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Introduced last year with the Linux 6.7 kernel was a hardening configuration to allow for "make hardening.config" as an easy way of building a security-hardened Linux kernel with sane defaults. With Linux 6.10 there are some additional security minded features now enabled...

Linux 6.10 Shows People Are Still Using USB To Parallel Port Adapters In 2024  Phoronix

Greg Kroah-Hartman sent out the USB/Thunderbolt changes this morning for the Linux 6.10 merge window that is wrapping up this weekend. Surprisingly, in 2024, a new USB to parallel printer port adapter variant is being introduced with Linux 6.10...

Making a case for case statements on Linux  Network World

The FUSE updates have been submitted for the Linux 6.10 kernel in supporting file-system implementations within user-space...

Alpine Linux 3.20 Released with Initial Support for 64-Bit RISC-V, KDE Plasma 6  9to5Linux

FUSE Adds VirtIO-FS Multi-Queue For ~5x Performance Win With Linux 6.10  Phoronix

Racing game BlazeRush ending support for Linux, macOS and SteamVR  GamingOnLinux

Alpine Linux 3.20 has been released as the newest feature release to this security-minded, lightweight Linux distribution that is popular for embedded and container use. Alpine Linux continues to set itself apart from others by making use of musl libc, Busybox, and other modifications in the name of security and small footprint...

Fedora Miracle Joins the List of Official Spins  WebProNews

Latest Release of Stratus' Linux-Based Fault Tolerance and Virtualization Software Increases Edge Infrastructure ...  ARC Advisory Group

Braid, Anniversary Edition updated to improve Steam Deck OLED support  GamingOnLinux

Sent out on Tuesday were all of the perf tool changes for the Linux 6.10 kernel. This includes perf event support for recent Intel CPUs as well as initial AMD Zen 5 processor support...

The KVM changes for the Linux 6.10 kernel were merged a few days ago for this important piece to the open-source Linux virtualization stack...

Linux 6.10 KVM Does More Prepping For Intel TDX  Phoronix

Ubuntu 24.10 to Default to Wayland for NVIDIA Users  OMG! Ubuntu!

Eclipse OpenJ9 v0.45 is now available as the newest version of this high performance JVM for Java applications...

Nightdive Studios confirm Linux and macOS ports of System Shock are cancelled  GamingOnLinux

Last week the main SoC/platform updates were sent in for Linux 6.10 that included more ARM-based handheld game consoles and other new Arm devices from ASUS wireless routers to set-top boxes to enabling various SoCs. This week a secondary set of updates were submitted for the Linux 6.10 kernel merge window...

Linux 6.10 Adds Support For The RISC-V Milk-V Mars & More SoC Additions  Phoronix