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The IOMMU driver changes were merged this week for Linux 6.18 with new material to benefit Intel, AMD, Apple, and RISC-V systems. The Intel VT-d IOMMU driver has been updated against the latest upstream VT-d specification and brings several fixes and code clean-ups. Over on the AMD side the AMD-Vi driver now is able to cope with Kdump boot handling …

Linux engineer at Microsoft Christian Brauner sent out his set of 12 pull requests touching the VFS portion of the Linux kernel. These changes for the Linux 6.18 kernel include one pull request that touches the writeback code to address a situation of lockups being reported by users when systemd units read lots of files. The problem at hand with …

Larian have just released a fresh update for Baldur’s Gate 3, which brings a Native Linux version made for the Steam Deck. I mentioned they were doing this in a recent GamingOnLinux article talking about an issue it had and now it’s here. Originally, it used Proton to run the Windows version (like a lot of games) but Larian say …

Code was open-sourced this week and posted to the Linux kernel mailing list as a “request for comments” (RFC) for a multi-kernel architecture. This proposal could allow for multiple independent kernel instances to co-exist on a single physical machine. Each kernel could run on dedicated CPU Cores while sharing underlying hardware resources. This could also allow for some complex use-cases …

Not to be confused with AMD’s Platform Security Processor (PSP), but Google’s PSP Security Protocol (PSP) for encryption in-transit for TCP network connections is now ready for the mainline kernel. This initial PSP encryption support for network connections is set to arrive with the upcoming Linux 6.18 kernel. After going through thirteen rounds of review, this Google PSP Security Protocol …

We’ve talked a lot about the impending end-of-life of Windows 10, and what folks can do if they can’t, or choose not to upgrade to Windows 11. One of the options is to pay up for extended support, one of the options is to buy a new PC — which Microsoft would surely love — and one continually floated is …

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Linux has suffered from a litany of myths over the years. If you’re on the fence, you’ll be glad to know those myths aren’t true. Linux is easy, beautiful, and ripe for desktop users. I’ve been using Linux since …

Intel announced the Arc Pro B-Series back at Computex consisting of the Arc Pro B50 and Arc Pro B60 graphics cards. Marking availability today and the review embargo lift is for the Arc Pro B50 for workstations, which provides 16GB of RAM, 70 Watt total board power, and a $349 USD launch price for this workstation graphics card. Here are …

ZOTAC Zone Pro to feature Ryzen HX 370, 7″ OLED screen, 32GB RAM and Manjaro Linux  VideoCardz.com Source link

A patch series posted overnight that is part of a larger planned rework for the kernel to introduce a “Swap Table” is poised to bring significant real-world performance gains to the Linux kernel. Kairui Song of Tencent posted the initial phase of patches for introducing a Swap Table and for it to serve as the kernel’s swap cache. This stems …