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Another batch of single-fix stable kernels

Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 6.18.41, 6.12.100, 6.6.147, 6.1.180, 5.15.2 [...]

Security updates for Thursday

Dist. ID Release Package Date AlmaLinux ALSA-2026:47180 10 gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free 2026-07-29 AlmaLinux…

[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for July 30, 2026

[$] Debugging information for inlined functions

Three stable kernels for Wednesday fix a single regression

Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 6.12.99, 6.6.146, 6.1.179 stable kernels. T [...]

[$] Fedora approves a smaller GRUB

GCC steering committee announces AI policy

The GCC steering committee adopted an AI contributions policy proposed by its AI policy working group. The policy…

Security updates for Wednesday

Dist. ID Release Package Date AlmaLinux ALSA-2026:46532 8 dovecot 2026-07-28 AlmaLinux ALSA-2026:46394 10…

[$] Progress toward compiling Linux with gccrs

Wayfire 0.11 released

Version 0.11 of the wlroots-based Wayfire Wayland compositor has been released. Notable changes [...]

[$] A report from Debian's new DFSG team

Security updates for Tuesday

Dist. ID Release Package Date AlmaLinux ALSA-2026:46391 8 grafana 2026-07-27 AlmaLinux ALSA-2026:46398 10 libreswan…

[$] Hazard pointers for the kernel

GNU Binutils 2.47 released

Version 2.47 of GNU Binutils has been released. In addition to the usual bug fixes there are some notable new features…

Security updates for Monday

Dist. ID Release Package Date Debian DLA-4701-1 LTS chromium 2026-07-27 Debian DLA-4699-1 LTS hplip 2026-07-26 Debian…

Kernel prepatch 7.2-rc5

The 7.2-rc5 kernel prepatch is out for testing. Linus said: 'So it's a bit too big for my liki [...]

A Debian general resolution on LLM usage

The Debian project is considering a general resolution on the use of large language models in the creation of the…

In remembrance of Dan Williams

The following was written by Dave Hansen and Thomas Gleixner. The Linux Kernel community mourns the unexpected and…

Security updates for Saturday

Dist. ID Release Package Date AlmaLinux ALSA-2026:44438 9 compat-openssl11 2026-07-24 AlmaLinux ALSA-2026:42877 8…

GNU C Library 2.44 released

The GNU C Library version 2.44 has been released with several changes and improvements. The new version includes a new…

New stable kernel for ext4 users

Greg Kroah-Hartman has released the 6.12.98 stable Linux kernel with a single fix for a file de [...]

Hefty stable kernel updates for Friday

Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of several stable Linux kernels, including versions 7.1.5, 6.18.40, and…

Linux Plumbers Conference 2026 registration open

Registration is now open for the 2026 Linux Plumbers Conference, to be held October 5 to 7 in P [...]

De Vlieger: The Fedora 45 sausage factory

Fedora contributor Simon de Vlieger has published a blog post with a walkthrough of how the project turns source code…

Home Assistant Device Database public preview

The Open Home Foundation has announced the public preview of its Device Database, allowing users to browse anonymous…

Security updates for Friday

Dist. ID Release Package Date AlmaLinux ALSA-2026:42952 9 glibc 2026-07-23 AlmaLinux ALSA-2026:42895 10…

[$] An operations structure for swap devices

[$] Merging famfs?

Security updates for Monday

Dist. ID Release Package Date Debian DLA-4688-1 LTS kernel 2026-07-18 Debian DLA-4689-1 LTS libnfs 2026-07-19 Debian…

[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for June 4, 2026

The LWN.net weekly edition highlights a trademark dispute surrounding the MeshCore project, where an individual…

[$] Open-source security is not a solo activity

Open-source maintainers often face the problem of lacking time to do all the work their project needs, leading to…

[$] BPF in the agentic era

Alexei Starovoitov discussed the future of BPF at the 2026 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory-Management, and BPF…

Tridgell: rsync and outrage

Andrew Tridgell has addressed concerns regarding his use of LLM tools in maintaining rsync. He noted an increase in…

Security updates for Wednesday

Various security updates have been released for multiple Linux distributions. These updates address vulnerabilities in…

[$] A trademark dispute over MeshCore

MeshCore is a project that aims to build a scalable mesh network using low-power long-distance radios, and it has…

[$] A loadable crypto module for FIPS certification

The article discusses the challenges of achieving FIPS certification for crypto code in the Linux kernel, which is a…

Nesbitt: Protestware for coding agents

Andrew Nesbitt discusses a concerning update in the jqwik library for Java. The recent release included a change that…

Security updates for Friday

A series of security updates were released across various Linux distributions on May 28 and 29, 2026. These updates…

Rust 1.96.0 released

Version 1.96.0 of the Rust programming language has been released. Changes include a new set o [...]

[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 28, 2026

The LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 28, 2026, features discussions on AI and kernel development between Linus Torvalds…

Interview session with Jonathan Corbet

The Linux Foundation will be hosting a live interview with LWN co-founder Jonathan Corbet. The [...]

[$] MOT: a tool to fight openwashing in AI

The Model Openness Tool (MOT) aims to clarify the openness of large language models (LLMs) amidst concerns of…

Andrew Morton's 2004 OLS keynote

Andrew Morton was recently honored at the 2026 Linux Storage Summit, where a tribute highlighted his influential 2004…

[$] Further progress toward removing the page map count

David Hildenbrand is making progress in eliminating the mapcount field from the Linux kernel's memory management…

Security updates for Wednesday

AlmaLinux has released several security updates on May 26, 2026, addressing vulnerabilities in various packages. The…

Arias: Human proof for FOSS contributions

Rodrigo Arias Mallo has proposed a method to verify human contributions to FOSS by having contributors record their…

Stenberg: The pressure

Daniel Stenberg discusses the unprecedented pressure faced by the curl project due to a surge in security reports. The…

[$] Better automatic management of transparent huge pages

The 2026 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit featured discussions on improving the management…

Security updates for Tuesday

Various security updates have been released for multiple Linux distributions. These updates address vulnerabilities in…