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AptiviMemory management improvements have landed to Linux 6.15!<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kernel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinuxKernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinuxKernel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Computers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Memory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Memory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RAM</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechUpdates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechUpdates</a><a href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/04/04/linux-6-15-memory-management-improvements/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/04/04/linux-6-15-memory-management-improvements/</a>

unixbhaskarWell, wake up from slumber, grab a cup of hot coffee ☕ and Mozart! 🎼🎼<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#life</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coffee</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> ....and some mundane activity ....<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linuxkernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linuxkernel</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensourcedevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensourcedevelopment</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/operatingsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#operatingsystem</a>

unixbhaskarWell, wake up from slumber, grab a cup of hot coffee ☕ and Mozart! 🎼🎼<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#life</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coffee</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> ....and some mundane activity ....<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linuxkernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linuxkernel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensourcedevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensourcedevelopment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/operatingsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#operatingsystem</a>

unixbhaskarWell, wake up from slumber, grab a cup of hot coffee ☕ and Pink Floyd's number🎶 Another Brick In The Wall 🎶<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#life</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coffee</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> ....and some rudimentary ritual ....<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linuxkernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linuxkernel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensourcedevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensourcedevelopment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/operatingsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#operatingsystem</a>

AptiviKDE Plasma 6.3.4 is out now!<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Computers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kernel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinuxKernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinuxKernel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KDE</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Plasma6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Plasma6</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KDEPlasma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KDEPlasma</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechUpdates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechUpdates</a><a href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/04/02/kde-plasma-6-3-4-is-out/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/04/02/kde-plasma-6-3-4-is-out/</a>

unixbhaskarWell, wake up from slumber, grab a cup of hot coffee ☕ and Bob Dylan's number 🎶 Don't Think Twice 🎶<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#life</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coffee</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> ....and some rudimentary ritual...<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linuxkernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linuxkernel</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensourcedevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensourcedevelopment</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/operatingsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#operatingsystem</a>

AptiviLinux 6.15 brings improved exFAT file system performance for file deletions!<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kernel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinuxKernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinuxKernel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Computers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Filesystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Filesystem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Files" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Files</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exFAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#exFAT</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Performance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Performance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Boost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Boost</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechUpdates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechUpdates</a><a href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/04/01/linux-6-15s-exfat-file-deletion-performance-boosted/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/04/01/linux-6-15s-exfat-file-deletion-performance-boosted/</a>

AptiviLinux 6.15’s exFAT file deletion performance boostedA recent development in the upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel has been spotted, because there was a big improvement to the exFAT file system implementation in relation to how it deletes the files when the “<code>discard</code>” mount option is used. This improvement significantly saves time as a test file after the merge has been deleted in 1.6 seconds, compared to more than 4 minutes of the total time taken.<a href="https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAKYAXd_E0eM8dfoU1HVQ+DW4YKMsrzfJbGTsQELjfy=R+omndw@mail.gmail.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">This pull request</a> makes sure that, upon file deletion, it discards a group of contiguous clusters (that is, clusters that are next to each other) in batch instead of discarding them one by one. This was because in prior kernels, such as 6.14, “if the discard mount option is enabled, the file’s clusters are discarded when they are freed. Discarding clusters one by one will significantly reduce performance. Poor performance may cause soft lockup when lots of clusters are freed.”The change has been introduced in commit <a href="https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linkinjeon/exfat.git/commit/?h=dev&id=a36e0ab44cb344728f7c0fdc34edcbae64739c16" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a36e0ab</a>. Since then, the pull request has been merged to the kernel and it will be integrated to the first release candidate of Linux 6.15. A simple performance benchmark has been verified with the following commands:<pre><code># truncate -s 80G /mnt/file# time rm /mnt/file</code></pre>In detail, the performance of this filesystem without this commit is poor, totalling about 4 minutes and 46 seconds in real time, with 12 seconds of system time. In contrast to the patched kernel, it totals about 1 second in real time, with 17 milliseconds of system time.It’s a huge improvement!<a href="https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/pretty-woman-with-modern-laptop-sitting-floor-with-win-gesture-grey-wall_13814109.htm#fromView=image_search_similar&page=3&position=22&uuid=8eb92a45-4233-4174-8445-7ccb4fd07f7e&query=Laptop+sitting" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Image by diana.grytsku on Freepik</a><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/computers/" target="_blank">#Computers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/exfat/" target="_blank">#exFAT</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/filesystem/" target="_blank">#Filesystem</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/kernel/" target="_blank">#Kernel</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/linux/" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/linux-kernel/" target="_blank">#LinuxKernel</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/news/" target="_blank">#news</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/performance/" target="_blank">#performance</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/speed/" target="_blank">#speed</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/tech/" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/technology/" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/update/" target="_blank">#update</a>

Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)"'I live in auto-complete. I basically never type out file-names, and I replace keyboards every once in a while because my TAB key has worn down (not really, but you get the idea).'"We all do, <a href="https://social.kernel.org/users/torvalds" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@torvalds</a> , we all do. 😂 <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kernel</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LinuxKernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinuxKernel</a>

unixbhaskarWell, wake up from slumber, grab a cup of hot coffee ☕ and Frank Sinatra's number. 🎶 All My Tomorrows 🎶<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#life</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coffee</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> .....and some rudimentary ritual ...<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linuxkernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linuxkernel</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensourcedevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensourcedevelopment</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/oepratingsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oepratingsystem</a>

unixbhaskarWell, wake up from slumber, grab a cup of hot coffee ☕ and Frank Sinatra's number. 🎶 All My Tomorrows 🎶<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#life</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coffee</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> .....and some rudimentary ritual ...<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linuxkernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linuxkernel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensourcedevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensourcedevelopment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oepratingsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oepratingsystem</a>

unixbhaskarWell, wake up from slumber, grab a cup of hot coffee ☕ and Willie Nelson's number🎶 You Were Always On My Mind 🎶<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#life</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coffee</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> ....and some rudimentary ritual ....avalanche!! <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linuxkernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linuxkernel</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensourcedevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensourcedevelopment</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/operatingsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#operatingsystem</a>

nophenil"Akamai will leverage its infrastructure to support kernel.org, the primary platform for Linux kernel source code distribution."Akamai becomes the official distributor of the Linux kernel <a href="https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/p/akamai-becomes-the-official-distributor-of-the-linux-kernelw-post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/p/akamai-becomes-the-official-distributor-of-the-linux-kernelw-post</a><a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/tags/LinuxKernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinuxKernel</a> <a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/tags/Akamai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Akamai</a>

AptiviLinux 6.15 will bring graphics improvements!<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kernel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinuxKernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinuxKernel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Computers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Graphics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Graphics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechUpdates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechUpdates</a><a href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/03/29/linux-6-15-will-bring-graphics-improvements/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/03/29/linux-6-15-will-bring-graphics-improvements/</a>

AptiviLinux 6.15 will bring graphics improvementsLinux 6.15 is currently under development with a lot of promising changes, such as better support for PlayStation 5 controllers, lots of networking changes, and much more to come. It also brings the following key <a href="https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/CAPM=9tyx=edsZ3ajuAUAv4vjfa=WNEzobqAsYbBTjCfLbuEeFQ@mail.gmail.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">graphics and chipset improvements</a>:<ul><li>Added support for Apple Touch Bar for M1 and M2 MacBooks using the <code>appletbdrm</code> driver</li><li>Added the <code>nova-core</code> driver as a skeleton Rust driver</li><li>Added the DPCD eDP v1.5 definition</li><li>Added support for B140UAN04.4, BOE NV140FHM-NZ, CSW MNB601LS1-3, LG LP079QX1-SP0V, MNE007QS3-7, STA 116QHD024002, Starry 116KHD024006, Lenovo T14s Gen6 Snapdragon</li><li>Added support for CSOT PNA957QT1-1, Kingdisplay kd110n11-51ie, Starry 2082109qfh040022-50e</li><li>Added support for Raydium RM67200</li><li>Added support for BOE AV123Z7M-N17, BOE AV123Z7M-N17</li><li>Added driver for the Apple Summit display panel</li><li>Added driver for Visionox RM692E5</li><li>Added support for GC 11.5.2 + 11.5.3</li><li>Added support for SDMA 6.1.3</li><li>Added support for NBIO 7.9.1 + 7.11.2</li><li>Added support for MMHUB 1.8.1 + 3.3.2</li><li>Added support for DCN 3.6.0</li><li>Added support for G200eH5</li><li>Added support for the MT8365 SoC</li><li>Added support for MT8188 with DSC compatibility</li><li>Added support for rk3562-mali</li><li>Added support for AIC200</li><li>…alongside other improvements for existing devices</li></ul>After updating to Linux 6.15, you will notice improved graphics performance across many areas, alongside the new features that this pull request brings.<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/ethernet/" target="_blank">#Ethernet</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/graphics/" target="_blank">#Graphics</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/kernel/" target="_blank">#Kernel</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/linux/" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/linux-kernel/" target="_blank">#LinuxKernel</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/news/" target="_blank">#news</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/tech/" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/technology/" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/update/" target="_blank">#update</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/wi-fi/" target="_blank">#WiFi</a>

AptiviLinux 6.15 will bring networking improvements!<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kernel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinuxKernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinuxKernel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Computers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Networking</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Network" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Network</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Networks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Networks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechUpdates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechUpdates</a><a href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/03/29/linux-6-15-will-bring-networking-improvements/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/03/29/linux-6-15-will-bring-networking-improvements/</a>

AptiviLinux 6.15 will bring networking improvementsLinux 6.15 is currently under development with a lot of promising changes, such as better support for PlayStation 5 controllers, lots of graphics driver changes, Apple Touch Bar support, and much more to come. It also brings the following <a href="https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250326163652.2730264-1-kuba@kernel.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">networking improvements</a> for the core implementation:<ul><li>Continue Netlink conversions to per-namespace RTNL lock (IPv4 routing, routing rules, routing next hops, ARP ioctls).</li><li>Continue extending the use of netdev instance locks.</li><li>Support collecting TCP timestamps (data submitted, sent, acked) in BPF, allowing for transparent (to the application) and lower overhead tracking of TCP RPC performance.</li><li>Tweak existing networking Rx zero-copy infra to support zero-copy Rx via io_uring.</li><li>Optimize MPTCP performance in single subflow mode by 29%.</li><li>Enable GRO on packets which went thru XDP CPU redirect (were queued for processing on a different CPU). Improving TCP stream performance up to 2x.</li><li>Improve performance of contended connect() by 200% by searching for an available 4-tuple under RCU rather than a spin lock.</li><li>Avoid unconditionally touching sk_tsflags on RX, improving performance under UDP flood by as much as 10%.</li><li>Avoid FIB lookup in netfilter if socket is available, 20% perf win.</li><li>Rework network device creation (in-kernel) API to more clearly identify network namespaces and their roles.</li><li>Use sysfs_break_active_protection() instead of trylock to avoid deadlocks between unregistering objects and sysfs access.</li><li>Add a new sysctl and sockopt for capping max retransmit timeout in TCP.</li><li>Support masking port and DSCP in routing rule matches.</li><li>Support dumping IPv4 multicast addresses with RTM_GETMULTICAST.</li><li>Support specifying at what time packet should be sent on AF_XDP sockets.</li><li>Expose TCP ULP diagnostic info (for TLS and MPTCP) to non-admin users.</li><li>Add Netlink YAML spec for WiFi (nl80211) and conntrack.</li><li>Introduce EXPORT_IPV6_MOD() and EXPORT_IPV6_MOD_GPL() for symbols which only need to be exported when IPv6 support is built as a module.</li><li>Age FDB entries based on Rx not Tx traffic in VxLAN, similar to normal bridging.</li><li>Allow users to specify source port range for GENEVE tunnels.</li><li>netconsole: allow attaching kernel release, CPU ID and task name to messages as metadata.</li></ul>After updating to Linux 6.15, you will notice improved networking performance across many areas, alongside the new features that this pull request brings. The driver API has also seen interesting improvements, such as:<ul><li>Continue rework / fixing of Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) across the SW layers. Delegate the responsibilities to phylink where possible. Improve its handling in phylib.</li><li>Support symmetric OR-XOR RSS hashing algorithm.</li><li>Support tracking and preserving IRQ affinity by NAPI itself.</li><li>Support loopback mode speed selection for interface selftests.</li></ul>In addition to that, those improvements also bring support for new device drivers, improve existing device drivers, remove the IBM LCS driver for s390, and remove the sb1000 cable modem driver.<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/ethernet/" target="_blank">#Ethernet</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/kernel/" target="_blank">#Kernel</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/linux/" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/linux-kernel/" target="_blank">#LinuxKernel</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/network/" target="_blank">#Network</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/networking/" target="_blank">#Networking</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/news/" target="_blank">#news</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/tech/" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/technology/" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/update/" target="_blank">#update</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/tag/wi-fi/" target="_blank">#WiFi</a>

Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)The initial nova-core driver stub was merged to <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> mainline for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LinuxKernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinuxKernel</a> 6.15[1].<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Nova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nova</a> is going to be a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kernel</a> driver for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Nvidia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nvidia</a>'s modern GPUs written in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Rustlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rustlang</a>. It is the successor of the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Nouveau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nouveau</a> kernel driver and serve as base for drivers like <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/NVK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NVK</a>.The core driver stub is not really useful for anything yet. But that should change soon – and I guess will be the turning point that'll sell <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rust</a> for Linux to the world. 🥳 [1] <a href="https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/54e6baf123fde089cfa9f609b0b39b40abe41e94" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/54e6baf123fde089cfa9f609b0b39b40abe41e94</a> and <a href="https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b28786b190d1ae2df5e6a5181ad78c6f226ea3e1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/b28786b190d1ae2df5e6a5181ad78c6f226ea3e1</a>

9to5Linux<a href="https://floss.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> 6.13.9, 6.12.21, 6.6.85, and 6.1.132 kernels are now available for download at <a href="https://www.kernel.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.kernel.org</a><a href="https://floss.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/LinuxKernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinuxKernel</a>

unixbhaskarWell, wake up from slumber, grab a cup of hot coffee ☕ and Mark Knopfler's number 🎶 Summer Of Love 🎶<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#life</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coffee</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> .....and some rudimentary ritual ....avalanche!! as usual :) <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linuxkernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linuxkernel</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensourcedevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensourcedevelopment</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/operatingsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#operatingsystem</a>

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