Linux 7.1-rc5 Released With Fixes Ramping Up From AI Coding Agents
…And yes, several of these series were triggered by AI code review. Because fixes or not - and trivial or not - these kinds of large rc weeks are *not* conducive to long-term…
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Linux 7.0 Release, Age Verification Laws, Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 & Other April Happenings
…Last month on Phoronix were 303 original news articles and 16 Linux hardware reviews / multi-page featured benchmark articles. Below is a look at the most viewed articles on Phoronix for April…
FreeBSD Working On Intel FRED Support, Laptop Improvements Continue
…FRED is initially found with Panther Lake and is showing very nice performance gains (https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-fred-panther-lake) while on the server side will also be found…
Intel Sends Out Revised Linux Patches For Directed Package Thermal Interrupts
…fix various bugs in the prior code and other code clean-ups. Given the timing of this v2 patch series , we'll see how this latest round of code review goes and…
Linux Ham Radio KISS Serial Driver Being Modernized In 2026
…The fifth patch addresses remaining checkpatch.pl issues, primarily converting space-based indentation to tabs, aligning parameters, and fixing comment formats." The patches are out for review on the Linux kernel mailing…
NVIDIA Provides Preview Driver With DRM Color Pipeline API Support
…on explicit human direction, review, and iteration." DXVK-NVAPI 0.9.2 Further Improves NVIDIA Integration For Steam Play Linux Gaming NVIDIA-VAAPI-Driver 0.0.17 Fixes Support For GB10 Powered…
Linux MD RAID5 Seeing Scalability Improvements Up To 17%
…on the LKML where it's awaiting code review. KSMBD Adds SMB2 Compression Support In Linux 7.2 NTFS3 Driver Sees Bug Fixes & Minor Improvements With Linux 7.2 F2FS Integrates FSERROR…
Fedora Retiring Its Deepin Desktop Packages
…Deepin packages over similar concerns and lack of activity in maintaining the packages. Opened a year ago was this FESCo ticket to conduct a Deepin security review request following the security revelations…
hid-omg-detect: Linux Driver In Development To Detect Malicious HID Devices
…It's an interesting driver addition currently under review and consideration on the mailing list. Those concerned about potentially malicious HID devices being connected to your systems or just curious about hid…
Meta Has A New Linux Optimization To Avoid Throttling TCP Throughput Unnecessarily
…The patch is out for review on the Linux kernel mailing list. Linux Kernel Adds Documentation For What Qualifies As A Security Bug, Responsible AI Use Linux 7.0.8 Released & LTS…