Seven stable kernels for Saturday
[$] A more efficient implementation of Shor's algorithm
Shor's algorithm is the main practical example of an algorithm that runs more quickly on a quantum computer than a classical computer — at least in theory. Shor's algorithm allows [...]
https://lwn.net/Articles/1066156/ #LWN #Linux #security #Rust
[$] The 7.0 scheduler regression that wasn't
One of the more significant changes in the 7.0 kernel release is to use the lazy-preemption mode by default in the CPU scheduler. The scheduler developers have wanted to reduce th [...]
https://lwn.net/Articles/1067029/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #PostgreSQL
Security updates for Friday
Rust 1.95.0 released
Forgejo 15.0 released
[$] The first half of the 7.1 merge window
The 7.1 merge window opened on April 12 with the release of the 7.0 kernel. Since then, 3,855 non-merge changesets have been pulled into the mainline repository for the next relea [...]
https://lwn.net/Articles/1067250/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #Debian #ArchLinux #Rust #Git #BPF #io_uring
KDE Gear 26.04 released
Security updates for Thursday
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for April 16, 2026
The LWN.net Weekly Edition for April 16, 2026 is available.
FSF clarifies its stance on AGPLv3 additional terms
[$] Forking Vim to avoid LLM-generated code
Many people dislike the proliferation of Large Language Models (LLMs) in recent years, and so make an understandable attempt to avoid them. That may not be possible in general, but [...]
https://lwn.net/Articles/1067007/ #LWN #Linux #Debian #systemd
Security updates for Wednesday
Zig 0.16.0 released
[$] Tagging music with MusicBrainz Picard
Part of the "fun" that comes with curating a self-hosted music library is tagging music so that it has accurate and uniform metadata, such as the band names, album titles, cover im [...]
OpenSSL 4.0.0 released
Security updates for Tuesday
[$] Development statistics for the 7.0 kernel
Linus Torvalds released the 7.0 kernel as expected on April 12, ending a relatively busy development cycle. The 7.0 release brings a large number of interesting changes; see the L [...]
https://lwn.net/Articles/1066723/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #SUSE #RedHat #XFS
[$] A build system aimed at license compliance
The OpenWrt One is a router powered by the open-source firmware from the OpenWrt project; it was also the subject of a keynote at SCALE in 2025 given by Denver Gingerich of the Sof [...]
https://lwn.net/Articles/1066103/ #LWN #Linux #Debian #ArchLinux #Gentoo #Git
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