The end of Linux i486 support looks nigh
… They might as well run museum kernels." In other words, if you want to run an old piece of hardware, you're just gonna have to rely on an old version of the Linux kernel going forward from 7.1, finally. …
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Microsoft cracks down on old Windows kernel drivers
OSes Microsoft tells crusty old kernel drivers to get with the Windows Hardware Compatibility Program Cross-signed code gets the cold shoulder as Redmond tightens trust Microsoft is removing trust for kernel drivers that haven't been through the Windows Hardware Compatibility Program WHCP in a bid … …
Microsoft locks out top open source devs, blames process
… But if there were, Jiminy Cricket!" Donenfeld told The Register that his saga began roughly two weeks ago, after spending weeks working on improvements to the WireGuard user application and its kernel driver, including rebuilding the latter's infrastructure to pass the Windows Hardware Lab Kit WHLK… …
Systemd-free antiX 26: Debian 13, in bonsai form
… The 2026 release offers a choice of two kernels: the old but still supported 5.10, or the slightly newer kernel 6.6. Unlike Debian itself, it still offers a 32-bit edition, which uses the older kernel version. …
Age verification isn't sage verification inside OSes
… Will it lead to a forced hardware upgrade supernova that makes Windows 11 look like a gentle burp? …
France’s digital agency dumping Windows desktops for Linux
… Consider, also, the Linux Foundation’s scorecard of organizations that contribute to the Linux kernel. …
RAM is getting expensive, so squeeze the most from it
… This only works so far – it can't compress everything in your memory: the kernel needs some workspace, and room for whatever task is currently running. The good news is that the kernel natively understands the idea of multiple separate areas of swap space, and can prioritize them. …
Yahoo Japan’s consolidating 164 OpenStack clusters into one
… Inoue said his team uses Prometheus, Grafana, and internal dashboards “to continuously monitor overall cloud health and trends to catch early signs of anomalies.” If those tools show signs of trouble, “we drill into deep signals such as kernel-level traces and packet captures to pinpoint the cause.… …