Tag: kernel
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Kernel 6.12 is now LTS
It’s Official: Linux Kernel 6.12 Will Be LTS, Supported for “Multiple Years”The Linux 6.12 kernel series will receive maintenance updates with bug and security fixes at least until December 2026! Renowned Linux kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman announced today that the Linux 6.12 kernel series has been officially marked as LTS (Long Term Support) on the…
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Open Source Usage Trends and Security Report
SAN FRANCISCO – December 4, 2024 — The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced the release of “Census III of Free and Open Source Software – Application Libraries” (Census III) in collaboration with the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard. The study identifies the most widely-used free and…
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NVIDIA 550.135 Driver Released, Better Kernel 6.11 Support
NVIDIA 550.135 Graphics Driver Released with Better Linux Kernel 6.11 SupportThis release also improves the build process of the NVIDIA kernel module and supports recent versions of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system. NVIDIA released today the NVIDIA 550.135 graphics driver as the latest “Production Branch” version for users who want to stay on the stable…
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My Linux Predictions For 2025
What’s coming for the open-source operating system and why.Written by Jack Wallen for ZD Net. You might think it’s too early to ponder the possibilities 2025 holds, but it’s already the third week of November, which means it’s the perfect time to don my prediction cap for next year. With enough information, it can be fairly…
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Intel’s Kernel Test Reports 3888.9% Perf Boost
…From changing one line of code! Intel’s Linux kernel test robot has recently reported a 3888.9 per cent performance improvement in the mainline Linux kernel after Chipzilla geeks changed one line of code. The test robot highlighted this massive improvement through its “will-it-scale.per_process_ops” scalability test case, running on an Intel Xeon Platinum (Cooper Lake) test…
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Update WSL 2’s Linux kernel
From PC World, By Thorsten Eggeling: There are many open source programs (aka code that’s accessible to the public) out there for both Linux and Windows. For programs and tools where that’s not the case, WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) is the ideal solution for using Linux programs on Windows computers. This means that you…
