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Calibre 9.13 open-source ebook manager is now available for download as a bugfix release that addresses various regressions introduced in the previous release and other issues.
AMD today submitted their last planned feature updates ahead of the Linux 7.3 merge window opening later this month...
Made public earlier today is Zapscape as a guest-to-host escape vulnerability affecting the Linux KVM x86 code for the past six years. This 2020 kernel change to KVM x86 can also be used as a local privilege escalation (LPE) exploit too where /dev/kvm is world-writable on some Linux distributions like RHEL...
The lightweight IceWM window manager reaches version 4.1 with improved focus handling, safer configuration parsing, and updated translations.
Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 7.1.7, 6.18.43, 6.6.149, 6.1.181, 5.15.214, and 5.10.263 stable kernels. These kernels fix a single security vulnerability (CVE-2026-68480) that could allow data leakage through speculative execution. Users of those kernels are advised to upgrade.
RSS feed is one way to escape the clutches of algorithms.
Some lessons are learned the hard way....or in this case, the looong way.
Back during the Linux 7.2 merge window the Btrfs file-system dropped its COW fixup mechanism, which was used to detect dirty pages without an ordered extent. This code was removed as it was believed the kernel's memory management layer had solved the underlying conditions but in reality it ended up leading to silent data loss. That Btrfs fixup worker infrastructure is now restored in time for Linux 7.2-rc7 this weekend and the stable v7.2 kernel later this month...
by George Whittaker A newly proposed patch for the Linux kernel's AMD P-State CPU frequency scaling driver is showing impressive gaming performance improvements, potentially delivering a noticeable boost for Ryzen users without requiring new hardware. Early benchmarks indicate that the optimization can significantly improve frame rates in CPU-bound games by allowing processors to respond more quickly to changing workloads. (phoronix.com) Although the patch has not yet been merged into the mainline Linux kernel, the initial results have generated considerable excitement among Linux gamers and kernel developers alike. What Is AMD P-State? AMD P-State is the modern CPU frequency scaling driver for AMD Ryzen processors on Linux. Rather than relying on the older ACPI CPUFreq driver, AMD P-State communicates directly with the processor to adjust clock speeds based on workload demands. Its goals include: Faster frequency scaling Improved power efficiency Better responsiveness Higher performan
While the Linux WiFi/wireless maintainer just announced taking a stand against AI/LLM generated slop patches with a new "three second review" rule, the broader Linux networking subsystem continues to be bombarded with AI-generated patches...
Proxmox VE gains its first official Arm64 edition, bringing KVM, LXC, ZFS, Ceph, clustering, and enterprise support to Arm servers.
As the first new release since IceWM 4.0 released back on New Year's Day for this X11 window manager, IceWM 4.1 is now available...
Truths about dual booting I learned the hard way.
HWall is a new Rust-based Linux hardware monitor with detailed system information, live sensors, charts, alerts, and GTK and terminal interfaces.
The first article in this two-part series looked at programming languages with long tenures. In this section we’ll examine a few cases of languages that didn’t fare so well—despite high hopes for them. False Starts Some languages make a big ... Read more The post Why Do Programming Languages Rise and Fall? Part 2 appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
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