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ALGOL 68 Programming Language Support Still Being Worked On For GCC

Phoronix - Mon, 10/06/2025 - 21:14
At the start of the year, a new GCC compiler front-end was proposed for the half-century old ALGOL 68 programming language. Not exactly a popular programming language in recent decades and ahead of the GCC 15 release it was decided to not merge it yet to GCC. Even with that setback, development on the ALGOL 68 GCC compiler continues...

Linux 6.18 Adds Two New x86 Platform Drivers, New AMD PMF Capabilities

Phoronix - Mon, 10/06/2025 - 18:17
The x86 platform drivers area of the Linux kernel continues to see a lot of code churn for supporting new laptops and enhancing support for existing laptop models. Plus the likes of AMD PMF and Intel PMC continue to see ongoing improvements too...

Intel TDX Will Now Work With Linux's Kexec - Except For Early CPUs With Known Bug

Phoronix - Mon, 10/06/2025 - 18:04
The Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) updates for the Linux 6.18 kernel allow it to work with Kexec for being able to load and boot into a new kernel from another currently running kernel...

VFIO Platform Driver Saved From Removal, NVIDIA GB300 Support Added

Phoronix - Mon, 10/06/2025 - 17:45
The VFIO subsystem updates were merged last week for the ongoing Linux 6.18 merge window...

Top 5 Linux Programs for Students in 2025

Tecmint - Mon, 10/06/2025 - 16:05
The post Top 5 Linux Programs for Students in 2025 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Linux is an open-source operating system whose use is increasing these days as a result of its stability, security, flexibility,

The post Top 5 Linux Programs for Students in 2025 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

FreeBSD 15.0 Alpha 5 Brings Release Build Improvements

Phoronix - Mon, 10/06/2025 - 08:18
FreeBSD 15.0 continues working its way toward a stable release in early December and out today is the fifth alpha release...

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