[$] GitLab CI for the kernel
Working on the Linux kernel has always been unlike working on many other software projects. One...
Eight new kernel updates [LWN.net]
The 6.9.1, 6.8.10, 6.6.31, 6.1.91, 5.15.159, 5.10.217, 5.4.276, and 4.19.314 stable kernels have been released. These...
[$] An update and future plans for DAMON
The DAMON subsystem was the subject of the first session in the memory-management track at the...
Security updates for Friday [LWN.net]
Security updates have been issued by Fedora (chromium, firefox, and podman), Mageia (chromium-browser-stable, ghostscript, and java-1.8.0,...
White paper: Vendor Kernels, Bugs and Stability [LWN.net]
Ronnie Sahlberg, Jonathan Maple, and Jeremy Allison of CiQ have published a white paper looking at...
[$] The first half of the 6.10 merge window
The merge window for the 6.10 kernel release opened on May 12; between then and the time...
Neovim 0.10 released [LWN.net]
Version 0.10 of the Vim-based text editor Neovim is now available. This release includes a new...
Security updates for Thursday [LWN.net]
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (.NET 7.0, .NET 8.0, and nodejs:20), Debian (chromium, firefox-esr,...
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 16, 2024
The LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 16, 2024 is available.
Mozilla Foundation Welcomes Nabiha Syed as Executive Director [LWN.net]
The Mozilla Foundation has announced that its new executive director will be Nabiha Syed. Syed is...
Linux maintainers were infected for 2 years by SSH-dwelling backdoor (ars technica) [LWN.net]
Ars technica looks at a a recent report on the Ebury root kit, with a focus...
Firefox 126.0 released [LWN.net]
Version 126.0 of the Firefox browser is out. Changes include improvements to the "copy link without...
[$] The state of the page in 2024
The advent of the folio structure to describe groups of pages has been one of the...
Security updates for Wednesday [LWN.net]
Security updates have been issued by Mageia (sssd and tcpdump), Red Hat (.NET 7.0, .NET 8.0,...
Manjaro 24.0 released [LWN.net]
Version 24.0 of the Arch-based Manjaro distribution is now available with the 6.9 kernel, GNOME 46, Xfce 4.18, and an...
[$] Portable LLMs with llamafile
Large language models (LLMs) have been the subject of much discussion and scrutiny recently. Of particular...
Security updates for Tuesday [LWN.net]
Security updates have been issued by Debian (glib2.0 and shim), Fedora (glib2, gnome-shell, tcpdump, tpm2-tools, tpm2-tss,...
[$] Some 6.9 development statistics
The 6.9 kernel was released on May 12 after a typical nine-week development cycle. Once again, this...
[$] Managing expectations with a contributions and credit policy
Maintainers of open-source projects sometimes have disagreements with contributors over how contributions are reviewed, modified, merged,...
Security updates for Monday [LWN.net]
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (nodejs:18 and shim), Debian (atril and chromium), Fedora (chromium,...
The 6.9 kernel is out [LWN.net]
Linus has released the 6.9 kernel. "So 6.9 is now out, and last week has looked...
[$] Debian dismisses AI-contributions policy
In April, the Gentoo Linux project banned the use of generative AI/ML tools due to copyright,...
Security updates for Friday [LWN.net]
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (container-tools:4.0, container-tools:rhel8, git-lfs, glibc, libxml2, nodejs:18, and nodejs:20), Debian...
[$] Another push for sched_ext
The extensible scheduler class (or "sched_ext") is a comprehensive framework that enables the implementation of CPU...
Security updates for Thursday [LWN.net]
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (ansible-core, avahi, bind, buildah, containernetworking-plugins, edk2, fence-agents, file, freeglut,...
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 9, 2024
The LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 9, 2024 is available.
[$] Securing Git repositories with gittuf
The so-called software supply chain starts with source code. But most security measures and tooling don't...
Fedora Asahi Remix 40 is now available [LWN.net]
Fedora Magazine reports that the Fedora Asahi Remix for Apple Arm hardware, based on Fedora 40,...
Security updates for Wednesday [LWN.net]
Security updates have been issued by Debian (glib2.0 and php7.3), Gentoo (Commons-BeanUtils, Epiphany, glibc, MariaDB, Node.js,...
[$] A proposal to switch Fedora Workstation's desktop
A proposal to switch the default desktop for Fedora Workstation from GNOME to KDE Plasma largely...
[$] Systemd heads for a big round-number release
The systemd project is preparing for a new release. Version 256-rc1 was released on April 25 with a...
GCC 14.1 released [LWN.net]
Version 14.1 of the GCC compiler suite has been released. The list of changes is long;...
Secure Randomness in Go 1.22 (Go Blog) [LWN.net]
The Go Blog has a detailed article on the new, more secure random-number generator implemented for...
Security updates for Tuesday [LWN.net]
Security updates have been issued by Debian (kernel), Gentoo (libjpeg-turbo, xar, and Xpdf), Red Hat (bind,...
2023 PSF annual impact report [LWN.net]
The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has announced its annual impact report for 2023. The report includes...
Stenberg: I survived curl up 2024 [LWN.net]
Daniel Stenberg has posted a report about the recent curl up conference about curl development. It...
[$] Modernizing accessibility for desktop Linux
In some aspects, such as in gaming, the Linux desktop has made enormous strides in the...
The 2023 FSF Free Software Awards [LWN.net]
The Free Software Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2023 Free Software Awards: Bruno Haible...
Security updates for Monday [LWN.net]
Security updates have been issued by Debian (glibc, intel-microcode, less, libkf5ksieve, and ruby3.1), Fedora (chromium, gdcm,...
Kernel prepatch 6.9-rc7 [LWN.net]
The 6.9-rc7 kernel prepatch is out for testing. "The stats for 6.9 continue to look very...
[$] The file_operations structure gets smaller
Kernel developers are encouraged to send their changes in small batches as a way of making...
Security updates for Friday [LWN.net]
Security updates have been issued by Fedora (chromium, grub2, httpd, kernel, libcoap, matrix-synapse, python-pip, and rust-pythonize),...
A new set of stable kernels [LWN.net]
Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 6.8.9, 6.6.30, 6.1.90, 5.15.158, 5.10.216, 5.4.275, and 4.19.313...
[$] Inheritable credentials for directory file descriptors
In Unix-like systems, an open file descriptor carries the right to access the opened object in...
Rust 1.78.0 released [LWN.net]
Version 1.78.0 of the Rust language has been released. Changes include a new mechanism for diagnostic...
Security updates for Thursday [LWN.net]
Security updates have been issued by Debian (chromium and distro-info-data), Fedora (et, php-tcpdf, python-aiohttp, python-openapi-core, thunderbird,...
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 2, 2024
The LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 2, 2024 is available.
GNU nano 8.0 released [LWN.net]
Version 8.0 of the terminal text editor GNU nano has been released. This update includes several...
[$] A look at Ubuntu Desktop LTS 24.04
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, code-named "Noble Numbat", was released on April 25. This release includes GNOME 46, installer updates, security enhancements, a...
Eelco Dolstra steps down from NixOS Foundation board [LWN.net]
The NixOS Foundation board announced on April 30 that Eelco Dolstra is stepping down from the...