https://cluster-site.onrender.com/tags/os-internals/ Recent content in Os-Internals on Tenu Tech Brief Hugo -- 0.146.0 en-us Thu, 26 Feb 2026 01:41:33 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/firefox-149-beta-released-with-convenient-split-view-mode/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 01:17:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/firefox-149-beta-released-with-convenient-split-view-mode/ • Firefox 149 Beta Released With Convenient Split-View Mode Following the Firefox 148 release with the new AI controls, Mozilla promoted Firefox 149 to beta today • Most notable fo https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/b4s-review-tui-with-ai-integration-nearing-pre-alpha-release/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:41:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/b4s-review-tui-with-ai-integration-nearing-pre-alpha-release/ • b4’s Review TUI With AI Integration Nearing Pre-Alpha Release The b4 tool used for managing patch workflows to the Linux kernel has been seeing a lot of work recently on b4 revie https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/lwn.net-weekly-edition-for-february-26-2026/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:20:26 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/lwn.net-weekly-edition-for-february-26-2026/ • Inside this week’s LWN • net Weekly Edition: Front : New flags for clone3(); Discord replacements; virtual swap spaces; BPF memory protection keys; PostgreSQL’s lessons in attrac https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-6.18-lts-/-6.12-lts-/-6.6-lts-support-periods-extended/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:19:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-6.18-lts-/-6.12-lts-/-6.6-lts-support-periods-extended/ • 6 LTS Support Periods Extended Greg Kroah-Hartman today extended the planned maintenance periods of the latest Linux 6 • 6 Long Term Support (LTS) kernel series • Today’s move ex https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/llvm-clang-22-compiler-performance-largely-unchanged-over-clang-21-on-amd-zen-5/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:05:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/llvm-clang-22-compiler-performance-largely-unchanged-over-clang-21-on-amd-zen-5/ • LLVM Clang 22 Compiler Performance Largely Unchanged Over Clang 21 On AMD Zen 5 With yesterday’s stable release of the LLVM Clang 22 compiler it didn’t take long for Phoronix rea https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/support-period-lengthened-for-the-6.6-6.12-and-6.18-kernels/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:43:04 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/support-period-lengthened-for-the-6.6-6.12-and-6.18-kernels/ • ContentWeekly EditionArchivesSearchKernelSecurityEvents calendarUnread commentsLWN FAQWrite for us Weekly Edition Archives Search Kernel Security Events calendar Unread comments https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/mesa-26.0.1-released-with-important-security-fix-for-oob-memory-access-from-webgpu/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:56:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/mesa-26.0.1-released-with-important-security-fix-for-oob-memory-access-from-webgpu/ • 1 Released With Important Security Fix For OOB Memory Access From WebGPU Mesa 26 • 1 is now available as the first point release of this quarter’s Mesa 26 • Besides the usual bug https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/systemd-260-rc1-released-new-mstack-feature-system-v-service-scripts-no-longer-supported/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:16:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/systemd-260-rc1-released-new-mstack-feature-system-v-service-scripts-no-longer-supported/ • systemd 260-rc1 Released: New ‘mstack’ Feature, System V Service Scripts No Longer Supported The first release candidate of systemd 260 is now available for testing • Systemd 260 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/sub-scheduler-support-could-be-one-of-the-most-exciting-features-to-come-for-linux-7.1/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/sub-scheduler-support-could-be-one-of-the-most-exciting-features-to-come-for-linux-7.1/ • Sub-Scheduler Support Could Be One Of The Most Exciting Features To Come For Linux 7 • 1 While there are many great Linux 7 • 0 features with that still-young development cycle, https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/matthewwilcox/memdescs/path/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:32:47 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/matthewwilcox/memdescs/path/ • Comments Immutable Page Search: MenuNavigationRecentChangesFindPageLocal Site MapHelpHelpContentsHelpOnMoinWikiSyntaxDisplayAttachmentsInfoRaw TextPrint ViewEditLoadSave Navigati https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/no-hardware-memory-isolation-for-bpf-programs/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:27:45 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/no-hardware-memory-isolation-for-bpf-programs/ • On February 12, Yeoreum Yun posted a suggestion for an improvement to the security of the kernel’s BPF implementation: use memory protection keys to prevent unauthorized access t https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/an-effort-to-secure-the-network-time-protocol/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:26:21 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/an-effort-to-secure-the-network-time-protocol/ • The Network Time Protocol (NTP) debuted in 1985; it is a universally used, open specification that is deeply important for all sorts of activities we take for granted • It also, https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/metabrainz-mourns-the-loss-of-robert-kaye/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:22:16 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/metabrainz-mourns-the-loss-of-robert-kaye/ • ContentWeekly EditionArchivesSearchKernelSecurityEvents calendarUnread commentsLWN FAQWrite for us Weekly Edition Archives Search Kernel Security Events calendar Unread comments https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/amd-announces-the-epyc-8005-sorano-series/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:20:49 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/amd-announces-the-epyc-8005-sorano-series/ • AMD Announces The EPYC 8005 ‘Sorano’ Series The EPYC 9005 series for high-end Zen 5 server processors is a year and a half old and then at the lower-end of the spectrum is the EP https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/security-updates-for-wednesday/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:08:37 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/security-updates-for-wednesday/ • Security updates for Wednesday Dist • | ID | Release | Package | Date | AlmaLinux | ALSA-2026:3188 | 8 | grafana | 2026-02-24 | AlmaLinux | ALSA-2026:3187 | 8 | grafana-pcp | 202 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/arm-linaro-launch-new-corecollective-consortium-with-backing-from-amd-others/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/arm-linaro-launch-new-corecollective-consortium-with-backing-from-amd-others/ • Arm & Linaro Launch New ‘CoreCollective’ Consortium - With Backing From AMD & Others The embargo just lifted on an interesting new industry consortium • The CoreCollective consor https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/gtk-4.22-in-good-shape-with-better-svg-support/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:21:16 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/gtk-4.22-in-good-shape-with-better-svg-support/ • 22 In Good Shape With Better SVG Support Matthias Clasen shared an update today concerning the state of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) within GNOME’s GTK toolkit • With the upcom https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/systing-1.0-released-for-rust-based-ebpf-based-tracing-tool-leveraging-ai/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:11:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/systing-1.0-released-for-rust-based-ebpf-based-tracing-tool-leveraging-ai/ • Systing 1.0 Released For Rust-Based eBPF-Based Tracing Tool Leveraging AI Josef Bacik, of Btrfs notoriety before leaving Meta and stepping back from kernel development last year, https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/openzfs-2.4.1-released-with-linux-6.19-compatibility-many-fixes/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:57:30 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/openzfs-2.4.1-released-with-linux-6.19-compatibility-many-fixes/ • OpenZFS 2.4.1 Released With Linux 6.19 Compatibility, Many Fixes Following the big OpenZFS 2.4 release back in December, OpenZFS 2.4.1 was released overnight to ship support for https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/freerdp-3.23-addresses-11-cves-improved-sdl-client/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:43:59 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/freerdp-3.23-addresses-11-cves-improved-sdl-client/ • FreeRDP 3.23 Addresses 11 CVEs, Improved SDL Client For those making use of the open-source FreeRDP project for your Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) needs, FreeRDP 3.23 is out toda https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/amd-posts-linux-patches-for-sev-snp-btb-isolation/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 01:44:11 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/amd-posts-linux-patches-for-sev-snp-btb-isolation/ • AMD Posts Linux Patches For SEV-SNP BTB Isolation It’s quite a mouthful but today AMD posted Linux kernel patches for preparing SEV-SNP BTB isolation support for further enhancin https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/lutris-0.5.21-adds-support-for-running-games-inside-valves-latest-steam-runtime/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 01:08:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/lutris-0.5.21-adds-support-for-running-games-inside-valves-latest-steam-runtime/ • Lutris 0.5.21 Adds Support For Running Games Inside Valve’s Latest Steam Runtime Lutris 0.5.21 is now available as the latest version of this open-source Linux game manager. • Wi https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/restarting-libreoffice-online/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 23:20:35 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/restarting-libreoffice-online/ • ContentWeekly EditionArchivesSearchKernelSecurityEvents calendarUnread commentsLWN FAQWrite for us Weekly Edition Archives Search Kernel Security Events calendar Unread comments https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/cosmic-epoch-1.0.8-released-with-more-desktop-refinements/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:47:55 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/cosmic-epoch-1.0.8-released-with-more-desktop-refinements/ • COSMIC Epoch 1.0.8 Released With More Desktop Refinements While System76 has been hard at work on a redesigned Thelio desktop chassis design, this hasn’t slowed down their softwa https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/d7vk-1.4-released-with-more-improvements-for-old-direct3d-on-vulkan-under-linux/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:28:32 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/d7vk-1.4-released-with-more-improvements-for-old-direct3d-on-vulkan-under-linux/ • D7VK 1.4 Released With More Improvements For Old Direct3D On Vulkan Under Linux D7VK is the open-source project that began implementing the Direct3D 7 APIs atop Vulkan and with t https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/gnu-awk-5.4.0-released/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:22:48 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/gnu-awk-5.4.0-released/ • ContentWeekly EditionArchivesSearchKernelSecurityEvents calendarUnread commentsLWN FAQWrite for us 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14:33:30 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/security-updates-for-tuesday/ • Security updates for Tuesday Dist. • | ID | Release | Package | Date | —|—|—|—|—| AlmaLinux | ALSA-2026:2720 | 8 | kernel | 2026-02-24 | AlmaLinux | ALSA-2026:3083 | 8 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/amds-hip-moves-to-using-llvms-new-offload-driver-by-default/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:09:31 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/amds-hip-moves-to-using-llvms-new-offload-driver-by-default/ • AMD’s HIP Moves To Using LLVM’s New Offload Driver By Default A change merged to upstream LLVM Git yesterday for LLVM 23 is moving AMD’s HIP to using the new/modern offload drive https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/intel-formally-ends-four-of-their-go-language-open-source-projects/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:28:02 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/intel-formally-ends-four-of-their-go-language-open-source-projects/ • Intel Formally Ends Four Of Their Go Language Open-Source Projects Following various Intel open-source projects recently being archived with Intel formally discontinuing their de https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/llvm/clang-22-compiler-officially-released-with-many-improvements/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:13:20 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/llvm/clang-22-compiler-officially-released-with-many-improvements/ • LLVM/Clang 22 Compiler Officially Released With Many Improvements LLVM/Clang 22.1 was released overnight as the first stable release of the LLVM 22 series. • This is a nice, feat https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/kde-plasma-6.6.1-released-with-initial-batch-of-bug-fixes/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:02:26 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/kde-plasma-6.6.1-released-with-initial-batch-of-bug-fixes/ • KDE Plasma 6.6.1 Released With Initial Batch Of Bug Fixes Following last week’s Plasma 6.6 release, KDE developers today shipped Plasma 6.6.1 as the first point release with an a https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/cgit-1.3-web-frontend-for-git-released-after-six-years/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:55:10 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/cgit-1.3-web-frontend-for-git-released-after-six-years/ • CGIT 1.3 Web Frontend For Git Released After Six Years Jason Donenfeld of WireGuard and Linux cryptography fame has taken a break from that to release a new version of CGIT, the https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/mesa-panvk-driver-seeing-up-to-25.7x-speedup-for-msaa/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 01:15:45 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/mesa-panvk-driver-seeing-up-to-25.7x-speedup-for-msaa/ • Mesa PanVK Driver Seeing Up To 25.7x Speedup For MSAA The open-source PanVK driver providing Vulkan support for modern Arm Mali graphics hardware is seeing big speed-ups in the m https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linuxchanges/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:44:43 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linuxchanges/ • Changes done in each Linux kernel release. • Other places to get news about the Linux kernel are LWN kernel status or the Linux Kernel mailing list (there is a web interface in w https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux_6.19/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:44:37 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux_6.19/ • Linux 6.19 changelog. • Summary: Linux 6.19 adds a new listns(2) system call that makes much easier to list the namespaces present on the system; support for the Live Update Orch https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/developmentstatistics/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:44:31 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/developmentstatistics/ • Comments Immutable Page Search: MenuNavigationRecentChangesFindPageLocal Site MapHelpHelpContentsHelpOnMoinWikiSyntaxDisplayAttachmentsInfoRaw TextPrint ViewEditLoadSave Navigati https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/gnu-octave-11.1.0-released/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 22:28:12 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/gnu-octave-11.1.0-released/ • ContentWeekly 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is named QDA and is a Qualcomm DSP Acc https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/the-second-half-of-the-7.0-merge-window/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 19:36:49 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/the-second-half-of-the-7.0-merge-window/ • The 7.0 merge window closed on February 22 with 11,588 non-merge commits total, 3,893 of which came in after the article covering the first half of the merge window . • The chang https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/vlad-weston-15.0-is-here-lua-shells-vulkan-rendering-and-a-smoother-display-stack/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:42:06 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/vlad-weston-15.0-is-here-lua-shells-vulkan-rendering-and-a-smoother-display-stack/ • ContentWeekly EditionArchivesSearchKernelSecurityEvents calendarUnread commentsLWN FAQWrite for us Weekly Edition Archives Search Kernel Security Events calendar Unread comments https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/intel-releases-openvino-2026-with-improved-npu-handling-expanded-llm-support/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:19:44 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/intel-releases-openvino-2026-with-improved-npu-handling-expanded-llm-support/ • Intel Releases OpenVINO 2026 With Improved NPU Handling, Expanded LLM Support Intel’s open-source OpenVINO AI toolkit is out with its first major release of 2026. • With today’s https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/firefox-148-now-available-with-the-new-ai-controls-/-ai-kill-switches/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:40:20 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/firefox-148-now-available-with-the-new-ai-controls-/-ai-kill-switches/ • Firefox 148 Now Available With The New AI Controls / AI Kill Switches Firefox 148 release binaries are now available ahead of the official release announcement on Tuesday. • Most https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-7.0-features-include-more-preparations-for-amd-zen-6-intel-nova-lake/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:06:07 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-7.0-features-include-more-preparations-for-amd-zen-6-intel-nova-lake/ • Linux 7.0 Features Include More Preparations For AMD Zen 6 & Intel Nova Lake While the version bump to 7.0 is driven solely by Linus Torvalds’ versioning preferences, with Linux https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/security-updates-for-monday/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:30:44 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/security-updates-for-monday/ • Security updates for Monday Dist. • | ID | Release | Package | Date | —|—|—|—|—| AlmaLinux | ALSA-2026:2821 | 8 | kernel-rt | 2026-02-23 | AlmaLinux | ALSA-2026:3042 | https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/the-ladybird-browser-project-shifts-to-rust/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:20:59 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/the-ladybird-browser-project-shifts-to-rust/ • ContentWeekly EditionArchivesSearchKernelSecurityEvents calendarUnread commentsLWN FAQWrite for us Weekly Edition Archives Search Kernel Security Events 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https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/modern-amd-graphics-driver-surpasses-six-million-lines-of-code-in-linux-7.0/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:33:09 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/modern-amd-graphics-driver-surpasses-six-million-lines-of-code-in-linux-7.0/ • Modern AMD Graphics Driver Surpasses Six Million Lines Of Code In Linux 7.0 It was less than four years ago that the modern AMDGPU/AMDKFD open-source driver stack was at four mil https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/intel-anv-driver-sees-several-vulkan-video-h.265-encode-fixes/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:59:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/intel-anv-driver-sees-several-vulkan-video-h.265-encode-fixes/ • Intel ANV Driver Sees Several Vulkan Video H.265 Encode Fixes For those interested in Vulkan Video on the Intel ‘ANV’ open-source Linux driver, merged last week to Mesa 26.1-deve https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/rbos-2026-02-22-as-latest-linux-live-iso-to-showcase-wayland/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:37:23 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/rbos-2026-02-22-as-latest-linux-live-iso-to-showcase-wayland/ • RBOS 2026-02-22 As Latest Linux Live ISO To Showcase Wayland While these days nearly every major desktop Linux distribution is using Wayland or at least making it available, a de https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/red-hat-releases-tuned-2.27-for-adaptively-tuning-linux-to-different-workloads/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:02:14 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/red-hat-releases-tuned-2.27-for-adaptively-tuning-linux-to-different-workloads/ • Red Hat Releases Tuned 2.27 For Adaptively Tuning Linux To Different Workloads Red Hat engineers this weekend released Tuned 2.27, the newest version of their open-source project https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ffmpeg-lands-experimental-xhe-aac-mps212-decoding-support/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:19:02 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ffmpeg-lands-experimental-xhe-aac-mps212-decoding-support/ • FFmpeg Lands Experimental xHE-AAC MPS212 Decoding Support FFmpeg developer Lynne is most known recently for all the Vulkan Video work to this open-source multimedia library while https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/kernel-prepatch-7.0-rc1/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:41:59 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/kernel-prepatch-7.0-rc1/ • ContentWeekly EditionArchivesSearchKernelSecurityEvents calendarUnread commentsLWN FAQWrite for us Weekly Edition Archives Search Kernel Security Events calendar Unread comments https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-7.0-rc1-released-with-many-new-features/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 22:16:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-7.0-rc1-released-with-many-new-features/ • Linux 7.0-rc1 Released With Many New Features: Linus Torvalds just capped off the Linux 7.0 merge window with the release of Linux 7.0-rc1. • While the big version bump is coinci https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-7.0-credits-now-honor-the-creator-of-linux-next/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 22:05:25 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-7.0-credits-now-honor-the-creator-of-linux-next/ • Linux 7.0 Credits Now Honor The Creator Of Linux-Next There’s the usual flurry of last minute fixes and other items being herded into the Linux 7.0 codebase today right ahead of https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/gnu-gawk-5.4-released-with-new-minrx-regex-matcher-faster-reading-of-files/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:18:44 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/gnu-gawk-5.4-released-with-new-minrx-regex-matcher-faster-reading-of-files/ • GNU Gawk 5.4 Released With New MinRX Regex Matcher, Faster Reading Of Files Developers behind the widely-used GNU Awk text processing utility today released Gawk 5.4. • Gawk 5.4 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/aomedia-open-audio-codec-oac-aims-to-be-the-successor-to-opus/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:57:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/aomedia-open-audio-codec-oac-aims-to-be-the-successor-to-opus/ • AOMedia Open Audio Codec ‘OAC’ Aims To Be The Successor To Opus While the Alliance For Open Media ‘AOMedia’ is most known for developing the AV1 open video codec, the associated https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/amd-zen-6-performance-events-metrics-merged-for-linux-7.0/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 11:50:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/amd-zen-6-performance-events-metrics-merged-for-linux-7.0/ • AMD Zen 6 performance events and metrics merged into Linux 7.0, enabling profiling on new processors. • Added vendor event handling for Zen 6 core, uncore, and metrics mapping ch https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/yet-another-fix-coming-for-older-amd-gpus-on-linux-thanks-to-valve-developer/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 11:33:39 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/yet-another-fix-coming-for-older-amd-gpus-on-linux-thanks-to-valve-developer/ • Yet Another Fix Coming For Older AMD GPUs On Linux - Thanks To Valve Developer Timur Kristóf of Valve’s open-source Linux graphics driver team has been doing a fantastic job enha https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-7.0-further-prepares-for-intel-diamond-rapids-with-ntb-driver-support/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 11:14:14 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-7.0-further-prepares-for-intel-diamond-rapids-with-ntb-driver-support/ • Linux 7.0 Further Prepares For Intel Diamond Rapids With NTB Driver Support The upstream Linux kernel appears largely ready for Intel’s next-generation Xeon Diamond Rapids proces https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/microsoft-hyper-v-lands-some-useful-improvements-in-linux-7.0/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:58:14 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/microsoft-hyper-v-lands-some-useful-improvements-in-linux-7.0/ • Microsoft Hyper-V Lands Some Useful Improvements In Linux 7.0 For those dealing with Microsoft Hyper-V for virtualization, the Linux 7.0 mainline kernel has seen a number of impr https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-7.0-makes-preparations-for-rust-1.95/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 01:16:56 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-7.0-makes-preparations-for-rust-1.95/ • Linux 7.0 Makes Preparations For Rust 1.95 Last week was the main feature pull of Rust programming language updates for the Linux 7.0 kernel merge window. • Most notable with tha https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linuxchanges/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:44:36 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linuxchanges/ • Changes done in each Linux kernel release. • Other places to get news about the Linux kernel are LWN kernel status or the Linux Kernel mailing list (there is a web interface in w https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux_6.19/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:44:30 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux_6.19/ • Linux 6.19 changelog. • Summary: Linux 6.19 adds a new listns(2) system call that makes much easier to list the namespaces present on the system; support for the Live Update Orch https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/developmentstatistics/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:44:25 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/developmentstatistics/ • Comments Immutable Page Search: MenuNavigationRecentChangesFindPageLocal Site MapHelpHelpContentsHelpOnMoinWikiSyntaxDisplayAttachmentsInfoRaw TextPrint ViewEditLoadSave Navigati https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/apparmor-enhancements-merged-for-linux-7.0/ Sat, 21 Feb 2026 17:21:41 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/apparmor-enhancements-merged-for-linux-7.0/ • AppArmor Enhancements Merged For Linux 7.0 The AppArmour security module for the Linux kernel, which most notably is backed by Canonical for Ubuntu, has some small improvements a https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ecryptfs-sees-renewed-patch-activity-with-linux-7.0/ Sat, 21 Feb 2026 12:25:33 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ecryptfs-sees-renewed-patch-activity-with-linux-7.0/ • eCryptfs, a stackable in‑tree filesystem, offers per‑directory encryption for Linux users. • Linux 7.0 sees the most eCryptfs patches in years, reviving developer interest. • Tyl https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ollama-0.17-released-with-improved-openclaw-onboarding/ Sat, 21 Feb 2026 11:30:16 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ollama-0.17-released-with-improved-openclaw-onboarding/ • ollama 0.17 Released With Improved OpenClaw Onboarding The open-source ollama project that makes it easy to get up and running with a variety of LLMs under Windows, macOS, and Li https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-7.0-lands-more-amdgpu-fixes-for-old-radeon-hardware/ Sat, 21 Feb 2026 11:10:34 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-7.0-lands-more-amdgpu-fixes-for-old-radeon-hardware/ • Linux 7.0 Lands More AMDGPU Fixes For Old Radeon Hardware Following last week’s main set of DRM kernel graphics driver feature updates for Linux 7.0, merged on Friday to Linux 7. https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/amd-aomp-23.0-0-compiler-continues-enhancing-fortran-support/ Sat, 21 Feb 2026 10:55:13 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/amd-aomp-23.0-0-compiler-continues-enhancing-fortran-support/ • AMD AOMP 23.0-0 Compiler Continues Enhancing Fortran Support AMD AOMP 23.0-0 was released overnight as the latest build of this LLVM/Clang downstream that continues to carry the https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ceph-in-linux-7.0-lands-support-for-aes256k-keys/ Sat, 21 Feb 2026 10:32:58 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ceph-in-linux-7.0-lands-support-for-aes256k-keys/ • Ceph In Linux 7.0 Lands Support For AES256K Keys For those making use of the Ceph open-source, distributed storage platform, with the upcoming Linux 7.0 kernel they are introduci https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/kde-plasma-6.7-preps-more-improvements-while-plasma-6.6.1-fixes-begin-accumulating/ Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:18:17 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/kde-plasma-6.7-preps-more-improvements-while-plasma-6.6.1-fixes-begin-accumulating/ • KDE Plasma 6.7 Preps More Improvements While Plasma 6.6.1 Fixes Begin Accumulating This week marked the release of KDE’s Plasma 6.6 desktop as a very successful release that over https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/intel-hiring-more-linux-developers-including-for-gpu-drivers-/-linux-gaming-stack/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 18:49:07 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/intel-hiring-more-linux-developers-including-for-gpu-drivers-/-linux-gaming-stack/ • Intel Hiring More Linux Developers - Including For GPU Drivers / Linux Gaming Stack As some good news out of Intel today on the Linux/open-source side following last year’s layof https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/drgn-v0.1-released-for-very-versatile-programmable-debugger/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 18:11:07 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/drgn-v0.1-released-for-very-versatile-programmable-debugger/ • Drgn v0.1 Released For Very Versatile Programmable Debugger Drgn is the programmable debugger developed by Meta engineer Omar Sandoval that has proven quite versatile and popular https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-7.0-shows-significant-postgresql-performance-gains-on-amd-epyc/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:30:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-7.0-shows-significant-postgresql-performance-gains-on-amd-epyc/ • Linux 7.0 Shows Significant PostgreSQL Performance Gains On AMD EPYC When beginning some early Linux 7.0 kernel benchmarking this week for looking at its performance in its early https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/open-source-discord-alternatives/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:32:51 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/open-source-discord-alternatives/ • The closed-source chat platform Discord announced on February 9 that it would soon require some users to verify their ages in order to access some content - although the company https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/the-book-of-remind/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:26:56 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/the-book-of-remind/ • ContentWeekly 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https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-begins-seeing-early-preparations-for-pcie-7.0/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:56:20 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-begins-seeing-early-preparations-for-pcie-7.0/ • Linux Begins Seeing Early Preparations For PCIe 7.0 While we are on the horizon of seeing PCI Express 6.0 devices, there are already early Linux kernel patches beginning to surfa https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-7.0-brings-apple-type-c-phy-snapdragon-x2-rockchip-hdmi-2.1-frl-additions/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:14:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-7.0-brings-apple-type-c-phy-snapdragon-x2-rockchip-hdmi-2.1-frl-additions/ • Linux 7.0 Brings Apple Type-C PHY, Snapdragon X2 & Rockchip HDMI 2.1 FRL Additions Ahead of the Linux 7.0 merge window ending this weekend, the PHY updates were merged this week https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ubuntu-26.04-begins-its-feature-freeze/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:20:39 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ubuntu-26.04-begins-its-feature-freeze/ • Ubuntu 26.04 Begins Its Feature Freeze Canonical engineer Utkarsh Gupta announced today on the behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team that the Ubuntu 26.04 ‘Resolute Raccoon’ has ente https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/cloud-hypervisor-51-brings-performance-improvements-better-qcow2-v3-support/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:06:05 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/cloud-hypervisor-51-brings-performance-improvements-better-qcow2-v3-support/ • Cloud Hypervisor 51 Brings Performance Improvements, Better QCOW2 v3 Support Cloud Hypervisor 51 is now available for this Rust-based VMM focused on secure cloud computing. • For https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/mesa-kosmickrisp-driver-is-coming-to-ios-more-performance-vulkan-1.4-expected/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:57:34 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/mesa-kosmickrisp-driver-is-coming-to-ios-more-performance-vulkan-1.4-expected/ • Mesa KosmicKrisp Driver Is Coming To iOS, More Performance & Vulkan 1.4 Expected Last year LunarG announced KosmicKrisp as a new Vulkan implementation atop Apple’s Metal API. • I https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/usb-driver-for-google-tensor-socs-ucsi-thunderbolt-alt-mode-in-linux-7.0/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:45:11 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/usb-driver-for-google-tensor-socs-ucsi-thunderbolt-alt-mode-in-linux-7.0/ • USB Driver For Google Tensor SoCs, UCSI Thunderbolt Alt Mode In Linux 7.0 All of the Thunderbolt/USB driver changes were merged this week for the nearly-over Linux 7.0 merge wind https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/vulkan-1.4.344-released-with-new-extension-from-valve/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 01:27:45 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/vulkan-1.4.344-released-with-new-extension-from-valve/ • Vulkan 1.4.344 Released With New Extension From Valve Vulkan 1.4.344 is out today as the latest routine spec update for this high performance graphics and compute API. • Besides https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ubuntu-26.04-lts-moving-to-openjdk-25-by-default/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:29:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ubuntu-26.04-lts-moving-to-openjdk-25-by-default/ • Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Moving To OpenJDK 25 By Default It’s not too surprising but the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 Long Term Support release will be transitioning to OpenJDK 25 as its defaul https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/intel-vulkan-driver-lands-one-line-change-that-can-bring-minor-performance-benefits/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 20:04:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/intel-vulkan-driver-lands-one-line-change-that-can-bring-minor-performance-benefits/ • Intel Vulkan Driver Lands One-Line Change That Can Bring Minor Performance Benefits Merged today to Mesa 26.1 Git is a one-line change to the Intel ‘ANV’ Vulkan driver that is sh https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/turbostat-with-linux-7.0-can-report-new-l2-cache-statistics/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:24:39 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/turbostat-with-linux-7.0-can-report-new-l2-cache-statistics/ • Turbostat With Linux 7.0 Can Report New L2 Cache Statistics The Turbostat command-line utility for reporting processor frequency and idle statistics along with other useful infor https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ai-helped-uncover-a-50-80x-improvement-for-linuxs-io_uring/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:42:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ai-helped-uncover-a-50-80x-improvement-for-linuxs-io_uring/ • AI Helped Uncover A ‘50-80x Improvement’ For Linux’s IO_uring Linux block maintainer and IO_uring lead developer Jens Axboe recently was debugging some slowdowns in the AHCI/SCSI https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/seven-stable-kernels-for-thursday/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:38:56 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/seven-stable-kernels-for-thursday/ • ContentWeekly EditionArchivesSearchKernelSecurityEvents calendarUnread commentsLWN FAQWrite for us Weekly Edition 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https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/amd-announces-hipthreads-for-easier-porting-of-c-code-to-gpus/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:10:02 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/amd-announces-hipthreads-for-easier-porting-of-c-code-to-gpus/ • AMD Announces hipThreads For Easier Porting Of C++ Code To GPUs The newest addition to AMD’s ROCm/HIP portfolio is HIP Threads ‘hipThreads’ as a C++ style concurrency library for https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/opensuse-governance-proposal-advances/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:46:31 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/opensuse-governance-proposal-advances/ • ContentWeekly EditionArchivesSearchKernelSecurityEvents calendarUnread commentsLWN FAQWrite for us Weekly Edition Archives Search Kernel Security Events calendar Unread comments https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/mediatek-mt7902-wifi-finally-seeing-open-source-linux-driver-activity/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:03:48 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/mediatek-mt7902-wifi-finally-seeing-open-source-linux-driver-activity/ • Mediatek MT7902 WiFi Finally Seeing Open-Source Linux Driver Activity When searching for ‘MT7902’ and ‘Linux’ there is no shortage of users asking about Linux driver support for https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/weston-15.0-wayland-compositor-released-with-vulkan-renderer-new-protocols/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:23:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/weston-15.0-wayland-compositor-released-with-vulkan-renderer-new-protocols/ • Weston 15.0 Wayland Compositor Released With Vulkan Renderer, New Protocols After delays, Weston 15.0 shipped this morning as the latest feature release to this reference Wayland https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-7.0-speeds-up-reclaiming-file-backed-large-folios-by-50~75/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:15:51 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-7.0-speeds-up-reclaiming-file-backed-large-folios-by-50~75/ • Linux 7.0 Speeds Up Reclaiming File-Backed Large Folios By 50~75% Merged on Wednesday were some additional memory management ‘MM’ updates for the Linux 7.0 merge window. • Most i https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/simdjson-shows-more-speed-ups-possible-for-simd-in-json-parsing-another-30-boost/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:05:42 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/simdjson-shows-more-speed-ups-possible-for-simd-in-json-parsing-another-30-boost/ • Simdjson Shows More Speed-Ups Possible For SIMD In JSON Parsing: Another 30% Boost Simdjson is the open-source project for high performance JSON parsing by leveraging SIMD instru https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/pipewire-1.6-released-with-many-new-features/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:31:13 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/pipewire-1.6-released-with-many-new-features/ • PipeWire 1.6 Released With Many New Features PipeWire 1.6 is out today as the newest feature release for this software widely used by the Linux desktop for managing of audio and https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-still-working-to-clean-up-the-realtek-rtl8723bs-802.11b/g/n-wifi-driver-in-2026/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 01:25:25 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-still-working-to-clean-up-the-realtek-rtl8723bs-802.11b/g/n-wifi-driver-in-2026/ • Linux Still Working To Clean Up The Realtek RTL8723BS 802.11b/g/n WiFi Driver In 2026 Introduced to the Linux 4.12 kernel’s staging area back in 2017 was the Realtek RTL8723BS Wi https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/lwn.net-weekly-edition-for-february-19-2026/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:09:54 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/lwn.net-weekly-edition-for-february-19-2026/ • Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition: Front : AI agent goes rogue; debuginfo; iocaine; revocable resource-management patches; 7.0 merge window; AccECN; LLMs and security; Hu https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/more-isa-differences-come-to-light-with-the-new-amd-gfx1170-rdna-4m/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 22:40:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/more-isa-differences-come-to-light-with-the-new-amd-gfx1170-rdna-4m/ • More ISA Differences Come To Light With The New AMD GFX1170 ‘RDNA 4m’ Earlier this month we spotted the addition of a new GFX1170 GPU target in the AMDGPU LLVM back-end. • Making https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-7.0-showing-some-early-performance-regressions-on-intel-panther-lake/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:00:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-7.0-showing-some-early-performance-regressions-on-intel-panther-lake/ • Linux 7.0 Showing Some Early Performance Regressions On Intel Panther Lake With the Linux 7.0 merge window beginning to calm down ahead of the 7.0-rc1 release due out on Sunday, https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-7.0-retires-the-ibm-mwave-acp-modem-driver-used-by-some-1990s-thinkpads/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:57:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-7.0-retires-the-ibm-mwave-acp-modem-driver-used-by-some-1990s-thinkpads/ • Linux 7.0 kernel removes obsolete Mwave driver for 3780i ACP Modem in 1990s IBM ThinkPads. • Driver removal cuts over 2,600 lines of legacy code, freeing kernel space. • Modems w https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/intels-discontinued-open-source-openpgl-project-finds-a-new-home/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:33:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/intels-discontinued-open-source-openpgl-project-finds-a-new-home/ • Intel’s Discontinued Open-Source OpenPGL Project Finds A New Home Back in 2022 Intel announced OpenPGL as an open-source library for path guiding to help enhance the quality of p https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/system76-preparing-to-introduce-redesigned-thelio-hardware/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:42:21 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/system76-preparing-to-introduce-redesigned-thelio-hardware/ • System76 Preparing To Introduce Redesigned Thelio Hardware Linux hardware vendor System76 has begun teasing a redesign of their Thelio chassis that is used by their modern deskto https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-7.0-brings-several-enhancements-for-modern-laptops/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:21:17 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/linux-7.0-brings-several-enhancements-for-modern-laptops/ • Linux 7.0 Brings Several Enhancements For Modern Laptops Some of the x86 platform driver highlights for Linux 7.0 include: - The AMD Platform Management Framework (PMF) driver ha https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/more-accurate-congestion-notification-for-tcp/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:38:19 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/more-accurate-congestion-notification-for-tcp/ • The ‘More Accurate Explicit Congestion Notification’ (AccECN) mechanism is defined by this RFC draft . • The Linux kernel has been gaining support for AccECN with TCP over the la https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/dell-ultrasharp-u5226kw-an-outstanding-52-inch-6k-monitor-with-extensive-connectivity/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:23:40 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/dell-ultrasharp-u5226kw-an-outstanding-52-inch-6k-monitor-with-extensive-connectivity/ • Dell UltraSharp U5226KW: An Outstanding 52-Inch 6K Monitor With Extensive Connectivity Earlier this month Dell sent over a review sample of their new UltraSharp U5226KW monitor. https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/an-asahi-linux-progress-report/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:39:04 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/an-asahi-linux-progress-report/ • ContentWeekly EditionArchivesSearchKernelSecurityEvents calendarUnread commentsLWN FAQWrite for us Weekly Edition Archives Search Kernel Security Events calendar Unread comments https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/an-update-to-the-malicious-crate-notification-policy-rust-blog/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:35:25 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/an-update-to-the-malicious-crate-notification-policy-rust-blog/ • ContentWeekly EditionArchivesSearchKernelSecurityEvents calendarUnread commentsLWN FAQWrite for us Weekly Edition Archives Search Kernel Security Events calendar Unread comments https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/security-updates-for-wednesday/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:03:18 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/security-updates-for-wednesday/ • Security updates for Wednesday Dist. • | ID | Release | Package | Date | Debian | DLA-4482-1 | LTS | ceph | 2026-02-17 | Debian | DSA-6139-1 | stable | gimp | 2026-02-18 | Debian https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/loongarch-ready-with-new-features-in-linux-7.0/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:16:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/loongarch-ready-with-new-features-in-linux-7.0/ • Linux 7.0 adds SMT hot-plug support for LoongArch, boosting multi-threading flexibility. • 128‑bit atomic CMPXCHG instructions now supported, enhancing concurrency primitives for https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/do-androids-dream-of-accepted-pull-requests/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:22:40 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/do-androids-dream-of-accepted-pull-requests/ • Various forms of tools, colloquially known as ‘AI’, have been rapidly pervading all aspects of open-source development. • Many developers are embracing LLM tools for code creatio https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/an-update-on-upki/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:44:12 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/an-update-on-upki/ • ContentWeekly EditionArchivesSearchKernelSecurityEvents calendarUnread commentsLWN FAQWrite for us Weekly Edition Archives Search Kernel Security Events calendar Unread comments https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/security-updates-for-tuesday/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:02:06 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/security-updates-for-tuesday/ • Multiple distributions released critical security patches for popular 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https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/announcing-rust-1.93.1/ • The Rust team has published a new point release of Rust, 1.93.1. • Rust is a programming language that is empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. • If you h https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/announcing-rust-1.93.0/ Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/announcing-rust-1.93.0/ • Rust 1.93.0 released, bringing updated musl 1.2.5 for reliable static Linux binaries. • Updated musl improves DNS resolver, handling large records and recursive nameservers more https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/crates.io-development-update/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/crates.io-development-update/ • New Security tab displays RustSec advisories and affected version ranges for each crate. • Trusted Publishing now supports GitLab CI/CD via OIDC, expanding beyond GitHub Actions. https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/what-does-it-take-to-ship-rust-in-safety-critical/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/what-does-it-take-to-ship-rust-in-safety-critical/ • This is another post in our series covering what we learned through the Vision Doc process. • In our first post, we described the overall approach and what we learned about doing https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/project-goals-update-december-2025/ Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/project-goals-update-december-2025/ • The Rust project is currently working towards a slate of 41 project goals, with 13 of them designated as Flagship Goals. • This post provides selected updates on our progress tow https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/what-do-people-love-about-rust/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/what-do-people-love-about-rust/ • Rust has been named Stack Overflow’s Most Loved (now called 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