Rockchip RK3588 and RK3576 get mainline Linux support for H.264 (AVC) and H.265 (HEVC) hardware video coders thanks to work from Collabora.

Linux 6.19 is ready for deployment, while 7.0 is now in the works. This release boasts several performance boosts. The single biggest improvement is for clouds. Ring the bells, sound the trumpet, the ...

Linux finally documents how to select who steps in after its long-time leader Decades of stability masked a zero bus factor problem at kernel leadership A formal organizer role replaces assumptions ...

Following Wayland, another technology is poised to displace the old guard: In Fedora, a program running in userspace, rather than the Linux kernel, will soon be responsible for providing Virtual ...

Linux kernel 6.17 adds stable Intel Panther Lake (Xe3) support for upcoming Core Ultra devices. SR-IOV for Intel Arc Pro and more multi-GPU fixes boost VM and graphics support on Linux. The mainline ...

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OpenVPN announced today that Data Channel Offload (DCO) has been officially green-lit for inclusion in the Linux kernel and will be part of the official ...

A security researcher has discovered a novel security flaw in the Linux kernel using the OpenAI o3 reasoning model. The new vulnerability has been documented under CVE-2025-37899. An official patch ...

Rust, a modern and notably more memory-safe language than C, once seemed like it was on a steady, calm, and gradual approach into the Linux kernel. By late 2024, however, Rust enthusiasts were ...

Working at the intersection of Apple’s newest hardware and Linux kernel development, for the benefit of a free distribution, was never going to be easy. But it’s been an especially hard couple of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Although there is a binding operational directive, BOD 22-01, ...

A relatively small addition to the v6.13 Linux kernel could trim data center costs by optimizing how data is delivered to an application based on network traffic conditions. An improvement to the way ...