Linus Torvalds Merged The Code Beginning To Remove Intel 486 CPU Support In Linux 7.1
… Linus Torvalds took the initial removal bits today without any fuss today for beginning the phase out of M486 / M486SX / ELAN kernel support. …
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Intel Panther Lake & Linux AI/LLM Debates Dominated Q1 For Linux Users
… And the most popular news of Q1'2026 on Phoronix: Linus Torvalds' Latest Open-Source Project Is AudioNoise - Made With The Help Of Vibe Coding In addition to Linus Torvalds' recent comments around AI tooling documentation, it turns out in fact that Linus Torvalds has been using vibe coding himself. …
TLAC Aims To Be An Open-Source Alternative To Kernel-Level Anti-Cheat Systems
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Linux 7.1-rc1 Released With New NTFS Driver, FRED By Default & Much More
… Linux 7.1-rc1 benchmarking getting underway at Phoronix. As of writing, Linus Torvalds' customary release messaging has yet to hit the LKML but will presumably be so soon, unless he is having mail snafu like on a few occasions. Update: Torvalds' release commentary is now available . …
Linux Dropping Old Drivers, AI Detected Vulnerabilities & Other Kernel Highlights Of Q2
… Linus Torvalds Rejects Performance Fix "Hack" & Kconfig "Terrible Things" For Linux 7.1 While a lot of interesting new features and changes have been merged already for the Linux 7.1 merge window, two pull requests stand out so far for being rejected by Linus Torvalds and complete with his to-the-p… …
Linux 7.0 Release, Age Verification Laws, Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 & Other April Happenings
… Farewell ISDN, Ham Radio & Old Network Drivers: Linus Torvalds Merges 138k L.O.C. Removal Linus Torvalds did it! …
Infinity Scheduler Aims To Be A Better Linux Scheduler
… Linux 7.2-rc1 Released: "Things Look Reasonably Normal" While Landing AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL, AMD ISP4 & CAS Linux 7.3 To Introduce DRM "Color Format" Property With AMD GPU Driver Support Linux Dropping Old Drivers, AI Detected Vulnerabilities & Other Kernel Highlights Of Q2 Linux 7.2 Surpasses More T…
Linux 7.2 Drops Ancient PROFIBUS Driver: Ported From SCO Unix In 1998, Unused For Years
… Linux Cache Aware Scheduling Extended For Even Better Performance: Up To 360% In MySQL MGLRU Improvement Yielding Nice Gains On Linux 7.2: MongoDB 30~100% Higher Throughput Linux 7.2 Protects Against Crafted Perf Data From Going Rogue Linux 7.2 Ready With IMA and EVM Post-Quantum ML-DSA Signature S…
USB4STREAM, Optimizations, Jay & Other Popular Intel Linux News From This Quarter
… Linus Torvalds Merged The Code Beginning To Remove Intel 486 CPU Support In Linux 7.1 As a follow-up to the news first-covered on Phoronix earlier this month about Linux 7.1 expected to begin removing i486 CPU support: it indeed happened. …
CachyOS June 2026 OS Released With More Performance Optimizations
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