📰Linus T tells The Reg how Linux solo act became a global jam session
Ts'o, Hohndel and the man himself spill beans on how checks in the mail and GPL made it all possible If you know anything about Linux's history, you'll remember it all started with Linus Torvalds posting to the Minix Usenet group on August 25, 1991, that he was working on "a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.
🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/02/18/linus_torvalds_and_friends/
#linux#gnu
📰 Intel Begins Preparations For Xe3P Upstreaming To Open-Source OpenGL & Vulkan Drivers
Following the mainline Linux kernel beginning to see Xe3P graphics enablement for upcoming Nova Lake integrated graphics as well as the Crescent Island AI inference accelerator, Intel's Mesa OpenGL "Iris" and Vulkan "ANV" drivers are preparing to begin laying out their Xe3P driver support...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Mesa-Xe3P-Start
#linux#opensource#intel#kernel
📰 Arm Preparing The Linux Kernel For 128-bit Page Table Entries "FEAT_D128"
A new core infrastructure improvement for the Linux kernel on ARM being worked on is enabling 128-bit page table entries (PTEs) with FEAT_D128 as a new optional feature of Armv9.3 and later...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arm-Linux-FEAT-D128-Patches
#arm#kernel#linux
📰 IBM Updates Linux Patches For Introducing ARM64 KVM Virtualization On s390
At the start of April was the peculiar announcement of IBM collaborating with Arm on "dual architecture" hardware. The initial fruits of that collaboration at least are Linux kernel patches for enabling ARM64 virtualization acceleration on IBM Z servers. As we approach the end of the month, IBM has now posted a second iteration of those patches for enabling AArch64 software to run on IBM s390 via the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/ARM64-On-s390-IBM-Z-v2
#arm#kernel#linux
📰With Linux 7.1 The Mainline Kernel Now Supports Real-Time "RT" On ARM
The Linux 7.1 mainline kernel will allow building a real-time "PREEMPT_RT" kernel for the ARM architecture with no longer needing any out-of-tree patches...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-ARM-RT
#arm#kernel#linux
📰 Linux 7.1 Lands Workaround For Arm C1-Pro Erratum
Merged yesterday to the Linux 7.1 kernel is a workaround for an Arm C1-Pro CPU hardware bug around its Scalable Matrix Extension implementation...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Arm-C1-Pro-Fix
#arm#kernel#linux
📰Arm Preparing Live Firmware Activation Support For Linux
A new platform feature being worked on by Arm engineers for the Linux kernel is Live Firmware Activation to allow for updated firmware components to be deployed without requiring a system reboot...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arm-Live-Firmware-Activation
#arm#linux#kernel
📰 ARM NEON Accelerated CRC64 Optimization Shows Nearly 6x Improvement
A patch posted today to the Linux kernel mailing list provides an ARM64-optimized CRC64-NVMe implementation for nearly a 6x improvement on modern Arm SoCs...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/ARM-NEON-CRC64-6x
#linux#kernel#arm
📰 Kernel 6.19: GPU, SoC, and Rust improvements
Collabora continues to be a key contributor to the Linux kernel, with 125 patches from 21 developers! Highlights include Arm Mali GPU improvements, expanded MediaTek and Rockchip SoC support, Rust integration progress, and new Rockchip video capture functionality.
🔗 Source: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/kernel-619-gpu-soc-rust-improvements.html
#linux#kernel#arm
ЛюбопытныйTUI для перехвата сетевого трафика с использованием eBPF в Linux
Особенности
- Мониторинг и визуализация трафика в реальном времени.
- Полная статистика сетевого трафика.
- Функции межсетевого экрана.
- Исследователь метрик.
https://github.com/pythops/oryx
#ит_заметки#linux#kernel#network#ebpf#oryx
📰 Inside the Systemd Age Verification Debate: Developer Responds to Criticism
A single pull request turned a quiet open source contributor into the unlikely target of one of the Linux community's most heated controversies. We interacted with Dylan Taylor to hear his side of the story.
🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17306445/dylan-taylor-systemd-controversy
#systemd#linux#opensource
📰 Systemd-Free Artix Linux Sees First Release in 2026 with XLibre and PipeWire
Artix Linux 2026.04 distribution is now available for download with XLibre and PipeWire by default, Linux kernel 6.19, and more. Here's what's new!
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/systemd-free-artix-linux-sees-first-release-in-2026-with-xlibre-and-pipewire
#linux#systemd#kernel