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Floppinux – An Embedded Linux on a Single Floppy, 2025 Edition (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-03 | related products | tags: arch, directory, floppinux

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AMD adopts FRED together with Intel for Zen 6 architecture — replacement for decades-old IDT can improve performance and stability (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-02 | by Bruno Ferreira | related products | tags: fred, instructions, intel

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Linux Kernel Developer Chris Mason's New Initiative: AI Prompts for Code Reviews (slashdot.org)

2026-02-02 | by Posted | related products | tags: break, code, code review

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Linux gets a continuity plan for the day Linus Torvalds steps aside (techspot.com)

2026-01-29 | related products | tags: andrew, andrew tanenbaum, change thanks

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Kernel Community Drafts a Plan For Replacing Linus Torvalds (slashdot.org)

2026-01-29 | related products | tags: greg, kernel, linux

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Linux after Linus? The kernel community finally drafts a plan for replacing Torvalds (zdnet.com)

2026-01-28 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | related products | tags: kernel, linus, linus torvalds

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After 34 years, the Linux kernel community finally has a contingency plan to replace Linus Torvalds — formal plan drawn up now community is 'getting grey and old' (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-28 | by Bruno Ferreira | related products | tags: community, kernel, linux

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Compiling models to megakernels (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-25 | related products | tags: instruction, instructions, kernel

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Nvidia Contacted Anna's Archive To Secure Access To Millions of Pirated Books (slashdot.org)

2026-01-20 | related products | tags: art cpu, cpu unix, kernel

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A free and open-source rootkit for Linux (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-18 | related products | tags: code, files, hiding

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Read_once(), Write_once(), but Not for Rust (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-16 | related products | tags: access, atomic, code

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Xous Operating System (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-14 | related products | tags: agreement, communications, embedded

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Is your Galaxy phone slow? One UI 8.5 could make it feel more responsive (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-14 | related products | tags: beta, galaxy, improve

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A university got itself banned from the Linux kernel (2021) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-13 | by Monica Chin | related products | tags: community, hartman, kernel

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I tried the new Linux Mint 22.3 - it's a masterclass in polish and quality-of-life fixes (zdnet.com)

2026-01-12 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | related products | tags: cinnamon, desktop, kernel

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Show HN: Porting xv6 to HiFive Unmatched board (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-10 | related products | tags: boot, boot spl, card

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Latest SteamOS Beta Now Includes NTSYNC Kernel Driver (slashdot.org)

2026-01-09 | related products | tags: beta, driver, kernel

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Kernel bugs hide for 2 years on average. Some hide for 20 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-08 | related products | tags: bugs, commit, commits

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Singularity Rootkit: SELinux bypass and netlink filter (ss/conntrack hidden) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-05 | related products | tags: filter, hidden, kernel

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Decorative Cryptography (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-05 | by Chris Fenner | related products | tags: boot, interposer, kernel

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Linux kernel security work (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-02 | by Greg K-H | related products | tags: bugs, kernel, kernel security

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IDC Estimates Apple Shipped Just 45,000 Vision Pros Last Quarter (slashdot.org)

2026-01-02 | by Posted | related products | tags: art cpu, cpu unix, kernel

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Escaping containment: A security analysis of FreeBSD jails [video] (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-30 | related products | tags: freebsd, freebsd jail, isolation

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Escaping Containment: A Security Analysis of FreeBSD Jails [video] (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-30 | related products | tags: freebsd, freebsd jail, isolation

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Chinese state hackers use rootkit to hide ToneShell malware activity (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-12-29 | related products | tags: backdoor, driver, file

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My insulin pump controller uses the Linux kernel. It also violates the GPL (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-26 | related products | tags: device, insulet, kernel

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Ultimate-Linux: Userspace for Linux in Pure JavaScript (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-26 | related products | tags: kernel, libc, linux

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SMB Direct – SMB3 over RDMA (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-19 | related products | tags: enable, infiniband, install

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SMB Direct – SMB3 over RDMA – The Linux Kernel Documentation (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-19 | related products | tags: enable, infiniband, install

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Linux Kernel Rust Code Sees Its First CVE Vulnerability (slashdot.org)

2025-12-17 | related products | tags: code, crash, kernel