Linux 6.18 Ships With A New Python App In The Source Tree
9 October 2025 - Perf ilist.py

Merged overnight to the Linux 6.18 kernel were all of the perf subsystem tool updates. Notable with the perf tooling updates is a new Python application living within the kernel source tree.

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Linux Seeing First LED Driver Written In Rust
9 October 2025 - Rust LED Driver

The expanse of Rust-written kernel drivers for Linux continues. Posted to the Linux kernel mailing list is the first LED kernel driver written in the Rust programming language.

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Google Clang Prebuilt Update
#clang

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clang 21.0.0 (based on r574158) from build 14229180

Linux 6.18-rc1 Released With New Tyr & Rocket Drivers, Haptic Touchpads & DM-PCACHE
12 October 2025 - Linux 6.18

Linux 6.18-rc1 is now available for testing with the Linux 6.18 merge window closed. Linux 6.18 will be out in December and is anticipated to become this year's Linux LTS kernel version.

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Updated Intel Patches For Cache Aware Scheduling Net A 44% Win For AMD EPYC
13 October 2025 - Cache Aware Scheduling

In the works the past number of months has been cache-aware load balancing / cache aware scheduling support for Linux. The latest iteration of those patches by Intel were posted this weekend and are enjoying the most uplift on AMD EPYC Genoa and newer platforms.

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LineageOS for Raspberry Pi Update
2025-10-14
#RaspberryPi #LineageOS

Release tag:
LineageOS 23.0 20251014

Assets:
lineage-23.0-20251014-UNOFFICIAL-KonstaKANG-rpi4-atv-ota.zip (629.3 MB)
lineage-23.0-20251014-UNOFFICIAL-KonstaKANG-rpi5-atv-ota.zip (633.7 MB)

Linux 6.19 Will Continue With More Rust Graphics Driver Preparations
14 October 2025 - Linux 6.19 DRM-Misc-Next First

Even prior to the recent ending of the Linux 6.18 merge window and its many new features, the first "drm-misc-next" pull request of new material intended for Linux 6.19 was already submitted for inclusion to DRM-Next.

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Amazon AWS Working On Linux "PCSC" To Help With Dense SR-IOV Deployments
14 October 2025 - PCI Configuration Space Cache (PCSC)

A low-level Linux kernel improvement being worked on by engineers at Amazon Web Services (AWS) is for introducing a PCI Configuration Space Cache "PCSC" to help with dense SR-IOV deployments that can end up hitting significant overhead with the current Linux kernel.

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Clash Meta for Android Update
2025-10-14
#Clash #ClashMeta #Android

Release tag:
v2.11.18

Assets:
cmfa-2.11.18-meta-arm64-v8a-release.apk (24.8 MB)
cmfa-2.11.18-meta-armeabi-v7a-release.apk (25.1 MB)
cmfa-2.11.18-meta-universal-release.apk (60.8 MB)
cmfa-2.11.18-meta-x86-release.apk (26.0 MB)
cmfa-2.11.18-meta-x86_64-release.apk (25.8 MB)
output-metadata.json (2.5 KB)

RealVNC Viewer Update
2025-10-14
#RealVNCViewer

Build version:
7.15.1

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Linux (RPM x64)
Linux (Standalone x64)
Linux (EXE x64)
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Raspberry Pi (Standalone armhf)
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Raspberry Pi (Standalone arm64)

Raspberry Pi4 bootloader EEPROM Stable Update
2025-10-15
#RaspberryPi #eeprom

Build date:
20251014

Changelog:
https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom/blob/master/firmware-2711/release-notes.md

Download:
pieeprom-2025-10-14.bin

Size:
512.0 KB

Mysterious Intrigue Around An x86 "Corporate Entity Other Than Intel/AMD"
16 October 2025 - New x86 Opcodes

Posted to the Linux kernel mailing list and GNU Binutils mailing list today is an intriguing message from a longtime x86/x86_64 expert around a "a corporate entity other than Intel/AMD" using some x86 opcodes not used by AMD or Intel processors.

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Linux Graphics Driver Fixes Readied For Linux 6.18-rc2
17 October 2025 - Linux 6.18-rc2

Ahead of the Linux 6.18-rc2 release on Sunday, the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) fixes for the week were sent out today. There is the usual assortment of different kernel graphics driver fixes, mostly with the Intel and AMD drivers as usual. In particular a few Intel driver fixes make this week's pull worth mentioning.

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New Linux Kernel Patches From Intel Delivering +18% Database Performance
17 October 2025 - Linux MM CID Patches

In addition to the recent Linux kernel patches out of Intel for Cache Aware Scheduling for better performance, separately, another interesting new patch series was sent out this week for the Linux kernel. The patches rework some low-level Linux kernel memory management code and at least for database workloads the early benchmarks are showing possible 14~18% faster database performance with PostgreSQL.

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AES-GCM Crypto Performance Up To ~74% Faster For AMD Zen 3 With Linux 6.19
17 October 2025 - Faster AES-GCM Crypto

Improvements to the Linux kernel's AES-GCM Galois/Counter Mode crypto block cipher code will yield up to 74% faster performance for AMD Zen 3 processors with the Linux 6.19 kernel in the new year.

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Google Clang Prebuilt Update
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Commit

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clang 21.0.0 (based on r574158) from build 14278474

New Code Merged For Linux 6.18 To Address Linus Torvalds' Rust Formatting Critique
18 October 2025 - rustfmt

Back during the Linux 6.18 merge window Linus Torvalds commented on "mindless and completely crazy Rust format checking" and that the RUst format checking "is all bass-ackwards garbage" with condensing multi-line import statements into single lines. Merged minutes ago to Linux Git ahead of tomorrow's Linux 6.18-rc2 are fixes to the Rust format checking and updated guidelines to address Torvalds' criticism.

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Multi-Kernel Architecture Patches Updated For The Linux Kernel
19 October 2025 - Multi-Kernel Linux

Posted to the Linux kernel mailing list one month ago were patches for a multi-kernel architecture design to allow multiple independent kernel instances to co-exist on the same single physical machine. This could let some CPU cores be running real-time "RT" kernels or other non-traditional uses between CPU cores. It wasn't clear how far the multi-kernel patches would get especially with some initial negative views toward it and Bytedance separately proposing "Parker" for multi-kernel usage just days later. In any event, today a second version of the multi-kernel Linux patches were posted.

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erofs-utils Update
2025-10-19
#ErofsUtils

Release tag:
v1.8.10-251019

Assets:
There are too many, see here