📰 AI Helped Uncover A "50-80x Improvement" For Linux's IO_uring
Linux block maintainer and IO_uring lead developer Jens Axboe recently was debugging some slowdowns in the AHCI/SCSI code with IO_uring usage. When turning to Claude AI to help in sorting through the issue, patches were devised that can deliver up to a "literally yield a 50-80x improvement on the io_uring side for idle systems." The code is on its way to the Linux kernel...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AI-50-80x-IO-uring
#linux#kernel
Speed of Sound
#Voice#typing for the #Linux desktop:
Features
Offline, on-device transcription powered by Whisper, Parakeet, Canary, and more. No data leaves your machine.
Multiple activation options: click the in-app button or use a global keyboard shortcut.
Types the result directly into any focused application using Portals for wide desktop support (X11, Wayland).
Multi-language support with switchable primary and secondary languages on the fly.
Works out of the box with a built-in multilingual Whisper model. Download additional models from within the app to improve accuracy and language coverage.
Optional text polishing with LLMs (Anthropic, Google, OpenAI), with support for a custom context and vocabulary.
Supports self-hosted services like vLLM, Ollama, and llama.cpp (cloud services supported but not required).
Getting Started
The easiest and recommended way to install Speed of Sound is from Flathub or from the Snap Store. Alternatively, AppImage, Deb, and RPM packages are also available from the releases page.
For initial configuration, troubleshooting, and other resources, visit speedofsound.io
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RepoHub
RepoHub simplifies software installation on Linux, Windows, and macOS with a unified interface that uses official repositories for discovering and installing packages.
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Developer: Yusuf İpek
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“最美 Linux 发行版” elementary OS 8.1 更新：默认启用 Wayland，完善支持苹果 M 系列芯片
Linux 发行版 elementary OS 8.1 正式发布，此次更新幅度较大。该版本将 Wayland 设为默认窗口管理器，提升隐私保护和硬件兼容性，用户可选择回退至 X11。elementary OS 8.1 集成了 Linux 6.14 内核和 Mesa 25 图形驱动栈，优化了游戏性能和功耗控制。该版本正式支持 Intel Lunar Lake 处理器和苹果 M 系列芯片。此外，新版还新增了“密码调光”功能，改进了 AppCenter 应用详情页，并针对大屏设备优化了搜索结果。IT之家
🏷#elementary#OS#Wayland#Linux
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⚡ 25,000 U.S. businesses already use macOS, and the number keeps growing. Yet macOS threats are still flying under the radar for most security teams.
Attackers know this. 👀 And they're quietly adding more cross-platform threats to take advantage of it, targeting sensitive data.
That's exactly why #ANYRUN just levelled up. The sandbox now supports #macOS alongside #Windows, #Linux, and #Android — one unified place, full visibility, faster verdicts.
👉 Close the gap before it becomes a costly one: https://thn.news/mac-threat-analysis
👨💻 Изоляция процессов и минимизация привилегий: использование Linux namespaces и seccomp.
• Использование Linux - namespace и seccomp — это не просто защита, а мощный щит для предотвращения атак. Namespace изолирует процессы, а seccomp блокирует доступ к более чем 200 системным вызовам, из которых более 50 считаются высокорисковыми для безопасности.
• По сути, это как строить защиту для вашего дома: namespace — это стены, разделяющие различные комнаты, а seccomp — это система безопасности, которая блокирует нежелательные действия, даже если злоумышленник каким-то образом окажется за дверью. Как раз об этом и поговорим: https://habr.com/ru/post/866942/
#ИБ#Linux#namespaces#seccomp