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      Btrfs Brings Performance Improvements, Shutdown ioctl Stable With Linux 7.1

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 1 day ago

    Among the early pull requests sent out to Linus Torvalds even before the Linux 7.0 kernel officially released on Sunday were the Btrfs file-system updates. This feature-packed CoW file-system is seeing more performance optimizations for Linux 7.1 as well as its shutdown ioctl feature no longer being experimental and a variety of fixes...
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      GNU Linux-libre 7.0 Deals With Deblobbing More Drivers & Cleansing DT Files

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 1 day ago

    Building off last night's release of the Linux 7.0 kernel is now the GNU Linux-libre 7.0-gnu kernel release for that downstream kernel that removes support for loading non-free-software kernel modules, blocks the loading of loadable microcode/firmware even when it means greatly reduced hardware support, and other sanitization of code in the name of software freedom...
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      Linux 7.0 Released With New Hardware Support, Optimizations & Self-Healing XFS

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 2 days ago

    As expected the stable Linux 7.0 kernel was just released today in marking this next kernel release. The Linux 7.0 milestone comes due to Linus Torvalds' preference of bumping the major version number after hitting X.19 as opposed to any single major change, but in any event there are a lot of great improvements and changes to find with this new kernel version. Linux 7.0 is also what's powering the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release...
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      Linux Out-Of-Bounds Access Fixed For Unprivileged Users With Specially Crafted Certs

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 2 days ago

    An out-of-bounds access within the Linux kernel has existed in mainline the past three years that could be exploited by an unprivileged user submitting a specially crafted certificate to the kernel...
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      Many Wonderful Improvements Expected For Linux 7.1, Especially For AMD & Intel

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 2 days ago

    With Linux 7.0 expected for release later today, in turn the Linux 7.1 merge window will kick off for the two week period of landing all sorts of exciting new features, changes, and removal of old features from the kernel. Here is a look at some of what is on the table for the Linux 7.1 merge window...
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      CMake Pursuing Tighter Integration With Package Managers, Other Improvements

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 2 days ago

    While the Meson build system has been capturing much of the limelight in recent years by open-source projects, the cross-platform CMake build system also shows no signs of slowing down and continues evolving with new features and functionality...
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      Linux 7.0 Sees Last Minute Fix For Bogus Hardware Errors On AMD Zen 3

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 2 days ago

    Ahead of the Linux 7.0 stable kernel release expected later today are some last minute pull requests sent out this morning. Notable for those using AMD Zen 3 hardware is addressing some bogus hardware errors that began appearing for some users on recent versions of the Linux kernel...
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      Trisquel 12.0 Released For Free Software Foundation Endorsed Distribution

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 2 days ago

    For those sticking to absolute free software ideals, Trisquel 12.0 was released this weekend for this Free Software Foundation (FSF) approved distribution for only containing free software and foregoing loadable microcode/firmware and running on the Linux-libre kernel even with its reduced scope in hardware support...
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      AMD's GAIA Now Allows Building Custom AI Agents Via Chat, Becomes "True Desktop App"

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 3 days ago

    In addition to their efforts around the Lemonade SDK itself, AMD software engineers working on their AI initiatives continue to be investing quite a bit into the Lemonade-using GAIA, the project that originally stood for "Generative AI Is Awesome". AMD's GAIA now allows building your own custom AI agents via chatting with GAIA as well as becoming a "true desktop app" so it's easier to deploy across Windows, Linux, and macOS environments...