Lennart Poettering on the state of disk encryption on Linux.

Linux Disaster Recovery

»The Linux From Scratch community announces the release of LFS Version 11.0. The reason for the major release number increment is that this version no longer uses the "split-user" system. That is, like most current distributions, /bin is a symbolic link to /usr/bin. Likewise, /lib and /sbin are both symbolic links to their /usr counterparts. «

This post explains the rationale behind the decision to switch from Debian to Arch Linux for SteamOS 3.0.

»Some of you have noticed the past few weeks and months that
a serious attempt to bring a second language to the kernel was
being forged. We are finally here, with an RFC that adds support
for Rust to the Linux kernel.«

Yes, running unsupported, unpatched servers on the Internet is a bad idea.

Buildroot is a simple, efficient, and easy-to-use tool to generate embedded Linux systems through cross-compilation.

The first stable kernel release for 2021 includes an AMD performance regression fix, new hardware support, and filesystem improvements.

The author analyzes an old issue in the Linux kernel TCP implementation.

This article describes how Corellium, already familiar with Apple's mobile SoCs, boots Linux on Apple silicon.

This series of posts provides insight into the SUSE product development and the upcoming merge of the SLE and openSUSE Leap.

Major changes:

• Core modules in PE format
• Vulkan backend for WineD3D
• DirectShow and Media Foundation support
• Text console redesign

This guide provides extensive information on hardening Linux.

Linux 5.10 is released. It is an LTS release and will receive support over the next 5 years. Amongst the many updates and fixes are the performance tuning of Btrfs and EXT, better RISC-V support, and enhancements for BPF programs.