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Linux Patches To Unconditionally Enable Architecture-Optimized BLAKE2s Support

Phoronix - Thu, 08/28/2025 - 18:34
While Linus Torvalds doesn't too often like new kernel options being enabled by default, one area where it has proven beneficial and otherwise an oversight by those configuring their own kernel builds is the architecture-optimized crypto algorithm implementations. Some will enable support for different kernel crypto algorithms only to forget or be unaware that there are CPU architecture specific implementations that can also typically be enabled for much better performance over the common code. Google engineer Eric Biggers has been cleaning this up and BLAKE2s is the latest receiving treatment...

Agama 17 OS Installer Preps For SUSE Linux Enterprise 16.0

Phoronix - Thu, 08/28/2025 - 18:22
Ahead of the upcoming SUSE Linux Enterprise 16.0 release, SUSE engineers are busy finishing up work on their new "Agama" operating system installer. Agama 17 is now available as what will be the installer powering SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 installations or a version very similar to this latest milestone...

VESA DRM Driver Ready With 8-Bit Color Palette Mode For Linux 6.18

Phoronix - Thu, 08/28/2025 - 18:10
This week's drm-misc-next pull of feature updates to the small Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) driver bring a few updates worth pointing out ahead of the Linux 6.18 cycle...

Linux turns 34 years - hi-Tech.ua

Google News - Thu, 08/28/2025 - 11:46
Linux turns 34 years  hi-Tech.ua

Red Hat contributes Trustify project to OpenSSF’s GUAC community

Red Hat News - Thu, 08/28/2025 - 08:00
With cyberattacks on the rise, increasing software supply chain visibility is crucial for organizations to proactively identify and mitigate vulnerabilities within their applications and infrastructure. However, handling diverse security data sources such as software bill of materials (SBOMs), critical vulnerabilities and exploits (CVEs), and vendor advisories remains a major challenge due to inconsistent formats, varying levels of detail, and the lack of standardized integration points. Addressing this challenge requires not only better tools, but also open collaboration across the entire eco

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