Linux Lands Fix For Some TLB Flushes Being Inadvertently Skipped
10 May 2025 - Whoops....

Merged yesterday to Linux 6.15 Git and marked for back-porting to stable kernel series in the coming days is an x86 memory management fix to eliminate a window whereby TLB flushes could be inadvertently skipped.

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The Linux Kernel Dropping Its Unused Built-In Software Echo Cancellation Code
11 May 2025 - Removing Echo

Queued up for removal in the upcoming Linux 6.16 kernel cycle is dropping "echo", a software-based echo cancellation code within the kernel intended for telecommunications use. But it's old, unmaintained, and likely not actively used.

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Foobox Update
2025-05-11
#Foobox

Release tag:
v8.1

Assets:
foobox_x64.cn.v8.1-1.exe (17.1 MB)
foobox_x64.cn.v8.1-win7-1.exe (14.1 MB)
foobox_x86.cn.v8.1-1.exe (16.6 MB)
foobox_x86.cn.v8.1-win7-1.exe (13.6 MB)

Linux 6.15-rc6 Released With AMD Performance Fix & Other Bugs Addressed
11 May 2025 - Linux 6.15-rc6

Linus Torvalds has released Linux 6.15-rc6 today with hopes of releasing Linux 6.15 stable in two weeks.

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Xiaomi.eu Multilang HyperOS ROM stable Update
2025-05-12
#Marble #XiaomiEU #HyperOS #Stable

Build date:
Mon, 12 May 2025 05:47:22 UT

MD5:
914db5f1bcb60577caa2b82f960fa2e9

Download:
xiaomi.eu_MARBLE_OS2.0.6.0.VMRCNXM_15.zip

Size:
5.7 GB

Clash Meta for Android Update
2025-05-13
#Clash #ClashMeta #Android

Release tag:
v2.11.11

Assets:
cmfa-2.11.11-meta-arm64-v8a-release.apk (23.9 MB)
cmfa-2.11.11-meta-armeabi-v7a-release.apk (24.0 MB)
cmfa-2.11.11-meta-universal-release.apk (58.3 MB)
cmfa-2.11.11-meta-x86-release.apk (24.9 MB)
cmfa-2.11.11-meta-x86_64-release.apk (24.6 MB)
output-metadata.json (2.5 KB)

Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit) Update
2025-05-13
#RaspberryPi #RaspberryPiOS

Build date:
2025-05-13

Changelog:
https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspios_arm64/release_notes.txt

Download:
2025-05-13-raspios-bookworm-arm64.img.xz

Size:
1.1 GB

Magisk Stable Update
2025-05-14
#Magisk

Release tag:
Magisk v29.0

Assets:
Magisk-v29.0.apk (11.3 MB)

Magisk Canary Update
2025-05-14
#MagiskCanary

Build version:
29001

Changelog:
https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases/download/canary-29001/notes.md

Download:
app-release.apk

LineageOS for Raspberry Pi Update
2025-05-14
#RaspberryPi #LineageOS

Release tag:
LineageOS 22.2 20250514

Assets:
lineage-22.2-20250514-UNOFFICIAL-KonstaKANG-rpi4-atv-ota.zip (580.7 MB)
lineage-22.2-20250514-UNOFFICIAL-KonstaKANG-rpi4-ota.zip (764.6 MB)
lineage-22.2-20250514-UNOFFICIAL-KonstaKANG-rpi5-atv-ota.zip (585.8 MB)
lineage-22.2-20250514-UNOFFICIAL-KonstaKANG-rpi5-ota.zip (769.4 MB)

LLVM Update
2025-05-15
#LLVM

Release tag:
LLVM 20.1.5

Slim LLVM toolchains:
Here

Linux Swap Table Code Shows The Potential For Huge Performance Gains
15 May 2025 - Swap Tables

Following recent discussions by Linux kernel developers around integrating swap cache and swap maps functionality with the swap allocator, Swap Table was born. With Swap Tables the hope is for lower memory use, higher performance, dynamic swap allocation and growth, greater extensibility, and other improvements over the existing swap code within the Linux kernel.

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Xiaomi.eu inject Module Update
2025-05-16
#XiaomiEU

Build date:
Thu, 15 May 2025 15:37:50 UT

MD5:
90a91116200e32c3ef026000628eaaa0

Download:
XiaomiEUModule_2025.05.15.apk

Size:
12.8 KB

Raspberry Pi4 bootloader EEPROM Stable Update
2025-05-16
#RaspberryPi #eeprom

Build date:
20250516

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

Download:
pieeprom-2025-05-16.bin

Size:
512.0 KB

Rockchip Open-Source NPU Driver "RKNN" Continues Making Progress
17 May 2025 - Rockchip NPU

Started just over one year ago was the effort to create an open-source Rockchip NPU driver. While not yet mainlined to the Linux kernel, progress on this kernel driver and associated user-space driver continues.

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Linux 6.14.7 & Other Stable Kernel Releases Bring ARM64 Security Fix
18 May 2025 - Linux Stable Kernels

Linux 6.14.7 and other new point releases for stable and maintained Linux kernel series were released today. Among the fixes incorporated were a notable ARM64 security fix.

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Linux 6.15-rc7 Released With AMD Zen 6 CPU Identification, New Intel & ARM Mitigations
18 May 2025 - Linux 6.15

Linus Torvalds released today the seventh weekly release candidate to Linux 6.15 with the stable kernel potentially debuting next Sunday.

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