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AMD Continues Enhancing AMDGPU/AMDKFD Drivers For Checkpoint/Restore

Phoronix - Mon, 09/15/2025 - 17:56
CRIU is for Checkpoint/Restore in Userspace to be able to freeze a running container or app, preserve its state to disk, and later restore said running workload. A few years ago we saw AMD working on being able to checkpoint/restore running ROCm workloads. As seemingly the first work in a while on the matter by the AMDGPU/AMDKFD kernel drivers, there are some new CRIU elements coming for Linux 6.18...

Linux 6.18 To Allow Rust And C Code To Use The Same Memory Model

Phoronix - Mon, 09/15/2025 - 17:40
The latest tranche of Rust code ready to go for the upcoming Linux 6.18 kernel is now ready to go and has been queued into a TIP branch ahead of the merge window...

"Rustmaker" Merged For LibreOffice 26.2 Development As Latest Rust Integration

Phoronix - Mon, 09/15/2025 - 15:00
For fans of open-source projects embracing the Rust programming language, merged for the LibreOffice 26.2 development code for this open-source office suite is "Rustmaker" as a Rust code maker for UNO integration with this open-source office suite...

How to Upgrade to Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara”

Tecmint - Mon, 09/15/2025 - 13:00
The post How to Upgrade to Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Linux Mint 22.2 (“Zara”) is the latest point release in the Linux Mint 22 series, which is a Long Term

The post How to Upgrade to Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Rethinking the AI Race - The Regulatory Review

Google News - Mon, 09/15/2025 - 12:15
Rethinking the AI Race  The Regulatory Review

FreeBSD 15.0 Alpha 2 Released With Builds Now Being Properly Reproducible

Phoronix - Mon, 09/15/2025 - 12:00
The second alpha release of the upcoming FreeBSD 15 is now available for testing ahead of its planned official release in December...

Linux 6.17-rc6 Released With VMSCAPE Mitigation, FLYDIGI APEX 5 Support & Fixes

Phoronix - Mon, 09/15/2025 - 07:15
The newest weekly test release of Linux 6.17 is now available as we work toward the stable kernel release around the end of September...

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