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April 1 Linux Patches: Verified Birth Date For File Creation, Block Emacs From Running Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 1 April 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT. 17 Comments…
Now that the Linux v7.1 merge window is well past, Intel kernel graphics driver engineers are busy prepping new feature code for introduction for targeting the Linux 7.2 kernel this…
Linux 7.0.6 Released To Finish Mitigating the Dirty Frag Vulnerability Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 11 May 2026 at 05:51 AM EDT. 3 Comments Linux 7…
…Linux 7.2 Expected To Introduce "OPENAT2_REGULAR" To Avoid Tricking Secure Programs OpenZFS 2.4.2 Released With Linux 7.0 Kernel Support, Many Bug Fixes F2FS Preparing FSERROR Reporting Support…
Many Wonderful Improvements Expected For Linux 7.1, Especially For AMD & Intel Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 12 April 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT. 10 Comments With Linux…
…89 Comments Longtime Linux developer David Woodhouse sent out a patch series today to "deprecate legacy IP" support within the Linux kernel. While some of his commentary his April 1st-esque, he…
…It's very unlikely anyone still running i486 systems are running mainline, upstream Linux kernel versions in 2026+. If there is anyone actively still using i486 in production with modern Linux kernels…
…73 Comments Beyond Linux 7.1 beginning to phase out Intel 486 CPU support , this next Linux kernel version is also beginning to remove driver code for supporting Russia's Baikal CPUs…
Building off last night's release of the Linux 7.0 kernel is now the GNU Linux-libre 7.0-gnu kernel release for that downstream kernel that removes support for loading…
Linux 7.0-rc7 Released With Improved Docs For AI Agents, WiFi Driver Performance Fix Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 5 April 2026 at 06:42 PM EDT. 9…