Linux/Kernel News
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Torvalds: "I'm still working on" year of the Linux desktop, "I'll wear them down"
The phrase "year of the Linux desktop" has been uttered for so many years that for some it has lost all meaning. But the creator of the Linux operating system hasn't given up on that dream. And he's right not to give up.
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Live Kernel Patching Microconference Accepted into 2016 Linux Plumbers Conference
Live kernel patching was accepted into the Linux kernel in v4.0 in February 2015, so we can declare the 2014 LPC Live Kernel Patching Microconference to have been a roaring success! However, as was noted at the time, this is just the beginning of the real work. In short, the v4.0 work makes live kernel patching possible, but more work is required to make it more reliable and more routine.
Additional issues include stacktrace reliability, patch-safety criteria for kernel threads, thread consistency models, porting to non-x86 architectures, handling of loadable modules, compiler optimizations, userspace tooling, patching of data, automated regression testing, and patch-creation guidelines.
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Linux-Stable-Security Kernel Tree Announced
Sasha Levin of Oracle has announced the formation of the Linux-Stable Security Tree.
This new tree will be based off the mainline Linux stable tree but focus on just carrying fixes for security vulnerabilities. Other changes normally found in stable Linux point releases wouldn't be integrated.
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Intel Has New DRM Linux Driver Code Ready For Testing: More Atomic Goodness
Daniel Vetter of Intel OTC has sent out an announcement about another round of i915 DRM kernel driver code that's ready for testing by developers and the community.
The latest drm-intel-testing work continues with more atomic-related driver work. One of the more prominent atomic changes in this latest Git branch is making the Intel color manager support fully atomic. Some race conditions were also fixed up in their driver, many small improvements to the GEM memory management code, GuC firmware loading fixes, PLL clean-ups for Cherryview and Valleyview, reworked DisplayPort detection, and various other improvements.
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Dell XPS 15 Skylake Linux Benchmarks
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The Performance Of Ubuntu Software Running On Windows 10 With The New Linux Subsystem
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