CoCo VMs On Linux Will Now Panic If RdRand Is Broken To Avoid Catastrophic Conditions

For confidential computing "CoCo" virtual machines where the VM host is assumed to be un-trusted and aims to be as isolated as possible, RdRand hardware random number generator instructions are one of the limited sources of entropy for guest VMs. Right now RdRand can fail and the CoCo guest VMs will continue to boot albeit with limited or no entropy to s…
https://www.phoronix.com/news/CoCo-Linux-Require-RdRand

Framework Hiring For Open-Source Firmware Development

Framework Computer as the company behind the popular Framework 13 and Framework 16 upgradeable/modular laptops is hiring for an open-source firmware developer...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Framework-OSS-Firmware-Hiring

Oracle Releases DTrace 2.0.0-1.14 For Linux Systems

DTrace used to be one of the Solaris features long sought after by Linux developers but over time the Linux kernel tracing capabilities have improved and Oracle has been supporting DTrace on Linux now for years without too much fanfare. DTrace 2.0.0-1.14 was released this past week as the latest iteration of this user-space implementation that builds off the Linux kernel tracing functionality l…
https://www.phoronix.com/news/D-Trace-2.0.0-1.14

SolidRun Launches Bedrock R8000 As First Industrial PCs With Ryzen Embedded 8000 Series

Following the launch last week of the AMD Ryzen Embedded 8000 Series, SolidRun today announced the Bedrock R8000 as the first industrial PCs designed around these new Ryzen Embedded 8000 series SoCs...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/SolidRun-Bedrock-R8000

OpenSSL 3.3 Released With Many Additions For QUIC, CPU Performance Optimizations

OpenSSL 3.3 is out today as the latest major feature release for this widely-used SSL library...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenSSL-3.3-Released

Ubuntu Maker Canonical Announces New Collaboration With Qualcomm

Following yesterday's news of Canonical launching Ubuntu Pro For Devices, the latest mobile/embedded news in the Ubuntu space this week is Canonical partnering with Qualcomm...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Qualcomm-2024-Partners

KDE's KWin Merges Wayland Explicit Sync Support

A day after explicit sync support was merged for XWayland, a week after explicit sync support for Mesa Vulkan drivers hit Mesa 24.1, and GNOME's Mutter enabling explicit sync at the end of March, KDE's KWin compositor has now merged its Wayland explicit sync support!..
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-KWin-Lands-Explicit-Sync