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Gentoo Linux Touts DTrace 2.0 Support   Operating Systems   2024-10-23
Fedora's Kernel Build Now Enabling Sched_Ext Support   Fedora   2024-10-03
Granite Rapids, AmpereOne & PREEMPT_RT Landing Made For An Exciting September   Phoronix   2024-10-01
Cpufreq_ext Being Worked On For BPF-Based CPU Frequency Scaling   Linux Kernel   2024-09-30
Intel TPEBS & LBR Event Logging Supported By Linux 6.12 With Perf Tools   Linux Kernel   2024-09-22
Sched_ext Merged For Linux 6.12 - Scheduling Policies As BPF Programs   Linux Kernel   2024-09-21
Initial AMD Zen 5 "Znver5" Support Merged For LLVM/Clang   AMD   2024-09-17
AMD Ryzen 9000 Series & Linux Kernel Drama Made For An Exciting August   Phoronix   2024-09-01
It's Looking Like sched_ext Will Try Again To Land For Linux 6.12   Linux Kernel   2024-08-18
Reimplementing A Linux Rust Scheduler In eBPF Shows Very Promising Results   Linux Kernel   2024-08-10
HID-BPF Improvements & Apple Keyboard Backlight Support For Some T2 Macs In Linux 6.11   Hardware   2024-07-25
Linux 6.11 Sees New Wired & Wireless Networking Hardware Support   Linux Networking   2024-07-17
Linux 6.11 Features To Include A Lot For Intel & AMD Systems, Extensible Scheduler   Linux Kernel   2024-07-14
More HID BPF Functionality & New Drivers For Linux 6.11   Hardware   2024-07-07
Linux 6.10-rc6 Arrives As A "Fairly Calm" Release   Linux Kernel   2024-06-30
Kernel Optimizations, XZ, AMD ZLUDA, NOVA, EPYC 4004 & Other H1'2024 Highlights   Phoronix   2024-06-30
Linus Torvalds Throws Down The Hammer: Extensible Scheduler "sched_ext" In Linux 6.11   Linux Kernel   2024-06-11
Steam Deck IMU Support Submitted For Linux 6.10 Plus ASUS ROG Ally HID   Linux Gaming   2024-05-14
udev-hid-bpf To Help Enable HID-BPF Use Rather Than Kernel Drivers To Fix HID Hardware   Hardware   2024-04-22
Linux BHI Mitigation Being Tweaked Following 12% Database Performance Hit   Linux Security   2024-04-20
Rust-Written LAVD Kernel Scheduler Shows Promising Results For Linux Gaming   Linux Gaming   2024-04-18
Linux 6.8.5 & Other Stable Kernel Updates Due To Native BHI Vulnerability   Linux Kernel   2024-04-10
Linux Kernel Patched For Branch History Injection "BHI" Intel CPU Vulnerability   Linux Security   2024-04-09
Oracle Releases DTrace 2.0.0-1.14 For Linux Systems   Oracle   2024-04-08
Drop-In CUDA On AMD, Kernel Discussions, NGINX Fork & Other Q1 Highlights   Phoronix   2024-04-01
Linux 6.9-rc2 Released As An Easter Test Kernel   Linux Kernel   2024-03-31
Many Networking Improvements & New Wired/Wireless Devices For Linux 6.9   Linux Networking   2024-03-12
AMD P-State Preferred Core Submitted For Linux 6.9 While Intel Meteor Lake Gets Tuned   AMD   2024-03-11
Canonical Looking At Including Performance Tools In Ubuntu 24.04 By Default   Ubuntu   2024-03-07
Ubuntu Blog Talks Up Rust Schedulers, Potential For Micro-Kernel Design Future   Ubuntu   2024-02-26
Fedora 40 Cleared To Ship AMD ROCm 6, Packages May Reintroduce KDE X11 Support   Fedora   2024-02-13
Framework 16, New AMD Launches & More Made For An Exciting January   Phoronix   2024-02-01
Fedora 40 Looks To bpfman For Managing eBPF Programs   Fedora   2024-01-22
Rust-Written Linux Scheduler Showing Promising Results For Gaming Performance   Linux Kernel   2024-01-16
Linux 6.7-rc3 Released Following A Light Holiday Week   Linux Kernel   2023-11-27
Linux 6.7 Networking Adds New Hardware Support, A ~20% Perf Boost For Single TCP Flow   Linux Networking   2023-11-03
Linux 6.6 Enables Tracking Per-CPU Cgroup CPU Usage Stats   Linux Kernel   2023-09-11
RISC-V With Linux 6.6 Offers Better Kernel Security With KASLR   RISC-V   2023-09-10
AmpereOne Core PMU Perf Events Added For Linux 6.6   Linux Kernel   2023-09-10
systemd's All Systems Go Conference Returns Next Week   systemd   2023-09-06
Intel Gale Peak, New BPF Features & Other Networking Changes For Linux 6.6   Linux Networking   2023-08-29
Linux 6.5 Continues Making Preparations For WiFi 7, Enabling New Hardware   Linux Networking   2023-06-30
Oracle Developing "bpftune" For BPF-Based, Automatic Tuning Of Linux Systems   Oracle   2023-06-28
Google Limiting IO_uring Use Due To Security Vulnerabilities   Google   2023-06-16
Linux 6.4-rc4 Released As A "Fairly Normal" Release   Linux Kernel   2023-05-28
Google's Working Set Reporting Feature Aims To Better Deal With Over-Committed VMs   Google   2023-05-22
Linux 6.4 Has Many Networking Changes From A New Performance Tunable To More WiFi 7   Linux Networking   2023-05-01
GNU Linux-libre 6.3-gnu Cleans Up New ath12k WiFi Driver, Other New Additions   Linux Kernel   2023-04-23
AMD-Xilinx Publishes Open-Source "Nanotube" Compiler   AMD   2023-03-28
Linux 6.3-rc1 Brings File-System Optimizations, HID-BPF, More Intel & AMD Features   Linux Kernel   2023-03-05
HID-BPF Ready For Linux 6.3 Along With Steam Deck Controller Interface   Linux Kernel   2023-02-22
Linux 6.3 Introduces IPv4 "BIG TCP" To Improve High Speed Network Performance   Linux Networking   2023-02-21
Patches Updated For Hooking eBPF Programs Into The Linux Kernel Scheduler   Linux Kernel   2023-01-28
Linux 6.2 Working More On WiFi 7, 800 Gbps Networking, Protective Load Balancing   Linux Networking   2022-12-14
The Many New Features On The Horizon For Linux 6.2   Linux Kernel   2022-12-09
Experimental Patches Allow eBPF To Extend The Linux Kernel's Scheduler   Linux Kernel   2022-11-30
Innovative HID-BPF Expected To Land In Linux 6.2   Hardware   2022-11-15
LoongArch Picks Up New CPU Capabilities With Linux 6.1   Hardware   2022-10-13
Linux 6.1 Lands Code To Warn About W+X Mappings By Default   Linux Security   2022-10-11
Linux 6.1 To Better Handle "Cheap Clone" Nintendo Controller Knockoffs   Hardware   2022-10-08
Linux 6.1 Networking Brings WiFi EHT & MLO Preparations, New ASICs Enabled   Linux Networking   2022-10-06
Experimental Patches Adapt Linux For A Unikernel Design   Linux Kernel   2022-10-04
MGLRU Looks Like One Of The Best Linux Kernel Innovations Of The Year   Linux Kernel   2022-09-13
Google's Ghost Look Very Appealing For Kernel Scheduling From User-Space & eBPF Programs   Google   2022-09-12
Linux Plumbers Conference 2022 Livestream   Linux Events   2022-09-12
IBM Power Improvements For Linux 6.0 Support The PowerVM Platform KeyStore   Linux Kernel   2022-08-08
Linux 6.0 Networking Brings Performance Optimizations, Early Preparations For WiFi 7   Linux Networking   2022-08-03
IO_uring Continues Advancing In 2022 With New Features For Pushing Linux I/O   Linux Storage   2022-06-01
Linux 5.19 Networking Brings Big Improvements With Big TCP, PureLiFi, More Hardware   Linux Networking   2022-05-25
System76 Scheduler 1.2 Released - Now Has Defaults For SteamVR, Flatpak Process Support   Free Software   2022-05-19
Intel Hires Linux/BSD Performance Expert Brendan Gregg   Intel   2022-05-02
Google Hangouts Meet Speakermic Getting A Linux Driver To Address Mute Button Quirk   Google   2022-05-01
New Attempt Pursued At Using eBPF Within Linux's HID Subsystem   Hardware   2022-04-22
Linux 5.18 Brings Many Networking Changes, New WiFi / Wired Hardware Support   Linux Networking   2022-03-24
Linux Lands Mitigations For Spectre-BHB / BHI On Intel & Arm, Plus An AMD Change Too   Linux Security   2022-03-08
BHI: The Newest Spectre Vulnerability Affecting Intel & Arm CPUs   Linux Security   2022-03-08
Red Hat Eyeing Innovative eBPF Uses For Linux's HID Subsystem   Linux Kernel   2022-02-24
The Networking Changes For Linux 5.17 Are Very Exciting   Linux Networking   2022-01-10
This Year Microsoft Embraced eBPF, Debuted CBL-Mariner, Continued With WSL Features   Microsoft   2021-12-31
Linux 5.16-rc5 Released - Cycle To Be Extended Due To The Holidays   Linux Kernel   2021-12-12
LLVM Now Has "Official" Support For Targeting NEC's Vector Engine (VE)   LLVM   2021-12-07
Improved Retpoline Code In The Linux 5.16 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2021-11-10
Linux 5.16's Staging Enjoys An Autumn Cleaning - 20k+ Lines Of Code Removed   Linux Kernel   2021-11-06
Linux 5.16 Networking Changes Are Quite Busy From New Drivers To Intel 100G Improvements   Linux Networking   2021-11-02
Improved Retpoline Code Staged Ahead Of Linux 5.16   Linux Security   2021-10-29
Linux Patches Rewrite The Retpoline Rewrite Code - Possible Performance Benefit   Linux Security   2021-10-13
Walmart Pushes Open-Source L3AF To Help Out eBPF Ecosystem   Linux Networking   2021-10-11
Microsoft Releases September Update To CBL-Mariner Linux Distribution   Microsoft   2021-10-05
Linux 5.15, AMD / Radeon Advancements, Intel SDSi Dominated Discussions This Month   Phoronix   2021-10-01
BPF-Based Linux Firewall "bpfilter" Shows Impressive Performance Potential   Linux Networking   2021-09-23
Aya Makes It Easy To Write Rust-Based eBPF Programs For The Linux Kernel   Linux Networking   2021-09-22
Early Patches Bring BPF To The Linux Scheduler   Linux Kernel   2021-09-16
Orange Publishes An In-Kernel eBPF-Powered Cache - Can Speed Up Memcached By ~18x   Free Software   2021-09-15
BPF Timers To Intel Additions Lead The Networking Changes With Linux 5.15   Linux Networking   2021-09-01
Some Of The Features Expected For Linux 5.15: DG2/Alchemist, BPF Timers, DAMON + More   Linux Kernel   2021-08-29
Microsoft & Others Form The eBPF Foundation   Standards   2021-08-12
Oracle Working On BPF CO-RE Support For GCC To Easily Run BPF Programs On Any Kernel   Linux Kernel   2021-08-04
BPF Timers Support Set To Finally Appear With Linux 5.15   Linux Kernel   2021-07-23
The Big Set Of Networking Changes For Linux 5.14   Linux Networking   2021-06-30
Linux Kernel's BPF Fixed Up Against Spectre Vulnerability Bypass   Linux Security   2021-06-24
CentOS Linux 8 2105 Released As RHEL 8.4 Equivalent   Red Hat   2021-06-03
RHEL 8.4 Released With Tiger Lake Graphics, Expanded eBPF Support   Red Hat   2021-05-21
Microsoft Bringing eBPF Support To Windows   Microsoft   2021-05-11
PowerPC Pull Brings 32-Bit Improvements For Linux 5.13 - eBPF + KFENCE   Hardware   2021-05-08
Linux's Perf Tools Prepares For Intel Alder Lake, Adds New AMD Zen 3 Events   Hardware   2021-05-04
Linux 5.13 Networking Includes BPF Improvements, Optimizations, WWAN + MANA   Linux Networking   2021-05-03
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Beta Released With New Features, Improvements   Red Hat   2021-03-31
Intel IGC Network Driver Queues XDP Support For Linux 5.13   Intel   2021-03-30
Linux 5.12-rc5 Released - It's Bigger Than Average   Linux Kernel   2021-03-28
Linux 5.12 Adds Instruction Latency Reporting To Perf   Linux Kernel   2021-02-20
Many Networking Improvements Routed To The Linux 5.12 Kernel   Linux Networking   2021-02-18
There Are Big Changes On The Horizon With Linux 5.12   Linux Kernel   2021-02-14
Linux 5.12 To Add Atomics Support To The Promising eBPF   Programming   2021-01-19
Linux 5.11 Brings Intel WiFi 6GHz Band Support (Wi-Fi 6E)   Intel   2020-12-17
SECCOMP Filters Get A Very Nice Speed-Up With Linux 5.11   Linux Security   2020-12-15
GNU Linux-libre 5.10-gnu After A Busy Time Deblobbing   Linux Kernel   2020-12-14
Oracle Continues Building DTrace For Linux Atop BPF   Oracle   2020-10-30
RHEL 8.3 Released With TSX Disabled By Default To Avoid Mitigation Overhead   Red Hat   2020-10-29
GNU Debugger 10.1 Released With BPF Debugging, Debuginfod Support   GNU   2020-10-24
Many Networking Improvements Land In Linux 5.10   Linux Networking   2020-10-16
There Are Many Changes To Look Forward To With The Linux 5.10 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2020-10-11
Amazon's Bottlerocket Hits GA As Linux Distribution Optimized For Containers   Operating Systems   2020-09-01
BPF Preload / User Mode Debugging Additions On The Way For Linux 5.10   Linux Kernel   2020-08-24
Linux 5.9 Networking Changes Are As Active As Ever   Linux Networking   2020-08-08
GNU Debugger Adding eBPF Debugging Support   GNU   2020-08-05
Facebook Engineer Improving BPF "User Programs" Support   Linux Kernel   2020-08-02
Linux 5.8 Networking Changes Include Introducing Cable Testing Infrastructure   Linux Networking   2020-06-04
Oracle Linux 8 Update 2 Released, Now Defaulting To UEK R6 Kernel For New Installs   Oracle   2020-05-07
SELinux Seeing Performance Improvements With Linux 5.7   Linux Security   2020-04-02
Linux 5.7 Networking Changes Bring Qualcomm IPA, New Intel Driver Additions   Linux Networking   2020-04-01
Oracle Ships Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 6 - Based On Linux 5.4 + DTrace Over BPF, Etc   Oracle   2020-03-31
Some Of The Features To Look Forward To With Linux 5.7   Linux Kernel   2020-03-27
Google Engineer Posts Latest Patches For MAC + Audit Policy Using eBPF   Linux Networking   2020-03-24
RHEL 8.2 Beta Application Streams Bring GCC 9.1, Python 3.8   Red Hat   2020-01-23
Google's Kernel Runtime Security Instrumentation (KRSI) Is Something To Look Forward To In 2020   Linux Security   2019-12-31
Landlock Revved An 11th Time For Unprivileged Yet Powerful Security Sandboxes   Linux Security   2019-10-30
GNU Binutils 2.33.1 Released With Support For Newer Arm Cortex CPUs, SVE2/TME/MVE   GNU   2019-10-12
Fedora 32 Planning To Ship With GNU Binutils 2.33   Fedora   2019-10-04
GCC 10 Lands The eBPF Port For Targeting The Linux In-Kernel VM   GNU   2019-09-09
Systemd 243 Released With Many Changes   systemd   2019-09-03
Oracle Continues Working On eBPF Support For GCC 10   Oracle   2019-08-17
Oracle Is Working To Upstream More Of DTrace To The Linux Kernel & eBPF Implementation   Oracle   2019-08-15
Systemd 243 RC1 Brings Its PStore Service, Zen2/RdRand Workaround & More   systemd   2019-07-31
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Enters Beta   Red Hat   2019-07-24
Networking Changes For Linux 5.3 Bring New Google Driver But No WireGuard   Linux Networking   2019-07-13
Systemd Now Allows Custom BPF Programs To Be Loaded On Cgroups   systemd   2019-06-29
Oracle Is Aiming To Contribute An eBPF Backend To The GCC 10 Compiler   Oracle   2019-05-30
GNU Binutils Begins Landing eBPF Support   GNU   2019-05-24
Networking Changes For Linux 5.2 Bring New Realtek Driver But No WireGuard   Linux Networking   2019-05-08
Microsoft Officially Announces DTrace For Windows   Microsoft   2019-03-11