Fixing Rendering Issues & Game Hangs/Crashes  Phoronix

Problematic code dating back to 2017 has now been reverted within the Intel open-source Mesa driver code that led to various games having rendering/corruption issues as well as various hangs and crashes in other games. This affected a variety of Intel graphics hardware and software while now has finally been tracked down with the problematic code removed. This is a big improvement for Linux gamers on Intel graphics...

A big patch series was posted today for the Linux kernel that would allow enabling/disabling CPU security mitigations at run-time rather than the current handling that can only be managed at boot-time via various Linux kernel command-line arguments. Thus due to changing security needs, differing workloads mandating different CPU security concerns and the like, this proposed feature would allow Spectre, Meltdown, and other CPU security mitigations to all be toggled at run-time...

AMD Dev Proposes Dynamic Mitigations For Linux: Run-Time Toggling Of CPU Mitigations  Phoronix

This new Flatpak app store should be installed by default on every Linux distro  ZDNET

While more code enabling Apple Silicon is reaching the mainline Linux kernel, a lot of important functionality so far remains under development or out-of-tree in the downstream Asahi Linux repository. One piece that's quite important for modern computing and still working its way to the mainline kernel is enabling USB3 functionality with Apple Silicon devices on Linux...

Linux Patches Updated For Apple Silicon USB3 Support  Phoronix

How Linux resolves domain names in 2025: from call to IP | by Aleksei Aleinikov | Oct, 2025  DataDrivenInvestor

My favorite way to run Windows apps on Linux just got even better  ZDNET

The First FreeBSD 15 Beta Is Here, and It's Dropping Most 32-bit Devices  How-To Geek

Using Linux to simulate internet outages in my home lab was the best bad idea  XDA

Now that the Linux 6.18 merge window is over with Linux 6.18-rc1 having released yesterday, here is a look at all the interesting new features and changes to find with this kernel. Making Linux 6.18 all the more exciting is that it's expected to become the 2025 Linux LTS kernel once its stable release occurs in December.

Linux 6.18 Features: New AMD & Intel CPU Features, Rocket Driver, DM-PCACHE, Other New Drivers  Phoronix

Linux Kernel 6.18-rc1 Released With Extensive Updates Following a Steady Merge Window  Cyber Security News

Linux Kernel 6.18-rc1 Released With Extensive Updates Following a Steady Merge Window  Cyber Security News

Blender 5.0 Beta Officially Released with HDR and Wide Gamut Display Support  9to5Linux