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📰 Linux May Drop Legacy 3Com, AMD, and Xircom Ethernet Drivers The Linux kernel may drop 18 old Ethernet drivers for ISA- and PCMCIA-era hardware as maintainers question whether the aging code still has active users. 🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/linux-may-drop-legacy-3com-amd-and-xircom-ethernet-drivers/ #amd#kernel#linux

📰 New Framework 13 Pro is the first to be Ubuntu Certified Framework’s new 13 Pro laptop is the company’s first to ship as certified for Ubuntu, who say you can buy it knowing you’ll get “guaranteed support right out of the box”. Framework hardware have been popular with Linux users for years, not just for the company’s ethos around upgradeable and repairable hardware but their kernel contributions and financial support for open-source projects and developers. 🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/framework-13-pro-ubuntu-certified #kernel#linux#opensource#ubuntu

📰 KMSCON Continues Improving For VT Terminal Emulator In User-Space KMSCON 9.3.4 is out today for this virtual terminal (VT) emulator in user-space that runs atop the Linux DRM/KMS APIs for those wanting to enjoy a CONFIG_VT=n Linux kernel experience... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/KMSCON-9.3.4-Released #kernel#linux

📰 Linux Kernel 6.19 Reaches End of Life, It’s Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 7.0 Linux kernel 6.19 reached end of life and all users are now recommended to upgrade their systems to the latest Linux 7.0 kernel series as soon as possible. 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-19-reaches-end-of-life-its-time-to-upgrade-to-linux-kernel-7-0 #kernel#linux

📰 Many Great Networking Improvements Arrive In Linux 7.1 Merged recently to Linux Git were the big set of networking changes for the Linux 7.1 kernel... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Networking #kernel#linux

📰 Linux May Drop Old Network Drivers Now That AI-Driven Bug Reports Are Causing A Burden Old network maintenance drivers are becoming a maintenance burden in the era of fuzzing and predominantly AI-driven bug detection causing an uptick in possible bug/security reports to upstream Linux kernel developers but with these drivers potentially having no actual users... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Old-Network-AI #kernel#linux

📰 VirtualBox 7.2.8 Released With Linux Kernel 7.0 Support and Wayland Fixes VirtualBox 7.2.8 is out with Linux 6.19 and 7.0 host support, Wayland fixes, Windows 11 improvements, and updated Guest Additions. 🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/virtualbox-7-2-8-released-with-linux-kernel-7-0-support/ #kernel#linux#wayland

📰 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

📰 While New NTFS Driver Merged, NTFS3 Driver Sees Fixes & Minor Changes For Linux 7.1 Last week saw the "NTFS resurrection" as Linux Torvalds put it with the new/overhauled NTFS driver having been merged for Linux 7.1. Even still, the NTFS3 driver that was contributed a few years ago by Paragon Software remains in the mainline kernel and today were some fixes/improvements merged for that existing driver... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NTFS3-Linux-7.1 #kernel#linux

📰 A Lot Of Memory Management "MM" Improvements Merged For Linux 7.1 Andrew Morton recently sent out his various "MM" related pull requests for the ongoing Linux 7.1 kernel. There are a number of memory management optimizations in this next kernel version, which is always nice to see but all the more so these days with the inflated RAM pricing and other computer component prices... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-MM #kernel#linux

📰 CachyOS just shipped Linux 7.0, and it has some extra performance tweaks added to the mix After a few worrying release candidates, Linus released the Linux 7.0 kernel a few days ago. While there seemed to be more bug fixes than usual during the preview builds, Linus felt that the changes were small enough not to warrant a delay. He also believes the increase in fixes was due to AI assistants getting better at finding problems in the code, which is valid. 🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/cachyos-just-shipped-linux-70-and-it-has-some-extra-performance-tweaks-added-to-the-mix/ #kernel#linux

📰 Valve Developer Further Improves Old AMD GPUs: HD 7870 XT Finally Working On Linux Timur Kristóf of Valve's Linux graphics driver team is the one that worked on improving the old AMD Radeon GCN 1.0/1.1 graphics card support by making AMDGPU driver improvements so it could become the default for these Southern Islands and Sea Islands GPUs rather than the legacy Radeon kernel driver. That meant better performance, RADV Vulkan support out-of-the-box, and other benefits. 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Harvested-GPUs-Linux #amd#kernel#linux