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Linear Address Space Separation Revised Following Prior Intel Engineer's Departure

Phoronix - Tue, 10/07/2025 - 21:01
Being worked on for the past roughly three years has been Linear Address Space Separation "LASS" for the Linux kernel as a security improvement in light of Spectre/Meltdown...

Realtek ECC Engine Driver Upstreamed For Linux 6.18

Phoronix - Tue, 10/07/2025 - 20:20
The Memory Technology Device "MTD" subsystem updates are merged for the in-development Linux 6.18 kernel...

Intel QAT Zstd Plugin 1.0 Released With Optimizations, Zstd 1.5.7 Support

Phoronix - Tue, 10/07/2025 - 18:38
Initially released two years ago was an Intel QuickAssist/QAT adaptation for Zstd compression. The v0.1 release happened just over two years ago followed by a v0.2 release one year later... Since then, it had been all quiet. Arriving today to surprise is the QAT Zstd 1.0 plug-in release...

New In 2025: Linux Patches Enable PCI Support For The Amiga 4000

Phoronix - Tue, 10/07/2025 - 18:26
For any Amiga 4000 hobbyists running a Linux m68k operating system, a PCI driver was finally published three decades later for Linux. Patches posted for mainline Linux kernel review today enable the Mediator 4000 PCI bridge available for the Amiga 4000 computer from the early 90's...

Loongson Security Engine Support Added To Linux 6.18

Phoronix - Tue, 10/07/2025 - 18:13
Upstreamed for the Linux 6.18 kernel is supporting the Loongson Security Engine chip found on modern versions of these Chinese computing platforms...

Qt 6.10 Released With PipeWire Audio Backend & Many Other Improvements

Phoronix - Tue, 10/07/2025 - 18:04
Qt 6.10 is now available as the latest feature update to this open-source and cross-platform toolkit...

Linux 6.18 To Support The Red & Green Status LEDs On QNAP NAS Devices

Phoronix - Tue, 10/07/2025 - 17:54
The LED subsystem updates don't tend to be too exciting each kernel cycle but for those with QNAP network attached storage (NAS) devices and wanting to run the mainline kernel, now you can have working red and green status LEDs...

10 MySQL Interview Questions Every DBA Must Know

Tecmint - Tue, 10/07/2025 - 13:00
The post 10 MySQL Interview Questions Every DBA Must Know first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

In our previous articles, we’ve covered MySQL interview questions for beginners and intermediate users, and the response has been overwhelming.

The post 10 MySQL Interview Questions Every DBA Must Know first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

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