Linux 7.2-rc3 Bringing Fixes For The SEGA Dreamcast Drivers In 2026
…Driver Preparing A Number Of Features For Linux 7.3 OpenRazer 3.12.4 Fixes Compatibility With Linux 7.2 4K @ 60 FPS USB Video Capture Finally Becomes Less Problematic On Linux…
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MPEG-4 Patent Expiration, RADV On Windows, Open-Source AI & Other July Highlights
…ReactOS Implements First Windows NT6 System Call In Step Toward Vista Compatibility The ReactOS project that is striving to be the "open-source Windows" with Windows driver and software binary compatibility hit…
Wine Staging 11.6 Ships Big Patch Series For Working On DirectComposition
…The stubbed out implementation from a few months ago was enough to get the Dorico music notation / scorewriter software working on Wine. But simply stubbing out the implementation wasn't enough to…
Raspberry Pi 5 IOMMU Driver Being Worked On For The Mainline Linux Kernel
…brcm,iova-window and brcm,iommu-cache as standards-compliant DT property names, while maintaining compatibility with existing shipped RPi firmware - Drop the dma-iova-offset hack, used to work around some…
Linux Driver Posted For Intel Silicon Security Engine Interface "ISSEI"
…Intel software engineer Alexander Usyskin posted today the patch series providing the initial Linux kernel plumbing around the Intel Silicon Security Engine Interface. The Intel Security Engine has played a role in…
Fedora 45 Considering x86_64 Shadow Stack Usage By Default
…This change is backward compatible for the most part: -fcf-protection is a default compile time flag already enabled in redhat-rpm-config for Fedora since 2018 and thus the majority of…
Coreboot + AMD openSIL Powered Firmware Published For The Gigabyte MZ33-AR1
…The Dasharo v0.9 release is UEFI compatible, supports booting either Linux or Windows 11, is Secure Boot capable, supports TPM Measured Boot for security, and supports other typical system BIOS/firmware…
Linux 7.2 Will Be Able To Boot On Apple M3 Macs - But Far From Useful For End-Users
…Add minimal device trees for all t8122 / base M3 based devices and some required new compatibles to the dt-bindings. These are enough to boot Linux on these devices to a simple…
Cryptsetup 2.8.7 Released To Deal With Fallout Of Linux's Rushed AF_ALG Deprecation
…This leaves user-space software like Cryptsetup and AF_ALG with challenges as they have long relied on this interface now deemed too large of a security burden. With today's Cryptsetup…
Linux AF_ALG Crypto Code Removing Zero-Copy Support Out Of Security Concerns
…Zero-copy support is great for better performance and efficiency, but in kernel space it does increase the likelihood of exploiting its semantics by malicious software. The Linux AF_ALF code for…