The post–Windows 10 transition period has grown increasingly conspicuous amid rising interest in alternative operating systems. As users search for replacements to their familiar environment, one of the most Windows-oriented Linux distributions has unexpectedly...
NVIDIA is preparing a series of patches for inclusion in the Linux 6.19 kernel, paving the way for 1.6-terabit-per-second networking on NVIDIA-Mellanox adapters. Last week, a patch was merged into the RDMA for-next branch,...
A series of patches proposing a MEMINSPECT mechanism for memory analysis and debugging has been submitted to the Linux kernel developers’ mailing list. The initiative comes from Linaro engineer Evgeny Khristev, who introduced twenty-six...
In Linux kernel 6.10, a new system call, mseal, has been introduced, enabling developers to “seal” memory regions and protect them from modification. Its purpose is to prevent sudden overwrites or alterations of critical...
The latest release of MX Linux has received a significant update that reshapes the familiar process of component selection and introduces new features. The developers have revised their installation approach and now separate builds...
The Tails project has released Tails 7.2, an updated version of its anonymous operating system, published on 13 November 2025. The new release introduces updated versions of the browser, email client, Linux kernel, and...
Google engineer Eric Biggers has once again turned his attention to enhancing the performance of Linux’s cryptographic subsystem. Over the weekend, he submitted a series of nine patches to the kernel mailing list, aimed...
For many Linux users, software management still evokes associations with console commands, tangled dependency chains, and the constant need to know exactly what to install. Even beginner-friendly distributions like Raspberry Pi OS do not...
The Linux Kernel developers are preparing to enable Microsoft C Extensions support during kernel compilation. Two patches recently merged into the kbuild-next development tree introduce the compiler flag -fms-extensions for both GCC and LLVM/Clang,...
The Open Container Initiative (OCI) has released an update to its OCI Runtime Specification v1.3, which defines the configuration, runtime environment, and lifecycle of operating system containers. The principal innovation in this version is...
Developer Joel Severin has unveiled an experimental build of the Linux kernel ported to the WebAssembly format, enabling it to run directly within a web browser. The demonstration version operates in a shell environment...
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has confirmed that a high-severity flaw in the Linux kernel is being actively exploited in ransomware campaigns. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-1086 — a use-after-free...
