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Con Kolivas has resumed work on the MuQSS (Multiple Queue Skiplist Scheduler) task scheduler and the -ck patch set for the kernel. Linux, aimed at improving responsiveness and interactivity in user-facing tasks and games. Development of these projects was discontinued in 2021 due to loss of motivation and lack of time. Now, Kon has returned to his previous work and released […]
After two months of development, Linus Torvalds released the kernel. Linux 7.2. Among the most notable changes: USB4STREAM data streaming mechanism, btrfs, xfs and ext4 performance optimizations, continued removal of code for i486 CPU support, the ability to create nested SCHED_EXT schedulers, reduced memory consumption in the swap subsystem, accelerated unnamed pipes, support for Intel MBEC and AMD GMET extensions in […]
A general resolution (GR) vote has been announced for developers on the use of large language models and AI tools in distribution development. Votes will be accepted until August 28. Approximately 1,000 developers involved in package maintenance and infrastructure support are eligible to vote. DebianDuring the discussion of the two options initially proposed for voting, the final list was expanded to […]
The Omarchy 4.0 distribution has been released. The project is being developed by David Heinemeier Hansson, the author of the Ruby on Rails web framework, who is trying to create the ideal for himself. Linux- an environment in accordance with the principle of "Omakase Computing", which assumes that most users at the beginning of their journey do not know exactly what they want, and it would be better for them not to torment themselves with attempts to choose, but […]
The systemd project's developers have begun investigating and fixing a long-standing architectural issue in the "systemd-journald" component, which causes write amplification to significantly inflate the amount of data written to disk compared to the actual log size. The issue dates back to March 2020, when a report was filed in the bug tracking system demonstrating that the generation of approximately 500 KB of text […]
At the Black Hat 2026 conference, an attack method was demonstrated that exploits the swizzle mode of AMD memory controllers to bypass memory isolation and read or write arbitrary data from memory, including areas containing CPU microcode and memory allocated to the Platform Security Processor (PSP). The method allows for bypassing built-in memory encryption mechanisms (AMD SME/SEV), breaching virtual machine isolation, and overwriting processor microcode. To […]
Organization KDE eV, jointly with the companies Kubuntu Focus and Techpaladin Software have announced an initiative to provide LTS support for KDE Plasma 6.6, which will include patches for at least three years. Last year, the KDE project stopped supporting LTS branches and delegated their maintenance to distribution developers wishing to ship older versions of KDE Plasma. The decision was made due to significant […]
VideoLan project developers have warned users about a regression occurring on the platform. Windows 11, which may include a 30-second freeze before playing certain types of files, including MP3s. The regression is attributed to a bug in the Microsoft Defender app that manifests itself after installing the latest update. Windows 11. Due to an error, the VLC plugin cache directory was quarantined by Microsoft Defender. To resolve this issue, […]
Manjaro distribution release announced Linux 26.1, built on Arch Linux and aimed at beginners. The distribution is notable for its simplified and user-friendly installation process, automatic hardware detection, and installation of the necessary drivers. Manjaro is available as live builds with the KDE (5.2 GB), GNOME (5 GB), and Xfce (4.9 GB) graphical environments, compiled […]
OpenSSH 10.5, an open-source client and server implementation for SSH 2.0 and SFTP, has been released. Key changes: The portable version of OpenSSH now requires support for elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) in the libcrypto library, including support for the NISTP521 elliptic curve. LibreSSL, OpenSSL, BoringSSL, and […]
Distribution developers Linux Mint has released updated ISO images that ship with a newer kernel version. Linux. For release Linux Mint 22.3, which originally shipped with kernel 6.14, has been updated to HWE (Hardware Enablement) with kernel version 7.0 ported from Ubuntu 26.04 and prepared for inclusion in Ubuntu April 26, 5 LTS. It is expected that the publication of such interim ISO image updates will resolve issues users are experiencing […]
Mozilla announced a replacement for the GPG key used to digitally sign Firefox and Thunderbird release artifacts, such as tarballs, RPM packages, and checksum files. The change was made following an incident in which an unencrypted copy of the key was inadvertently added to the company's private GitHub repository, accessible to a limited number of project contributors who had access […]