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Red Hat engineer Paolo Bonzini submitted the initial batch of KVM changes targeting the Linux 6.12 kernel. This is just the first batch and notably lacking all of the KVM x86 Intel/AMD changes for the cycle. But in the non-x86 space there is a fair amount of activity for this next kernel version for those making use of KVM as part of the open-source virtualization stack...

Device Memory TCP Included With The Networking Changes For Linux 6.12  Phoronix

ARM / RISC-V / LoongArch KVM Updates Submitted For Linux 6.12  Phoronix

free5GC Joins Linux Foundation to Strengthen Open Source 5G Network Development  The Fast Mode

AMD today made public their RDNA 3.5 instruction set architecture (ISA) programming guide for these updated RDNA3 graphics found within new Ryzen AI 300 "Strix Point" APUs thus far...

Lilbits: Furi FLX1 Linux smartphone, Tile’s new Bluetooth trackers, and Haiki OS R1 Beta 5  Liliputing

Initial Raspberry Pi 5 Support & More Snapdragon X1 Laptops Submitted For Linux 6.12  Phoronix

All of the ARM SoC and platform updates have been sent out for the Linux 6.12 merge window. Exciting this cycle is finally having initial support for the Raspberry Pi 5 plus supporting several more Snapdragon X1 Elite laptops...

The 5 best Linux distributions for students - from middle school to college  ZDNet

Replay Protected Memory Block "RPMB" Subsystem Submitted For Linux 6.12  Phoronix

The MMC updates for the Linux 6.12 kernel include the introduction of a new kernel subsystem for Replay Protected Memory Block (RPMB) drivers...

Linus Torvalds muses about maintainer gray hairs and the next 'King of Linux'  ZDNet

Linux debuts decentralized trust with Hedera and 100+ members  StartupNews.fyi

Tracking user logins on Linux  Network World

Linux debuts decentralized trust with Hedera and 100+ members  Cointelegraph

Linux debuts decentralized trust with Hedera and 100+ members  TradingView

The EROFS read-only open-source file-system has seen initial patches posted today for beginning to re-implement the C code within the Rust programming language for better safety guarantees and the possibility of more performance optimizations...

A Re-Implementation Of The EROFS File-System In Rust Has Started  Phoronix

IGEL App Creator Portal makes it fast and easy to package Linux apps for IGEL OS  PR Newswire

How to set up a Linux NFS server on your home network (and why)  ZDNet