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📰 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

📰 Fedora Linux 44 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New Fedora Linux 44 distribution is now available for download powered by Linux kernel 6.19 and featuring the latest GNOME 50 and KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop environments, and many other enhancements. 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/fedora-linux-44-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new #fedora#gnome#kde#kernel#linux#plasma

📰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

📰Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 7.1 Release Candidate Linus Torvalds announced the general availability of the first Release Candidate version of the upcoming Linux 7.1 kernel series for public testing. Here’s what to expect! 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/linus-torvalds-announces-first-linux-kernel-7-1-release-candidate #kernel#linux

📰 The New Linux Kernel AI Bot Uncovering Bugs Is A Local LLM On Framework Desktop + AMD Ryzen AI Max Earlier this month on Phoronix we were the first to draw attention to a new fuzzing tool / AI bot uncovering kernel bugs by Greg Kroah-Hartman, the "second in command" for Linux kernel development and stable maintainer. Greg has now shared more light on the "gregkh_clanker_t1000" for this tool that has been uncovering more Linux kernel bugs the past few weeks... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Clanker-T1000-AMD-Ryzen-AI-Max #amd#kernel#linux

📰 Void Linux Switches Main NVIDIA Package to Open Kernel Modules Void Linux now uses NVIDIA’s open DKMS kernel modules in its main NVIDIA package, starting with the 595.xx driver series. 🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/void-linux-switches-main-nvidia-package-to-open-kernel-modules/ #kernel#linux

📰 New NTFS Driver Sees A Number Of Fixes Ahead Of Linux 7.1-rc1 With the Linux 7.1-rc1 kernel release due out tomorrow to cap off the Linux 7.1 merge window, one of the most notable additions this cycle is the introduction of the new NTFS driver that aims to provide better performance and more modern features than the existing NTFS3 in-kernel driver that was originally contributed by Paragon Software... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/New-NTFS-Driver-Fixes-Linux-7.1 #kernel#linux

📰 Farewell ISDN, Ham Radio & Old Network Drivers: Linus Torvalds Merges 138k L.O.C. Removal Linus Torvalds did it! He merged the pull request to rid the Linux kernel of the old Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) subsystem and various other old network drivers largely for PCMCIA era network adapters. This was the code suggested for removal given the recent influx of AI/LLM-generated bug reports against this dated code that likely has no active upstream users remaining... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Removes-Old-Net #kernel#linux

📰 Pull Request For Linux To Remove Old Network Drivers, ISDN Subsystem Due To AI/LLM Noise It was just days ago we reported on a proposal to drop old network drivers due to AI-driven bug reports becoming a burden on upstream kernel developers. Last night that culminated with an initial pull request to clear out some old, unused networking drivers plus also clearing out the entire ISDN subsystem and more... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-PR-Remove-Old-Net #kernel#linux

📰 Gentoo-Based Redcore Linux Hardened 2601 Released with Kernel 6.19 Redcore Linux Hardened 2601 Vulpecula has been released, featuring Linux kernel 6.19, FFmpeg 8, and updates to the Sisyphus package manager. 🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/gentoo-based-redcore-linux-hardened-2601-released-with-kernel-6-19/ #ffmpeg#kernel#linux

📰 Ubuntu Server 26.04 LTS Will Now Automatically Install HWE/OEM Kernel Packages Ubuntu LTS releases on the desktop have automatically installed OEM vendor kernels where needed and hardware enablement "HWE" kernels in later point releases by default. This provides a better out-of-the-box experience for Ubuntu desktop users and one less chore post-install if desiring a newer/better kernel. With Ubuntu Server 26.04 LTS, the server installer is finally doing the same... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Server-26.04-HWE-OEM #kernel#ubuntu

📰 Arch-Based Omarchy 3.6 Improves Panther Lake Efficiency Omarchy 3.6 introduces Panther Lake kernel patches, persistent Hyprland toggles, and improved laptop display management. 🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/arch-based-omarchy-3-6-improves-panther-lake-efficiency/ #arch#kernel