Tag: kernel
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Kernel 6.8 Reaches End of Life, Upgrade to 6.9
As Linux Kernel 6.8 reaches end of life, users should upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.9. The kernel already landed in the stable repositories of popular distros, including Arch Linux and openSUSE Tumbleweed. This is your friendly reminder that the Linux 6.8 kernel series is now marked as EOL (End of Life) on the kernel.org website,…
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Linus Torvalds Favors Ampere ARM Chip
Linus Torvalds now favors Ampere Arm chip over Apple Silicon MacBook for building Linux kernels — says he’s now doing more Arm64 Linux testing than ever. Ampere’s powerful Arm CPUs give the developer a hand in Linux testing. Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds has recently upped his game in testing Arm64 Linux. He initially began…
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Linux 6.10 Preps Kernel ‘Panic Screen’ – like BSOD
Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 19 April 2024 While systemd 255 last year introduced a “blue screen of death” inspired solution with systemd-bsod for presenting logged error messages full-screen, it’s not appropriate for all errors. Systemd-bsod can work out for presenting full-screen messages in case of boot failures and other problems where…
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New kernel vulnerability grants root privileges
A recently discovered vulnerability in the Linux kernel could allow an attacker to gain root privileges. Exploits are available for several Linux distributions, but the vulnerability does not appear to be fully patched. The Linux world has barely recovered from the security fiasco surrounding a backdoor based on the XZ compression tools before a new…
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Linux Kernel 6.7 Reaches End of Life
The Linux 6.7 kernel series will no longer receive bug and security fixes, which, in time, will become vulnerable to all sort of threats and attacks. Renowned Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman announced today the end of life (EOL) for the Linux 6.7 kernel series, urging users to upgrade to the latest Linux 6.8 kernel…
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New Arch Linux ISO Release with Kernel 6.8
The archinstall menu-based installer received better support for unified kernel images and the KDE Plasma desktop environment. For those of you who want to install Arch Linux, there’s a new official ISO snapshot available for download powered by Linux kernel 6.8 and featuring an improved installation experience. That’s right, the Arch Linux devs were forced…
