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Stenberg: The pressure
Daniel Stenberg discusses the unprecedented pressure faced by the curl project due to a surge in security reports. The…
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[$] Better automatic management of transparent huge pages
The 2026 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit featured discussions on improving the management…
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Security updates for Tuesday
Various security updates have been released for multiple Linux distributions. These updates address vulnerabilities in…
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[$] Reviewing kernel patches with LLMs
The 2026 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit featured discussions on the use of large…
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Comprehensive Response to Bambu's AGPLv3 Violations (Software Freedom Conservancy)
The Software Freedom Conservancy has responded to Bambu Lab's violations of the AGPLv3 regarding its 3D printers.…
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[$] Tier-aware memory-controller limits
At the 2026 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit, Joshua Hahn discussed the limitations of the…
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Security updates for Monday
Multiple security updates have been released for various Linux distributions. These updates include patches for…
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[$] Dirk and Linus discuss AI and kernel development
Linus Torvalds participated in a fireside chat with Dirk Hohndel at the 2026 Open Source Summit North America. They…
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Kernel prepatch 7.1-rc5
The 7.1-rc5 kernel prepatch has been released for testing, but Linus Torvalds expresses dissatisfaction with its…
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A large set of stable kernel updates
The 7.0.10, 6.18.33, 6.12.91, 6.6.141, 6.1.174, 5.15.208, and 5.10.257 stable kernel updates ha [...]
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[$] Custom page-cache policies with BPF
At the 2026 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit, Tal Zussman discussed improving the kernel's…
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[$] Toward better handling of major page faults
The article discusses the challenges of handling major page faults in Linux, particularly when multiple threads…
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Security updates for Friday
Multiple security updates have been released for various Linux distributions. These updates include patches for…
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Vulnerabilities in various GTK-based PDF readers
A command-injection vulnerability has been found in several GTK-based PDF readers. This flaw allows malicious PDFs to…
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[$] BPF support in GCC 16 and beyond
The 2026 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory-management, and BPF Summit featured a presentation on the advancements in…
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OpenBSD 7.9 released
OpenBSD 7.9 has been officially released as scheduled. This version includes numerous new features such as enhanced…
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[$] Support for private memory nodes
Gregory Price discussed the need for private memory nodes at the 2026 Linux Summit. He aims to restrict access to…
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Security updates for Thursday
Multiple security updates have been released across various Linux distributions. These updates address vulnerabilities…
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[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 21, 2026
The LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 21, 2026, discusses various topics in the Linux community, including a…
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[$] What is to be done about MGLRU?
The article discusses the challenges and proposed solutions regarding the multi-generational LRU (MGLRU) in Linux…
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Security updates for Wednesday
Various Linux distributions have released security updates on May 19 and 20, 2026. These updates include patches for…
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[$] The tenth OpenPGP email summit
The tenth OpenPGP Email Summit took place in March 2026, focusing on advancements in encrypted email. Key discussions…
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Firefox 151.0 released
Version 151.0 of the Firefox browser has been released. Significant changes include the abilit [...]
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[$] openSUSE "terms of site" raise complaints about age restrictions
The openSUSE project faced backlash over its updated terms of service that imposed an age restriction of 16 years for…
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[$] In search of faster this_cpu operations
A proposal to improve the performance of this_cpu operations in the Linux kernel was discussed at the 2026 Linux…
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[$] What's brewing in CXL
Compute Express Link (CXL) is a technology designed to enhance memory management in data centers. It allows for the…
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[$] Improving the per-CPU memory allocator
The 2026 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit addressed performance issues with the kernel's…
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Security updates for Tuesday
Multiple security updates have been released across various Linux distributions. These updates address vulnerabilities…
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pgBackRest will continue
The pgBackRest project for PostgreSQL will continue its development after securing new sponsorship. David Steele, the…
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[$] Swap tables, flash-friendly swap, swap_ops, and more
The Linux kernel's swap subsystem has recently gained attention from developers, leading to discussions at the 2026…
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Security updates for Monday
Multiple security updates have been released for various Linux distributions. AlmaLinux, Debian, and Fedora have all…
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Kernel prepatch 7.1-rc4
The 7.1-rc4 kernel prepatch has been released for testing. It highlights issues with AI-generated security reports,…
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RIP Peter G. Neuman
We have received word that Peter G. Neuman, who, among many other things, ran the RISKS Digest [...]
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Some weekend stable kernel updates
The 7.0.9, 6.18.32, 6.12.90, and 6.6.140 stable kernels have been released. Each contains yet a [...]
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