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Submission + - Well, Linus released Linux kernel 6.16.....get it and have fun! (kernel.org)

Submitted by unixbhaskar on Sunday July 27, 2025 @07:20PM

unixbhaskar writes: A new kernel release is always exciting, because it is packed with features never seen before and quite a lot of enhancements. Having a new kernel also means less vulnerability in your setup; those damn things get fixed upstream as fast as you might imagine.

Inclined people can look into this page, which is curated for the latest release.... https://kernelnewbies.org/Linu...

Submission + - Kernel Developer Kees Cook account get suspended due to malicious activity. (kernel.org)

Submitted by unixbhaskar on Saturday May 31, 2025 @05:55PM

unixbhaskar writes: I still believe(like everyone else) that this is an act of AI or a sheer compromised account. Kees is a long-time Linux kernel contributor, and I can not fathom that he will commit that kind of folly. Period .

But , you never know.....

Submission + - Linux 6.16 Adds "X86_NATIVE_CPU" Option To Optimize Your Kernel Build (phoronix.com)

Submitted by unixbhaskar on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @01:13PM

unixbhaskar writes: It seems interesting though.If the detailed benchmark shows some improvement with the option selected, then distros might started to adopt it for their flavor.

Submission + - Linux kernel 6.12 has been released! (kernel.org)

Submitted by unixbhaskar on Sunday November 17, 2024 @06:44PM

unixbhaskar writes: Linus has released a fresh Linux kernel for public consumption. Please give it a try and report any glitches to the maintainers for improvement. Also, please do not forget to express your appreciation to those tireless folks who did all the hard work for you.

Submission + - Let's Encrypt Intent to End OCSP Service (letsencrypt.org)

Submitted by unixbhaskar on Friday July 26, 2024 @04:27AM

unixbhaskar writes: Well, Let's Encrypt decided to do another layer of security protocol update. And as per their statement stop IP tracking of the visitor.

The new kid in the block is Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) .

Submission + - DRM Panic "Screen of Death" To Gain Monochrome Logo Support In Linux 6.11 (phoronix.com)

Submitted by unixbhaskar on Saturday June 29, 2024 @01:27AM

unixbhaskar writes: Coooooooooooooooooooooooooool !!!! It will certainly satisfy the modern people who delve into it. But it is not as eye candy as people think. We have logos in other places too, name and vividly while booting the kernel we can have logo as number of CPU threads.

So, it is not new but a useful addition to the important stuff. Moreover, it is monochrome, so certainly not resource-hungry. Plus, if all else fails, the ASCII art logo is still there to show. :)

Submission + - Longtime Linux Wireless Developer Passes Away ..RIP Larry Finger (phoronix.com)

Submitted by unixbhaskar on Sunday June 23, 2024 @02:50PM

unixbhaskar writes: It was such a loss .... The Phoronix article informed us.

Submission + - Secure. Private. Libreboot inside! (minifree.org)

Submitted by unixbhaskar on Sunday April 09, 2023 @06:43AM

unixbhaskar writes: A company in the UK(learn from their domain) started to ship old Thinkpad (specifically the x series and t series models) with libreboot(https://libreboot.org/) firmware. Which is based on coreboot(https://www.coreboot.org/) firmware.

Comment What's so surprising??? (Score 2) 395

by unixbhaskar on Monday October 22, 2018 @08:01AM (#57516467) Attached to: Linus Torvalds is Back in Charge of Linux

Like all "real men", he keeps what he said. Everyone needs a break sometimes. Linus also deserved that.

Comment Mozilla overlook it for long time (Score 1) 306

by unixbhaskar on Sunday May 01, 2011 @12:12AM (#35988494) Attached to: Firefox On Linux Gets Faster Builds — To Be Fast As Windows

It was one of my desire and complaint to Mozilla for long time .I have been using firefox for eternity! and always found it sluggish on variant of GNU/Linux distros( I run five at this moment i.e Gentoo, Arch,Fedora,Debian and Suse). Thanks god at last some common sense prevail in the mozilla camp, they were doing lot of unnecessary thing adding here and there but missing the actual clog . Keep up the good work guys. Cheers! Bhaskar

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