With zlib-rs 0.5.3 the performance should be even more competitive on AVX-512 capable Intel and AMD processors thanks to some new code. There is
Zlib-rs 0.5.3 Expands AVX-512 Usage For Faster Performance
With zlib-rs 0.5.3 the performance should be even more competitive on AVX-512 capable Intel and AMD processors thanks to some new code. There is
Linux 6.19 Will Allow Enforcing IPE Security Checks On Indirectly Executed Scripts
The Linux Integrity Policy Enforcement now honors the "AT_EXECVE_CHECK" flag so user-space interpreters can signal to the kernel to perform IPE security checks on script files before execution. This functionality with AT_EXECVE_CHECK extends IPE enforcement now to indirectly-executed scripts on the system.
The updated Linux IPE documentation further explains of the new AT_EXECVE_CHECK
Mesa 25.3.1 Released With Initial Set Of Fixes, Mesa 25.2 Comes To An End
Mesa 25.3.1 is now available. The release announcement doesn't end up noting much but just highlights the Mesa 25.3.0 changes for having not sent out a release note
EXT4 Optimizes Online Defragmentation, Improves Performance & Larger Block Sizes
It's not too often seeing multiple new EXT4 features land for a single kernel merge window, but that's the case this round with Linux 6.19. First up, EXT4 has optimized its online defragmentation process by leveraging folios rather than individual buffer heads. Secondly, there is now support for file-systems with
ReactOS Lands Improvements For Its USB Stack - Fixing Various Blue Screens of Death
ReactOS developers shared news today that a number of bug fixes for USB drivers have been merged. In particular, it should fix various Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) issues reported when running ReactOS on real hardware with USB. They remarked, " USB stack is now reported to be a bit more stable ;) "
Linux 6.19 Goes Ahead And Enables Microsoft C Extensions Support
The Microsoft C Extensions allow for some non-standard C/C++ constructs within the GCC and LLVM/Clang compilers. They are named the Microsoft C Extensions for being found in some Microsoft header files and being honored by the Microsoft Visual C/C+
Sched_EXT With Linux 6.19 Improves Recovering For Misbehaving eBPF Schedulers
With Linux 6.19 the extensible scheduler class brings improved recovery for misbehaving (e)BPF schedulers. The pull request explains:
"Improve recovery from misbehaving BPF schedulers. When a scheduler puts many tasks with varying affinity restrictions on a shared DSQ, CPUs scanning through tasks they cannot run can overwhelm the system, causing lockups. Bypass mode
Alpine Linux 3.23 Released With APK Tools v3 For Package Management
With Alpine Linux 3.23 it's powered by the new Linux 6.18 LTS kernel as well as moving to the GCC 15 compiler and having LLVM 21 available. Plus a variety of other software updates like Rust 1.91, Valkey 9.0, OpenZFS 2.4.0-
Intel's Open-Source Linux Graphics Driver Delivered Significant Improvements In 2025
Last week I provided a look at how Intel's GPU compute performance on Battlemage evolved in 2025 . In today's article is a similar Intel Arc A-Series "Alchemist" and B-Series "Battlemage" look at how the OpenGL and Vulkan graphics performance has evolved over the past year. Simply put, the open-source Intel Linux graphics driver stack has evolved immensely this year... Not just for Vulkan but even the OpenGL support continues moving in the right direction too.
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Fedora 44 Cleared To Replace Kernel Console With User-Space KMSCON
There is some apprehension if all the proper fall-backs will be in place and robust enough in the event of any problems with this user-space console