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The Haiku open-source operating system project inspired by BeOS kicked off 2026 by making many improvements to its kernel, device drivers, and user-space software...

Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS arrives with cumulative security and bug fixes  Help Net Security

Is Linux Finally Ready for Mainstream PC Gaming? | Outlook Respawn  Outlook Respawn

Atomic and Immutable Linux Distros Gain Momentum  findarticles.com

Linux 7.0 MM Changes Bring Some Very Nice Performance Optimizations  Phoronix

All of the memory management "MM" related patches have now been merged for the ongoing Linux 7.0 merge window...

The XFS file-system has some interesting new feature work and performance tuning with the Linux 7.0 kernel that will be used by the likes of Fedora 44 and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS this spring...

NetworkManager 1.56 Released with New Features and Improvements  9to5Linux

There has been much discussion lately regarding the "Zero CVE" movement. At Red Hat, we welcome this focus, emphasized by our recent announcement of Project Hummingbird to provide more frequently updated container images. Hummingbird represents a shift in how customers receive Red Hat's open source artifacts: Faster without sacrificing code integrity. You can read more about Project Hummingbird here. While this project is relatively new, it's built on the years of work and lessons learned in modernizing our own internal build system.While the industry often focuses on the result (the image), w

For Marcus Dobeck, vice president and head of container orchestration at The PNC Financial Services Group, if the challenge of 2025 could be summarized in a single word it would be demand. Like many organizations, PNC was moving from a place where they were used to managing a handful of clusters to a reality where they faced hundreds of new requests. In the past, an 8-week delivery window was acceptable, but as the bank’s digital needs expanded, delivery times needed to shrink. We sat down with Dobeck to discuss why PNC made the decision to move to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization and what i

Modern software development runs on open source, and that’s not hyperbole. Python alone pulls in dozens—sometimes hundreds—of third‑party libraries for even the simplest applications. While public repositories have fueled innovation at incredible speed, they’ve also created a new class of risk: Opaque build pipelines, unverifiable provenance, and a growing burden on teams to chase vulnerabilities after the fact.Today marks the tech preview of Red Hat trusted libraries, a new package index designed to bring enterprise-grade trust, transparency, and security posture to application depe

In the world of enterprise software security, few metrics are as coveted, or as elusive, as "zero CVEs." Simply put, a zero CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) approach aims to deliver software components that are completely free of known security vulnerabilities at the time of shipping. For many organizations, particularly those in highly regulated industries, this is not just a "nice to have," it is a mandate. Initiatives like FedRAMP and various strict security frameworks increasingly demand that software supply chains be clean of known risks before deployment. As the industry has ta

Don't forget to register for Red Hat SummitRegistration is now open for Red Hat Summit—heading to Atlanta, Georgia, in 2026—and this year’s event is shaping up to be one of our most impactful yet. Register by February 23 to get our lowest pricing, and save even more when 3+ people from your organization register together at our discounted group rate. Learn more UK Ministry of Defence collaborates with Red Hat to improve digital delivery, unlock AI capabilities and scale its hybrid cloudThe UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has signed a new enterprise agreement with Red Hat to provide centrali

Not in time for the current Linux 7.0 cycle but posted for another round of review is Intel's latest work around Cache Aware Scheduling for enhancing the performance of modern CPUs with multiple cache domains. This is the first set of updates to Cache Aware Scheduling for the new year and succeed the v2 patches from early December. This work not only benefits modern Intel CPUs but our testing has shown can also provide some very nice gains too for AMD EPYC processors...

Intel Posts 2026 Update For Cache Aware Scheduling On Linux  Phoronix

Sent out and already merged today for the Linux 7.0 kernel are the EXT4 file-system updates...

Not sure if you'll like Linux? Try it from your browser  How-To Geek

Merged today to Mesa 26.1-devel is unifying of the AMD video decode implementation between the RadeonSI Gallium3D and RADV Vulkan drivers...

In addition to all of the exciting Intel and AMD x86_64 enhancements that have been landing this week so far for the Linux 7.0 kernel, the aging SPARC, Alpha, and Motorola 680x0 "m68k" CPU ports have also seen some patches for this new kernel...

Linux vs Windows Server Response Time and Throughput Benchmarks Statistics 2026  commandlinux.com