Linux Mint 18.x reached the end of life
Clem Lefebvre, the head of the Linux Mint project, announced that the Linux Mint 18 series (18, 18.1, 18.2, and 18.3) has been officially reached EOL and will not receive any updates and technical...
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Linux 5.13 adds initial support for Apple M1
The Linux 5.13 kernel adds preliminary support for Apple M1 SoC and Apple devices in 2020 (Mac Mini, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air). On the first day of the Linux 5.13 merger window, the six...
Sony will bring Linux a solution to insufficient device memory
Sony engineer Peter Enderborg recently proposed a new Watchdog software in an email from LKML. The full name of Watchdog is Watchdog Timer, also known as COP (Computer Operating Properly) timer, which is generally...
University of Minnesota researchers issue an open letter of apology to the Linux kernel community
After deliberately introducing vulnerabilities, the entire university was banned from participating in the development of the Linux kernel; the relevant researchers at the University of Minnesota — Assistant Professor Kangjie Lu and Ph.D. students...
Fedora 35 may use LLVM Clang to build more software
Now Fedora Linux mainly uses GCC as the default system compiler, unless there is a special situation that upstream projects only support LLVM/Clang. However, developers who package software on Fedora can decide for themselves...
Ubuntu 21.04 releases: Wayland has been used by default
Recently, Canonical officially released Ubuntu 21.04, which includes native Microsoft Active Directory integration, SDK for Flutter application development, and the default enabling Wayland to replace the 36-year-old X Window System. Although Ubuntu 21.04 is...
Linus revealed that Linux Kernel 5.14 maybe support Rust
According to the ITWire report, in an interview with Linus Torvalds, regarding the Linux kernel’s support for Rust, Linus responded that the Linux kernel does not yet support Rust and added that “getting to...
Linux 5.13 may introduce WWAN framework
The long-developed WWAN (Wireless wide area network) subsystem framework has been merged into the “net-next” branch of the Linux network subsystem and will be launched in Linux 5.13. This patch introduces initial support for...
Google supports the introduction of Rust into Linux kernel development
Google engineers expressed support for the introduction of Rust into the Linux kernel and listed some examples of Rust applied to driver development. In addition to the Linux kernel development mailing list, Google engineers...
Ubuntu 21.04 sets the Home directory as private by default
The upcoming Ubuntu 21.04 will set the Home directory as private by default. The head of Ubuntu security technology Alex Murray explained the reason for this change. Traditional directory permissions (such as files) can...
Linux 5.13 may support the creation of Secret Memory Areas
Linux’s memfd_secret system call has entered the Linux-Next branch, and it may be merged into the Linux 5.13 mainline next. This feature has been developed for more than a year. The memfd_secret() system call...
FreeBSD’s support for the ARM architecture is upgraded to Tier 1
The FreeBSD project announced through the developer mailing list that starting with FreeBSD 13, FreeBSD’s support level for the arm64 architecture (also known as AArch64) will be upgraded to Tier 1. This means that...
Linux Kernel 5.13 will bring M1 chip support
The commit information of Linux Kernel shows that the initial support for the Apple M1 chip has been merged into the Linux SoC code tree. It is expected that Linux Kernel 5.13 will bring...
Developer made a Linux tool for Logitech 27MHz wireless keyboard encryption setup
A Developer, Hans de Goede wrote a Linux utility that can configure the encrypted link status for those aging Logitech keyboards; at the same time, it also allows the previously configured Logitech keyboards that...
OpenBSD Adds Support for Coordinated Mars Time (MTC)
The OpenBSD developer mailing list shows that its developers have submitted commits that support Coordinated Mars Time (MTC). The log information of this commit pointed out that the reason for introducing MTC is to...
Linux 5.13 will remove the relevant code for WiMAX support
In Linux 5.11, the Linux kernel downgraded the code related to WiMAX network support to the “staging” area in the kernel and plans to completely remove it in the future. Today, it is officially...
