LWN.net9h ago

Ombredanne: An AI agent ported our codebase from Python to Rust

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075832/ #LWN #Linux #Rust

Ombredanne: An AI agent ported our codebase from Python to Rust

Over on the AboutCode blog, lead maintainer Philippe Ombredanne writes about an agentic LLM sys [...]

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LWN.net11h ago

[$] Representing the true signatures of kernel functions

Optimizing compilers can, under some circumstances, infer when a parameter to a function is not needed, and remove it. This is all well and good until the kernel's tracing or BPF s [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1073762/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #GCC #Clang #Rust #BPF #LSFMMBPF

LWN.net12h ago

Seven stable kernels for the first day of June

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075806/ #LWN #Linux #kernel

Seven stable kernels for the first day of June

Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 7.0.11, 6.18.34, 6.12.92, 6.6.142, 6.1.175, [...]

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LWN.net15h ago

DistroWatch turns 25

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075766/ #LWN #Linux

DistroWatch turns 25

The DistroWatch site is celebrating its 25th anniversary. 'All in all, it has been an incredib [...]

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LWN.net16h ago

[$] Reconsidering x32 — again

The x32 ABI was meant to be the best of both worlds, providing the expanded registers and instruction set of the x86-64 architecture while preserving the lower memory use of 32-bit [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1074897/ #LWN #Linux #kernel #Debian #Gentoo #GCC #Rust

LWN.net16h ago

Multiple redhat-cloud-services npm packages compromised (StepSecurity Blog)

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075742/ #LWN #Linux #security #RedHat

Multiple redhat-cloud-services npm packages compromised (StepSecurity Blog)

StepSecurity is reporting that a number of npm packages in the @redhat-cloud-services scope inc [...]

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LWN.net17h ago

Fedora F44 election interviews published

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075736/ #LWN #Linux

Fedora F44 election interviews published

The Fedora Project has published interviews with candidates running for the open seats on the F [...]

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LWN.net17h ago

Security updates for Monday

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075733/ #LWN #Linux #security

Security updates for Monday [LWN.net]

LWN.net1d ago

Kernel prepatch 7.1-rc6

https://lwn.net/Articles/1075575/ #LWN #Linux #kernel

Kernel prepatch 7.1-rc6

The 7.1-rc6 kernel prepatch is out for testing. Linus said: 'Well, I wouldn't call this 'small [...]

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unixbhaskar3d ago

Ah, this is a wonderful piece ....down memory lane ...Andrew Morton's 2004 OLS keynote.

cc:Andrew Morton 👍

#linuxkernel #opensource #operatingsystem #LWN

https://lwn.net/Articles/1070746/

CC: @corbet

Andrew Morton's 2004 OLS keynote

I recently presented a brief tribute to Andrew Morton at the 2026 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Me [...]

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