Linux 6.16 Could See AMD SEV-SNP SVSM vTPM Driver Merged For EPYC CPUs
The Linux 6.16 kernel this summer will likely see the new SNP SVSM vTPM driver introduced for further enhancing the AMD EPYC confidential computing capabilities atop the mainline Linux kernel...
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A Fresh Take On Virtual Swap Space Being Pursued For The Linux Kernel
A request for comments (RFC) patch series sent out this week for the Linux kernel is working on the notion of Virtual Swap Space support. The notion of Virtual Swap Space has been talked about for years and even going back to 2011 there's been efforts to redesign the kernel's swap cache along similar lines...
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NVIDIA Upstreaming Work For Linux On Their Smart Switch SN4280, SN5610, SN5640
One of many Linux kernel patch series that NVIDIA has been working on recently to upstream to the mainline Linux kernel are the adjustments needed for Linux running on their newest Smart Switch networking products for the data center...
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KDE Plasma 6.4 Lands Initial Support For The Wayland Session Restore Protocol
It's been a very exciting week in the KDE Plasma space with the start of a big new feature landing for the Plasma 6.4 desktop...
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So far my testing this week of the Linux 6.15 kernel in its early, post-RC1 state has been going welllxer.com
Intel graphics driver engineers today sent out their first batch of feature updates to DRM-Next for queuing ahead of the next Linux 6.16 kernel cycle.lxer.com
Tangram is a different type of browser. This software is designed to organise and run web applications. Free and open source software.Steve Emms (LinuxLinks)
With both Ubuntu 25.04 and Fedora 42 releasing this month you may be curious how these two Linux distributions are competing for performance.lxer.com
: Plus a fresh version ... nine years after its lastLiam Proven (The Register)
For those relying on OpenVPN for your virtual private networking (VPN) needs, one of the most exciting innovations in recent times besides transitioning to the WireGuard alternative is the OpenVPN DCO kernel driverlxer.com
GNOME Now Has A Second Core App Written In TypeScript
GNOME 48 made Decibels the desktop's official audio player and in doing so also became the first GNOME core application written in the TypeScript porting language. There's now a second core app for GNOME written in TypeScript...
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We caught up with Melanie Ehrenkranz, the writer and creative strategist behind Laid Off, a newsletter interviewing people about job loss.Kristina Bravo (The Mozilla Blog)
Find out if a swap partition is still necessary on modern Linux systems and how it influences system performance.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
The Haiku OS open-source operating system inspired by BeOS has issued their newest monthly development report.lxer.com
AMD Releases ROCm 6.4 Without Any Official RDNA4 Support
After several ROCm 6.3 point releases, AMD today rolled out ROCm 6.4 as the next update to their open-source GPU/accelerator compute stack and ahead of their big Advancing AI event in June where they will talk about future ROCm work...
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Earlier this week IBM announced the z17 mainframes powered by Tellum I processorslxer.com
Running Linux 6.15 vs. 6.14 Performance With The AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360
So far my testing this week of the Linux 6.15 kernel in its early, post-RC1 state has been going well. No major upsets, yet to uncover any significant performance regressions, and overall has been going smoothly with the many new features/changes in Linux 6.15...
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Introduction to Wireplumber, the session and policy manager for Pipewire.Roman Gherta (Fedora Project)
Intel Preps VRR Refactoring For Linux 6.16, More Xe3 Panther Lake Display Enablement
Intel graphics driver engineers today sent out their first batch of feature updates to DRM-Next for queuing ahead of the next Linux 6.16 kernel cycle...
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Keep both eyes on the ball; this is about monopoly abuse and attempts to muzzle criticsRoy Schestowitz
Linux Mint previews upcoming features: regex search in Nemo, Wayland support in Cinnamon, OEM installs in LMDE 7, and new CJS versioning.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Ubuntu 25.04 vs. Fedora Workstation 42 Performance On AMD Strix Point
With both Ubuntu 25.04 and Fedora 42 releasing this month you may be curious how these two Linux distributions are competing for performance. Well, it's a very tight race for common Intel/AMD x86_64 hardware. In this article are some benchmarks looking at clean installs of Ubuntu 25.04 and Fedora Workstation 42 on AMD Strix Point.
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OpenVPN DCO Driver For The Linux Kernel Revised A 25th Time To Boost VPN Performance
For those relying on OpenVPN for your virtual private networking (VPN) needs, one of the most exciting innovations in recent times besides transitioning to the WireGuard alternative is the OpenVPN DCO kernel driver. This "data channel offload" driver has the potential to provide significant performance advantages over the current OpenVPN performance...
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Well here is a pleasant surprise, especially for those that recall the days long ago where Fedora Linux releases tend to be notoriously delayed..lxer.com
Linux 6.15 Fixes Intel Graphics Flickering Issue, Adds AMDGPU DMEM Cgroups Support
With being just one week past the Linux 6.15 merge window, a lot of fixes have been flowing into the mainline tree as is usual for the early stages of the kernel cycle. Merged overnight were a number of Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) fixes that include some notable alterations for the Intel and AMD Radeon kernel graphics drivers...
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Merged to the Intel Xe kernel graphics driver for the current Linux 6.15 kernel cycle is EU Stall Sampling support as a new feature found with Xe2 Lunar Lake and Battlemage graphicslxer.com
Haiku OS Continued Improving Hardware Driver Support In March
The Haiku OS open-source operating system inspired by BeOS has issued their newest monthly development report...
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The new Proxmox Backup Server 3.4 boosts performance with optimized garbage collection, better offsite sync filters, and improved tape backup throughput.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Initially developed for Oracle Linux, this version brings many useful enhancements to this open-source framework for in-place migrations.Christine Hall (FOSS Force)
: Hyperion ships another patch, which is niceLiam Proven (The Register)
This roundup focuses on the finest terminal-based flashcard tools. All programs run under Linux and are free and open source software.Steve Emms (LinuxLinks)
Proxmox Virtual Environment 8.4 has been released with numerous new features and enhancements. Proxmox VE 8.4 is based on Debian 12.10.sk (OSTechNix)
Linux 6.15 Lands Patches To Further Clean Up Its Spectre RSB Mitigations
Merged today was this week's batch of x86 fixes ahead of the Linux 6.15-rc2 release on Sunday. Notable with these x86 fixes are landing several patches to fix and clean-up the Spectre Return Stack Buffer "RSB" mitigation handling as well as introducing a new document to clarify the overall state and current mitigations...
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The lightweight Linux distro Sparky 7.7 rolls out with kernel 6.1 LTS, updated Debian-based packages, and improved desktop environments.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
The latest C++ iteration delivers powerful updates and improved multithreading to boost productivity and performance while preserving C++'s core strengths.Grant Knoetze (ITPro Today)
Meme is a command line utility for creating image macro style memes. It's free and open source software written in Go.Steve Emms (LinuxLinks)
Fedora 42 Will Be Released Next Tuesday - 15 April
Well here is a pleasant surprise, especially for those that recall the days long ago where Fedora Linux releases tend to be notoriously delayed... Fedora 42 is cleared for releasing next week Tuesday, 15 April, in meeting its "early target" release date...
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Learn everything you need to know about the HTTP 415 Unsupported Media Type error and how to fix it in our latest blog post.Jeff Wilson (RoseHosting)