As the latest long-term support version, Linux 5.10 LTS was only planned to be maintained until the end of 2022 when it was first launched. However, after enough companies intervened to improve and test,...
The Ubuntu 16.04 LTS version released in 2016 has reached the end of life. The developer Canonical recommends that all users who are still using this version migrate to the supported LTS version as...
The audio-related update for Linux 5.13 has been released and has been merged into the mainline. This year, PipeWire continues to gain attention in improving the sound of the Linux userspace, and the kernel’s...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
