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Open Mandriva Git Hub Disrupted & Nefarious Package Push In Sabotage Attempt
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (27+ words) Phoronix - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals...
Linux 7. 3 To Make It Easier To Disable Syscall User Dispatch
6+ hour, 37+ min ago (250+ words) Introduced to the Linux kernel nearly six years ago was the Syscall User Dispatch feature to help with Linux gaming. Specifically, Syscall User Dispatch was developed to help Windows games run on Linux more efficiently. While it was upstreamed in…...
Linux 7. 2-rc2 BPF Code Being Hardened Against JIT Spraying Attacks
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (201+ words) Some post-merge-window code changes merged overnight ahead of Linux 7. 2-rc2 this weekend is hardening the kernel's BPF code against JIT spraying attacks. .. - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals Linux 7. 2-rc2 BPF Code…...
Linux Kernel Developers Again Discussing AI Agent Attribution - Potentially Dropping It
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (232+ words) When AI/LLM agents are used in the creation of Linux kernel patches, the policy for a while now has been that it should be specified using an "Assisted-by" tag as part of the patches/commits. But Linux kernel developers…...
KDE Plasma Affected By Arbitrary Code Execution To Break Sandboxes With "Open New Window"
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (202+ words) A security disclosure has been made public today for a yet-to-be-patched arbitrary code execution vulnerability with the KDE Plasma desktop. .. - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals KDE Plasma Affected By…...
Arch Linux AUR Malware, Linux 7. 2 Developments & Other June Highlights
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (220+ words) Last month on Phoronix there were 294 original news articles and 18 Linux hardware reviews / multi-page benchmark articles. Beyond Phoronix. com turning 22 years old in June, there were also a lot of exciting Linux hardware and open-source software developments worth recapping. .. - Categories…...
TLAC Aims To Be An Open-Source Alternative To Kernel-Level Anti-Cheat Systems
1+ week, 2+ day ago (194+ words) Phoronix - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals TLAC Aims To Be An Open-Source Alternative To Kernel-Level Anti-Cheat Systems Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix. com and founded the…...
Linux Dropping Old Drivers, AI Detected Vulnerabilities & Other Kernel Highlights Of Q2
1+ week, 3+ day ago (202+ words) With Q2'2026 quickly coming to an end, here's a recap of the most popular Linux kernel news over the past three months on Phoronix. .. - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals Linux…...
Linux 7. 2 Surpasses More Than 43 Million Lines In The Kernel Tree
1+ week, 3+ day ago (224+ words) Today marks the last day of the Linux 7. 2 merge window with Linux 7. 2-rc1 due out later today. With the many new features and improvements merged over the past week since the Linux 7. 1 stable debut, the Linux kernel source tree now exceeds…...
Linux Foundation & Others Launch "Akrites" To Defend Open-Source Software From AI-Enabled Exploits
1+ week, 5+ day ago (243+ words) The Linux Foundation along with others like Amazon, Anthropic, Open AI, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Red Hat, and others have joined forces to launch Akrites. The Akrites project is aiming to help defend critical open-source software from the brisk pace of new…...