Following all of the MM patches earlier this week sent in by Andrew Morton, on Sunday morning he sent out all of the non-MM patches that he manages for the Linux kernel. Notable for Linux 6.13 with this pull request … Read more
Written at 2024-11-10 Most well-known living philosophies -such as Cynicism, Epicureanism, Stoicism, Buddhism, and Sufism- advocate some form of Asceticism. This could involve various acts such as fasting, deliberately confronting personal fears, or even something as subtle as choosing not … Read more
Every so often, projects need to directly embed Linux system calls instead of calling the implementations in the system runtime library. This project provides a header file that can be included into your application whenever you need to make direct … Read more
Asahi Linux is a project that aims to port Linux to Apple Silicon chips, which use a custom ARM-based architecture. The project is fundamentally important given the popularity of Apple Silicon Macs, and it’s also a heroic effort because Apple … Read more
Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a project that provides you with step-by-step instructions for building your own custom Linux system, entirely from source code. Currently, the Linux From Scratch organization consists of the following subprojects: LFS :: Linux From Scratch … Read more
Don’t get me wrong. I love Linux. After many years of using it, I ended up appreciating how flexible, potent, and even beautiful it is. However, using Linux has never been a bed of roses and every single Linux user … Read more
Linux/4004 Slowly booting full Linux on the intel 4004 for fun, art, and absolutely no profit (fullscreen viewing recommended) TL;DR I booted Debian Linux on a 4-bit intel microprocessor from 1971 – the first microprocessor in the world – the … Read more
Two days ago, tech streamer and host of Code Therapy René Rebe was streaming one of many T2 Linux (his own custom distribution) development sessions from his office in Germany when he abruptly had to remove his microphone and walk … Read more
Linus has released the 6.11 kernel. “I’m once again on the road and not in my normal timezone, but it’s Sunday afternoon here in Vienna, and 6.11 is out.” Significant changes in this release include new io_uring operations for bind() … Read more
vmsplice is too fast Some programs use a particular system call “vmsplice” to move data faster through a pipe. Francesco already did a deep dive on using vmsplice to make things fast. However, while experimenting with it, I noticed that, … Read more