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More Efficient VirtIO DRM Driver To Import Scanout Buffers From Other Devices   Virtualization   2024-03-28
FUSE Passthrough Mode Merged For Linux 6.9   Linux Storage   2024-03-15
Intel & AMD Enjoy SoundWire Updates With Linux 6.9   Multimedia   2024-03-14
Microsoft Pushes Out Big February Update For CBL-Mariner 2.0 Linux Distro   Microsoft   2024-02-25
AWS Nitro Secure Module Driver Headlines char/misc Changes For Linux 6.8   Hardware   2024-01-21
libvirt 10.0 Released With QEMU VM Migration Improvements   Virtualization   2024-01-15
AMD IOMMU Improvements & Apple M1 USB4/Thunderbolt DART Submitted For Linux 6.8   Linux Kernel   2024-01-14
QEMU 8.2 Released With New VirtIO-Sound & VirtIO-GPU "Rutabaga" Devices   Virtualization   2023-12-20
Cloud Hypervisor 37 LTS Released With Faster VM Restoration From Snapshots   Virtualization   2023-12-17
AWS Nitro Secure Module Driver Going Upstream For Linux 6.8   Virtualization   2023-12-04
Some Of The Features You Can Expect With Linux 6.7   Linux Kernel   2023-10-28
VirtIO VSOCK MSG_ZEROCOPY To Begin Landing For Linux 6.7: More Performance   Linux Networking   2023-09-26
Cloud Hypervisor 35 Released With Few New Features & Fixes   Virtualization   2023-09-22
FUSE Adds Initial Support For Statx, File Birth Times For File-Systems In User-Space   Linux Storage   2023-09-06
Linux 6.6 Graphics Drivers: NVK uAPI, New AMD GPUs, More Meteor Lake, CI Support   Linux Kernel   2023-08-31
Many Features Ahead With Linux 6.6: EEVDF Scheduler, New AMD CPU Features, NVK uAPI   Linux Kernel   2023-08-27
QEMU 8.1 Released With New PipeWire Audio Backend, Many CPU Improvements   Virtualization   2023-08-22
Mesa TURNIP Vulkan Driver Adds VirtIO GPU Support   Mesa   2023-08-08
Linux 6.6 DRM-Misc-Next Carries VirtIO Sync Objects, Other Improvements   Linux Kernel   2023-08-03
systemd 254 With New Soft Reboots Feature, systemd-battery-check   systemd   2023-07-28
AMD Expands Mesa Virgl Video Acceleration For Using On Xen   Mesa   2023-07-19
systemd 254-rc1 Deprecates SysV Scripts, Adds Soft Reboots & systemd-battery-check   systemd   2023-07-06
AMD Improving Xen VirtIO GPU Support For In-Vehicle Infotainment, Using RADV   AMD   2023-07-05
Many Intel & AMD Graphics Driver Updates For Linux 6.5: Intel VRR, More MTL, RDNA3 Overclocking   Linux Kernel   2023-06-29
Linux 6.5 Features Expected: Parallel CPU Bring-Up, Intel Shadow Stack, MIDI 2.0 & More   Linux Kernel   2023-06-25
AMD Continues Work On Enhancing GPU Support With Xen Virtualization   Radeon   2023-06-12
Mesa's Venus VirtIO-GPU Driver Adds More Extensions To Help Zink   Mesa   2023-06-11
Linux 6.5 VirtIO GPU DRM Driver Adding Sync Object uAPI For Vulkan   Virtualization   2023-06-07
Google's Working Set Reporting Feature Aims To Better Deal With Over-Committed VMs   Google   2023-05-22
Linux Features Loved By Microsoft Engineers Working On WSL2   Microsoft   2023-05-14
Linux 6.4 Delivers A Big Performance Boost For VDUSE   Linux Kernel   2023-05-01
Initial Apple M2 Support & Other 64-bit ARM Changes For Linux 6.4   Arm   2023-04-25
Rust Support Is Being Worked On For The Linux Kernel's V4L2/Media Subsystem   Linux Kernel   2023-04-07
Linux 6.4 DRM To See New "imx25" Driver, 4K Support For Rockchip Display Driver   Hardware   2023-03-16
AMD Working On VirtIO GPU & Passthrough GPU Support For Xen Virtualization   Radeon   2023-03-13
VirtIO Native Context Being Worked On For AMD Drivers To Enhance VM Performance   Radeon   2023-03-11
FreeBSD 13.2 Beta 1 Released With WireGuard, Bhyve Improvements, ASLR By Default   BSD   2023-02-14
Cloud Hypervisor 29 Released With Better Live Migration, Combined MSHV+KVM Binaries   Virtualization   2023-01-15
Linux 6.2-rc3 Released - "Starting To Look A Lot More Normal"   Linux Kernel   2023-01-08
AArch64 Architecture Code Improvements Land In Linux 6.2   Arm   2022-12-15
Virgl Adds Accelerated Video Encoding To Guest VMs   Mesa   2022-11-18
Cloud Hypervisor 28 Released As The Project's First LTS Version   Virtualization   2022-11-18
Linux 6.1 Xen Supports Grant-Based VirtIO For x86_64   Virtualization   2022-10-16
Linux 6.1 Brings VirtIO Block "Secure Erase", vDPA Feature Provisioning   Virtualization   2022-10-15
Linux 6.1 To Allow Faster File Sharing Between Host & Guests With 9P VirtIO Optimization   Virtualization   2022-10-14
VirtIO-GPU Venus Driver Now Exposes Vulkan 1.3   Vulkan   2022-10-13
Linux 6.0-rc2 Released   Linux Kernel   2022-08-21
Linux 6.0-rc1 Released With Exciting Performance Optimizations, New Hardware Support   Linux Kernel   2022-08-14
Many VirtIO Changes Land For Linux 6.0   Virtualization   2022-08-13
Mesa's Venus Vulkan Driver Gets A Very Sizable Speed-Up   Mesa   2022-06-17
Intel-Led Cloud-Hypervisor 24 Released For Rust-Written VMM   Virtualization   2022-05-26
Virtual m68k Machine Proves Capable, Xtensa & C-SKY Archs See Updates Too   Hardware   2022-05-23
Mesa 22.1 Released With Many Vulkan Improvements, Kopper For Zink, Imagination Driver   Mesa   2022-05-18
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Disables 3D Acceleration For Guest VMs With GNOME Boxes / Virt-Manager   Ubuntu   2022-04-24
Virtual Motorola 68000 "m68k" Machine With Up To 3.2GB RAM Expected For Linux 5.19   Virtualization   2022-04-19
VirtIO-Crypto Seeing A Big Performance Speedup   Virtualization   2022-04-18
Mesa 22.1-rc1 Brings Radeon Vulkan Enhancements, Imagination Driver & Microsoft Dozen   Mesa   2022-04-14
Mesa's Venus VirtIO-GPU Vulkan Driver Adds Code To Handle ANGLE   Mesa   2022-03-04
Cloud-Hypervisor 22.0 Released With New Features For This Open-Source VMM   Virtualization   2022-03-04
Linux Kernel Preparing Support For A More Practical Virtual M68k Machine   Virtualization   2021-12-27
FUSE Introducing Per-File DAX Option With Linux 5.17   Linux Storage   2021-12-19
ReactOS 0.4.14 "Open-Source Windows" OS Brings Many Improvements   Operating Systems   2021-12-18
QEMU 6.2 Released With Intel SGX VM Support, Apple Silicon Compatible For macOS Hosts   Virtualization   2021-12-15
Getting Experimental Vulkan Within QEMU VMs Using Linux 5.16+ Paired With Mesa's Venus   Virtualization   2021-11-26
Linux 5.16 Graphics Drivers: Alder Lake S Is Stable, Initial DG2, AMD DP 2.0 + USB4   Linux Kernel   2021-11-03
Linux 5.16 Will Be A Great Christmas Gift For Open-Source Fans With Many New Features   Linux Kernel   2021-10-25
Rust-Based Cloud-Hypervisor 19.0 Released With Improved Live Migration, Faster Boot Time   Virtualization   2021-10-16
Linux 5.16 To Feature More Extensible VirtIO GPU Driver With "Context Types" Addition   Virtualization   2021-09-30
OmniOS Adds VirtFS File Sharing For Bhyve, Better System Console Performance   Operating Systems   2021-09-28
DRM Driver Posted For AI Processing Unit - Initially Focused On Mediatek SoCs   Linux Kernel   2021-09-18
Linux 5.16 To Add Quirk For The Steam Deck, Other DRM-Misc-Next Changes   Linux Kernel   2021-09-16
Intel's Cloud-Hypervisor 18.0 Brings AArch64 Improvements, VHDX Disk Image Support   Virtualization   2021-09-09
Linux 5.15 Adds VDUSE For vDPA Devices In User-Space   Virtualization   2021-09-09
Google Working On Making VirtIO-GPU More Extensible   Virtualization   2021-08-26
QEMU 6.1 Released With RISC-V Improvements, AMD Emulation Fixes   Virtualization   2021-08-24
FreeBSD Working On A New Installer, Updates To Their Linux Compatibility Layer   BSD   2021-07-24
QEMU 6.1 Is On The Way For The Open-Source Linux Virtualization Stack   Virtualization   2021-07-22
VirtIO-IOMMU Comes To x86 With Linux 5.14   Virtualization   2021-07-11
Mesa's Exciting Milestones So Far In 2021 From Zink To Great Intel/AMD Open-Source Work   Mesa   2021-06-27
New Linux Patch To Allow Booting From Arbitrary Non-Block Device File-Systems   Linux Storage   2021-06-18
VirtIO-GPIO Guest Driver Updated For The Linux Kernel   Virtualization   2021-06-16
VirtIO-GPU/Graphics Support Is Improving In QEMU But Slowly   Virtualization   2021-05-22
Solaris 11.4 SRU33 Released - Finally Delivers Valgrind, jQuery, VirtIO Guest Support   Oracle   2021-05-19
Linux 5.13 Networking Includes BPF Improvements, Optimizations, WWAN + MANA   Linux Networking   2021-05-03
New Realtek Audio Support, VirtIO Sound Driver Ready To Play On Linux 5.13   Hardware   2021-05-02
Intel's Cloud-Hypervisor Jumps From v0.14.1 To v15.0 To Signify Its Maturity, Stabilizing   Intel   2021-04-30
QEMU 6.0 Released With AMD SEV-ES Encrypted Guest Support, Experimental Multi-Process   Virtualization   2021-04-29
Features Expected For Linux 5.13 From Apple M1 To FreeSync HDMI To AMD Aldebaran   Linux Kernel   2021-04-17
Mesa's Virgl Straps On A Simple Disk Cache   Mesa   2021-04-14
Google's VirtIO-GPU "Venus" Vulkan Driver Merged Into Mesa 21.1   Mesa   2021-04-08
Xen 4.15 Hypervisor Brings Live Updates To Xenstored   Virtualization   2021-04-08
VirtIO Bluetooth Driver On The Way To The Linux Kernel   Virtualization   2021-04-07
VirtIO-GPU Vulkan Driver Looks To Go Upstream In Mesa   Mesa   2021-04-05
QEMU 6.0 On The Way With LTO Support, AMD SEV-ES Guests, Multi-Process Experiment   Virtualization   2021-03-25
Linux Kernel Patches Sent Out For A More Powerful Virtual M68k Machine   Virtualization   2021-03-24
VirtIO Sound Driver Coming For Linux 5.13   Virtualization   2021-03-10
Intel's Cloud-Hypervisor 0.13 Brings Support For NVIDIA GPUs With Proprietary Drivers   Intel   2021-02-14
IDMAPPED Mounts Aim For Linux 5.12 - Many New Use-Cases From Containers To Systemd-Homed   Linux Kernel   2021-02-13
Intel Working On A VirtIO DMA-BUF Driver For Multi-GPUs, Virtualized Environments   Intel   2021-02-03
Linux 5.11 Adding VirtIO-MEM "Big Block Mode"   Linux Kernel   2020-12-23
FUSE, OverlayFS, Ceph Ready With Improvements For Linux 5.11   Linux Storage   2020-12-19
Linux VirtIO Memory Prepares For "Big Block Mode"   Virtualization   2020-11-13
Intel "coIOMMU" Can Help With Performance For VMs When Using Direct I/O Access   Intel   2020-11-08
Intel's Abandoned "Many Integrated Core" Architecture Being Removed With Linux 5.10   Intel   2020-11-01
Intel's Cloud-Hypervisor 0.11 Adds Windows Guest Support   Virtualization   2020-10-30
FreeBSD 12.2 Released - Supports Linux In Jailed Environments, Better Hardware Support   BSD   2020-10-27
Linux 5.11 To Bring Early Bits Around DisplayPort 2.0, Orphans The Frame-Buffer Layer   Hardware   2020-10-27
Linux 5.10 FUSE To Allow Faster Performance With VirtIO-FS   Linux Kernel   2020-10-19
Intel's Cloud-Hypervisor Making Progress On Booting Windows   Intel   2020-09-20
FreeBSD 12.2 BETA2 Brings TRIM For Bhyve's VirtIO-BLK, Intel ICE Added   BSD   2020-09-19
"Microsoft Wants To Create A Complete Virtualization Stack With Linux"   Microsoft   2020-09-14
VirtIO-FS DAX Support Close To Mainline For Offering Tremendous Performance Boost   Linux Storage   2020-08-30
Linux 5.9 Bringing Mellanox VDPA Driver For Newer ConnectX Devices   Virtualization   2020-08-11
Intel Cloud-Hypervisor 0.9 Brings io_uring Block Device Support For Faster Performance   Virtualization   2020-08-08
Intel's Cloud Hypervisor 0.8 Adds Experimental ARM64 Support, Snapshot/Restore   Virtualization   2020-06-13
Intel's Cloud Hypervisor 0.7 Adds More Hotplug Capabilities, Musl Libc, SECCOMP Sandbox   Intel   2020-05-01
QEMU 5.0 Released For This Important Open-Source Emulator For Linux Virtualization   Virtualization   2020-04-28
Amazon Plumbing Nitro Enclaves Support For Linux To Isolate Highly Sensitive Data   Virtualization   2020-04-21
VirtIO-FS Support Is In QEMU 5.0 For Better File/Folder Sharing Between Hosts And VMs   Virtualization   2020-04-21
OverlayFS Can Be Paired With VirtIO-FS On Linux 5.7   Linux Storage   2020-04-08
QEMU 5.0-rc1 Released For Linux Virtualization With The Stable Update Coming This Month   Virtualization   2020-04-01
VirtIO Video Driver Coming Together For The Mainline Linux Kernel   Virtualization   2020-03-26
Intel Cloud Hypervisor 0.6 Released With VFIO Device Hotplug, I/O Improvements   Intel   2020-03-20
VirtIO-FS Is Looking Quite Good For Shared File-System With VMs   Virtualization   2020-02-06
Jailhouse 0.12 Hypervisor Adds Raspberry Pi 4 Support   Virtualization   2020-02-04
Red Hat Shows Off Their vDPA Kernel Patches For Better Ethernet Within VMs   Virtualization   2020-01-18
More Improvements Queued For The Smaller DRM Drivers In Linux 5.6   Linux Kernel   2020-01-02
QEMU 5.0 Kicks Off For Development   Virtualization   2019-12-14
Intel Releases Cloud-Hypervisor 0.4 As Its Rust-Written VMM Built Off KVM   Intel   2019-12-14
Debian Installer Bullseye Alpha 1 Released   Debian   2019-12-05
VirtIO-GPU Working Towards Vulkan Support, Other Features For Graphics In VMs   Virtualization   2019-11-29
Red Hat Provides New VirtIO Windows Driver Installer   Red Hat   2019-10-24
Intel's Cloud Hypervisor 0.3 Adds Block Device Offloading, Paravirtualized IOMMU   Intel   2019-10-19
OpenBSD 6.6 Arrives: Disables GCC In Base For ARMv7/i386, SMP Improvements, AMDGPU Added   BSD   2019-10-17
QEMU's Assortment Of Virtual VGA/GPU Options & What To Pick For Desktop Virtualization   Virtualization   2019-09-30
VirtIO-FS Sent In For Linux 5.4 With Better Performance Over VirtIO-9P   Linux Storage   2019-09-26
Linux 5.4 Cycle To Begin With exFAT Driver, EPYC Improvements & New GPU Support   Linux Kernel   2019-09-15
Intel Issues Second Release Of Its Rust-Written Cloud-Hypervisor For Modern Linux VMs   Intel   2019-09-10
EROFS Is Graduating From Staging In Linux 5.4   Linux Storage   2019-09-01
VirtIO-FS File-System Driver Being Added For Linux 5.4   Linux Storage   2019-08-31
QEMU 4.1 Released With Many ARM, MIPS & x86 Additions   Virtualization   2019-08-16
GNOME 3.33.4 Released As The Last Step Before The GNOME 3.34 Beta   GNOME   2019-07-24
VirtIO-PMEM Driver Added To Linux 5.3 For Paravirtualized Persistent Memory   Linux Storage   2019-07-18
VIRTIO-IOMMU Driver Merged For Linux 5.3 Kernel   Virtualization   2019-07-16
FreeBSD 11.3 Beta 2 Brings Virtualization Updates, Exposes MD_CLEAR MDS Bit To Guests   BSD   2019-06-01
The Open-Source / Linux Highlights From OSTS 2019   Linux Events   2019-05-18
Linux 5.1-rc7 Is "Tiny" Ahead Of The Official Kernel Debut Next Week   Linux Kernel   2019-04-28
Linux 5.1 Encounters "Regression Special" For Intel & VirtIO DRM Drivers   Linux Kernel   2019-04-24
QEMU 4.0 Released With CPU Support Improvements, Faster Crypto, Monitor EDID   Virtualization   2019-04-23
VIRTIO 1.1 Released With 2D Graphics Support, Evdev Input Device   Virtualization   2019-04-19