2024-09-23 20:04:34
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[$] Tools for kernel developers

Konstantin Ryabitsev started a session on development tooling at the 2024 Maintainers Summit by saying that he does not want to be a "wrecking ball". If a given workflow is working [...]

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2024-09-25 22:39:16
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[$] Linus and Dirk on succession, Rust, and more

The "Linus and Dirk show" has been a fixture at Open Source Summit for as long as the conference has existed; it started back when the conference was called LinuxCon. Since Linus [...]

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2024-09-26 00:52:12
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[$] What the Nova GPU driver needs

In March, Danilo Krummrich announced the new Nova GPU driver — a successor to Noveau for controlling NVIDIA GPUs. At Kangrejos 2024, Krummrich gave a presentation about what it is, [...]

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2024-09-26 15:58:58
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Eliminating Memory Safety Vulnerabilities at the Source
(Google Security Blog)

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Eliminating Memory Safety Vulnerabilities at the Source (Google Security Blog) [LWN.net]
2024-09-27 00:04:57
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Uniting for Internet Freedom: Tor Project & Tails Join Forces (Tor blog)

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Uniting for Internet Freedom: Tor Project & Tails Join Forces (Tor blog) [LWN.net]
2024-09-27 23:02:20
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[$] Debian changes OpenSSH packaging

In the wake of the XZ backdoor, the Debian project has revisited some of the patches included in its OpenSSH packages to improve security. The outcome of this is that the project w [...]

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