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[$] The first part of the 7.4 merge window

Since the merge window for 7.4 opened, there have been 6,753 non-merge changesets pulled into the mainline repository. Many more are expected, especially given the possibility that this merge window will be extended to three weeks. Still, even this initial se…

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[$] Seeking smaller kernel stacks

Memory has always been a scarce resource in computing systems, but the problem seems to have worsened recently. In particular, the worldwide shortage of memory chips has led to a renewed focus by systems developers on reducing memory usage. During the memory-…

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Linux & operating systems

Security updates for Friday

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (buildah, expat, grafana, grafana-pcp, httpd, iperf3, openssh, php, php8.4, php:7.4, php:8.2, and php:8.3), Debian (aide, chromium, clamav, erlang, linux-6.12, roundcube, unbound, and webkit2gtk), Fedora (bind9-n…

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[$] The end of __get_user() and __put_user()

Linus Torvalds rarely writes significant amounts of kernel code these days, so the merging of a 48-part patch series from him is an unusual event. This series, destined for the 7.4 kernel release, performs some long-delayed kernel cleanup by removing a couple…

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KeePassXC 2.8.0 released

Version 2.8.0 of the KeePassXC password-management application has been released. The new release brings a lot of long-awaited new features, many bugfixes, and several security updates. Among the major features are the migration from Qt5 to Qt6, Auto-Type on …

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[$] Rust features in the future

There are several Rust features that kernel developers have been hoping to stabilize, but Josh Triplett wanted to describe all of the other features that the Rust project is currently working on. He spoke about the topic at Kangrejos 2026, leaving the assembl…

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Security updates for Thursday

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (.NET 10.0, .NET 8.0, .NET 9.0, cockpit-files, cockpit-machines, fetchmail, glycin-loaders, go-toolset:rhel8, golang, hostapd, jackson-core, kernel, kernel-rt, librsvg2, lrzsz, mariadb11.8, openexr, openssh, open…

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