Some of us may recall a time when ASUS used to ship a stripped down version of Xandros Linux with their line of Eee PC netbooks. Last week, the same company announced that Endless OS will be supporting non-OS offerings[1] of their product. However it comes with a big disclaimer stating that ASUS will not officially support the operating system's compatibility issues.
The latest update on the L1TF exploit: the 4.18, 4.17, 4.14, 4.9 and 4.4 Linux kernels have all been updated to mitigate the vulnerability[2].
From today to Sunday, August 19, Red Hat is hosting their first free and annual DevConf.US developer summit in Boston. If you are interested in attending or wish to learn more, details can be found here[3].
Many updates and features are finding their way into the Linux 4.19 kernel; features that include better CPU power management[4]. Also included are NVM block device, file system, video code enhancements and more[5].
Petros Koutoupis, LJ Editor at Large, is currently a senior platform architect at IBM for its Cloud Object Storage division (formerly Cleversafe). He is also the creator and maintainer of the RapidDisk Project. Petros has worked in the data storage industry for well over a decade and has helped pioneer the many technologies unleashed in the wild today.
References
- ^ Endless OS will be supporting non-OS offerings (www.asus.com)
- ^ mitigate the vulnerability (www.phoronix.com)
- ^ here (www.redhat.com)
- ^ CPU power management (www.phoronix.com)
- ^ more (www.phoronix.com)