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      Linux 7.0 Released With New Hardware Support, Optimizations & Self-Healing XFS

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 6 hours 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 • 9 hours 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 • 13 hours 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 • 16 hours 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 • 17 hours 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 • 17 hours 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 • 1 day 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...
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      D7VK 1.7 Brings More Improvements For Legacy Direct3D On Vulkan

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 1 day ago

    D7VK as the open-source project that began as a fork of DXVK in adding support for Direct3D 7 atop Vulkan has with time extended its range to also supporting Direct3D 6, 5, and 3 APIs. Out today is D7VK 1.7 in continuing to better support those vintage versions of Microsoft's Direct3D API...
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      RISC-V BeagleV Ahead Single Board Computer To See Working HDMI With Linux 7.1

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 1 day ago

    The BeagleV Ahead is an open-source RISC-V single board computer S(BC) built around the quad-core TH1520 SoC. With the Linux 7.1 mainline kernel there is HDMI display support coming now that the Device Tree bits have been added...