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Linus Torvalds Rejects Performance Fix "Hack" & Kconfig "Terrible Things" For Linux 7.1

…Gaming Performance On Old "Potato" Hardware Linux 7.0.6 Released To Finish Mitigating the Dirty Frag Vulnerability OpenZFS 2.4.2 Released With Linux 7.0 Kernel Support, Many Bug Fixes…

Apr 14, 2026

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Linux 7.1 Expected To Begin Removing i486 CPU Support

…Given that Torvalds already has shown interest in removing i486 support, it's time to say farewell to the possibility of running a modern upstream Linux kernel version on these very old…

Apr 5, 2026

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user.* xattrs On Sockets Merged For Linux 7.1 As Sought By GNOME & systemd Developers

…Gaming Performance On Old "Potato" Hardware Linux 7.0.6 Released To Finish Mitigating the Dirty Frag Vulnerability OpenZFS 2.4.2 Released With Linux 7.0 Kernel Support, Many Bug Fixes…

Apr 13, 2026

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Linux 7.1-rc2 Released With Audio Fix For Steam Deck OLED, Other Fixes

…Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Linux Scheduler Work Helping Boost Gaming Performance On Old "Potato" Hardware OpenZFS 2.4.2 Released With Linux 7.0 Kernel Support, Many Bug…

May 3, 2026

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Linux May Drop Old Network Drivers Now That AI-Driven Bug Reports Are Causing A Burden

…Linux Scheduler Work Helping Boost Gaming Performance On Old "Potato" Hardware Dirty Frag Vulnerability Made Public Early: Root Privilege On All Distributions IBM s390 Is The Latest Architecture Seeing Rust Linux Kernel…

Apr 21, 2026

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Linux 7.1 Lands High Resolution Timer "HRTIMER" Overhaul

…Gaming Performance On Old "Potato" Hardware Linux 7.0.6 Released To Finish Mitigating the Dirty Frag Vulnerability OpenZFS 2.4.2 Released With Linux 7.0 Kernel Support, Many Bug Fixes…

Apr 18, 2026

phoronix.com › news › Linux-7.0-rc6-Released

Linux 7.0-rc6 Released With The Fixes Still Coming In Heavy

…Gaming Performance On Old "Potato" Hardware Linux 7.0.6 Released To Finish Mitigating the Dirty Frag Vulnerability OpenZFS 2.4.2 Released With Linux 7.0 Kernel Support, Many Bug Fixes…

Mar 29, 2026

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Linux Out-Of-Bounds Access Fixed For Unprivileged Users With Specially Crafted Certs

…Linux Scheduler Work Helping Boost Gaming Performance On Old "Potato" Hardware Dirty Frag Vulnerability Made Public Early: Root Privilege On All Distributions IBM s390 Is The Latest Architecture Seeing Rust Linux Kernel…

Apr 12, 2026

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Microsoft Upgrades Its WSL2 Kernel Against Linux 6.18 LTS

…Linux Scheduler Work Helping Boost Gaming Performance On Old "Potato" Hardware Dirty Frag Vulnerability Made Public Early: Root Privilege On All Distributions IBM s390 Is The Latest Architecture Seeing Rust Linux Kernel…

Apr 11, 2026

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Torvalds: AI Tools Great When Not Causing Unnecessary Pain & Pointless Make-Believe Work

…Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Linux Scheduler Work Helping Boost Gaming Performance On Old "Potato" Hardware OpenZFS 2.4.2 Released With Linux 7.0 Kernel Support, Many Bug…

May 18, 2026