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A change in WSL 2 removes a bottleneck on the virtiofs path, improving file I/O performance for workflows crossing the Windows/Linux boundary. This change landed in May 2026, building on WSL 2's existing use of a full Linux kernel in a Hyper-V VM.
A new open-source project allows users to utilize their Nvidia GPU's VRAM as swap space on Linux, particularly beneficial for laptops with soldered memory and no upgrade path.
Current live ISOs are read-only due to their ISO9660 file system, which cannot be written to. A common workaround is to use OverlayFS, but this requires a writable file system, which is not present in live ISOs.
A structured course built from personal study notes of the book Linux Basics for Hackers by OccupyTheWeb, available on GitHub.
Linux 4.18+ introduced restartable sequences (rseq), allowing thread-safe data structures without locks or atomics, but currently only accessible through handwritten assembly code.
Thongor77 created a free Linux adaptation of NETworkManager, a network management tool, using Python 3 and PySide6.
Xilinx has added Linux support back to the free version of Vivado, a popular digital design software. This change was announced on the Hacker News Front Page and AMD Customer Community.
According to a Hacker News post, the Linux desktop will continue to be dominated by Apple and Microsoft due to various reasons, including drivers, games, and lack of accessibility features.
The Linux/m68k port has over 2100 confirmed users, with commercial Linux developers taking notice. Users are encouraged to register to show support for the platform.
Cache Aware Scheduling, a long-in-development feature, is expected to land in Linux 7.2 and has shown promising results in benchmarks on an AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9980X.
Gentoo users are often perceived as trying to squeeze every last bit of system performance through compiling, but the author argues this is a misconception.
AMD has changed the licensing terms for its Vivado software, requiring Linux users to pay for a license or remain on an outdated, unsupported version. This move has sparked concerns among Linux users, who may be forced to upgrade to a paid version or abandon the software.
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