Kernel prepatch 7.0-rc3

https://lwn.net/Articles/1062002/ #LWN #Linux #kernel

Huston: Revisiting time

https://lwn.net/Articles/1061930/ #LWN #Linux #security

[$] Fedora shares strategy updates and "weird research university" model

In early February, members of the Fedora Council met in Tirana, Albania to discuss and set the strategic direction for the Fedora Project. The council has published summaries from [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1060190/ #LWN #Linux #RedHat

OpenWrt 25.12.0 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1061746/ #LWN #Linux

Security updates for Friday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1061738/ #LWN #Linux #security

Rust 1.94.0 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1061550/ #LWN #Linux #Rust

A GitHub Issue Title Compromised 4,000 Developer Machines (grith.ai)

https://lwn.net/Articles/1061548/ #LWN #Linux #security

[$] The relicensing of chardet

Chardet is a Python module that attempts to determine which character set was used to encode a text string. It was originally written by Mark Pilgrim, who is also the author of a [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1061534/ #LWN #Linux #Python

Buildroot 2026.02 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/1061543/ #LWN #Linux

New stable kernels to address build failures

https://lwn.net/Articles/1061524/ #LWN #Linux #kernel

[$] Reconsidering the multi-generational LRU

The multi-generational LRU (MGLRU) is an alternative memory-management algorithm that was merged for the 6.1 kernel in late 2022. It brought a promise of much-improved performance [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1060967/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #Android #Git #BPF #LSFMMBPF

Security updates for Thursday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1061464/ #LWN #Linux #security

[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 5, 2026

The LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 5, 2026 is available.

https://lwn.net/Articles/1060392/ #LWN #Linux

I never seen such a detailed write-up of any other talk I have given before as this one of my talk about using FOSS tools in FOSS projects by @jzb in @lwn I feel honored by the article, it really captures the spirit of my talk! https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1060649/915a0f56ade5d760/
#FOSS #LWN

Seven new stable Linux kernels

https://lwn.net/Articles/1061209/ #LWN #Linux #kernel

Security updates for Wednesday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1061295/ #LWN #Linux #security

[$] Magit and Majutsu: discoverable version-control

Jujutsu is an increasingly popular Git-compatible version-control system. It has a focus on simplifying Git's conceptual model to produce a smoother, clearer command-line experienc [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1060024/ #LWN #Linux #Git

CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements
(404 Media)

https://lwn.net/Articles/1061085/ #LWN #Linux #security

[$] Free software needs free tools

One of the contradictions of the modern open-source movement is that projects which respect user freedoms often rely on proprietary tools that do not: communities often turn to non [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1060649/ #LWN #Linux #Git

Garrett: To update blobs or not to update blobs

https://lwn.net/Articles/1061048/ #LWN #Linux #security