📰 Patches Provide For Much Faster In-Kernel Zstd Due To Embarrassingly Bad Inefficiency
Patches sent out to the Linux kernel mailing list today can provide much more efficient Zstd compression and decompression by addressing a very unfortunate oversight in the existing code...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/In-Kernel-Zstd-BMI2-Probing
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https://phoronix.com/news/In-Kernel-Zstd-BMI2-Probing
Patches sent out to the Linux kernel mailing list today can provide much more efficient Zstd compression and decompression by addressing a very unfortunate oversight in the existing code...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/In-Kernel-Zstd-BMI2-Probing
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https://phoronix.com/news/In-Kernel-Zstd-BMI2-Probing
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Patches Provide For Much Faster In-Kernel Zstd Due To Embarrassingly Bad Inefficiency
Patches sent out to the Linux kernel mailing list today can provide much more efficient Zstd compression and decompression by addressing a very unfortunate oversight in the existing code.
Test EWSAllowedAppIDs in Exchange Online
Microsoft is retiring Exchange Web Services (EWS), the older SOAP-based API that applications use to read and write mailbox data in Exchange Online. During the transition window—from phased disablement in October 2026 until full retirement on April 1, 2027—EWSAllowedAppIDs is the temporary gatekeeper: a tenant-wide list of Microsoft Entra application IDs (the client IDs of app registrations) that may still call EWS when you set EwsEnabled to $true. Only listed apps keep access while you migrate; after April 2027, the list no longer matters because EWS is blocked outright. This article shows how to test that gate before you depend on it.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/test-ewsallowedappids-in-exchange-online/
Microsoft is retiring Exchange Web Services (EWS), the older SOAP-based API that applications use to read and write mailbox data in Exchange Online. During the transition window—from phased disablement in October 2026 until full retirement on April 1, 2027—EWSAllowedAppIDs is the temporary gatekeeper: a tenant-wide list of Microsoft Entra application IDs (the client IDs of app registrations) that may still call EWS when you set EwsEnabled to $true. Only listed apps keep access while you migrate; after April 2027, the list no longer matters because EWS is blocked outright. This article shows how to test that gate before you depend on it.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/test-ewsallowedappids-in-exchange-online/
Chromium can be built as a Flatpak, but Google isn’t committing (yet)
If you’ve installed Chromium or Google Chrome as a Flatpak, you’ve installed an unofficial, community-maintained package done independently of the search giant – that could be about to change. Chromium’s build system is now able to generate Flatpak packages of the browser itself, though its developers caution that the change does not mean official Flatpak support is coming. A commit made by Google’s Tom Anderson this week adds the necessary packaging scripts and a build flag (enable_flatpak) to produce a .flatpak package rather than a .deb or .rpm, but that flag is off by default (for now). If enabled, Google’s […]
You're reading Chromium can be built as a Flatpak, but Google isn’t committing (yet), a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/chromium-adds-flatpak-packaging-support
If you’ve installed Chromium or Google Chrome as a Flatpak, you’ve installed an unofficial, community-maintained package done independently of the search giant – that could be about to change. Chromium’s build system is now able to generate Flatpak packages of the browser itself, though its developers caution that the change does not mean official Flatpak support is coming. A commit made by Google’s Tom Anderson this week adds the necessary packaging scripts and a build flag (enable_flatpak) to produce a .flatpak package rather than a .deb or .rpm, but that flag is off by default (for now). If enabled, Google’s […]
You're reading Chromium can be built as a Flatpak, but Google isn’t committing (yet), a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/chromium-adds-flatpak-packaging-support
Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS point release is now available to download
Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS is now available to download, the first of 5 point releases scheduled for the ‘Resolute Raccoon’ in the 3 years. The release doesn’t add new features, but brings a refreshed installation image (.iso) that includes all of the bug fixes, security patches and package updates released since the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release back in April. No new hardware enablement stack is included since there’s not been a newer Ubuntu release to backport a kernel and graphics driver set from. Next year’s Ubuntu 26.04.2 LTS release will bring the Linux kernel and GPU drivers that ship in Ubuntu […]
You're reading Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS point release is now available to download, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu-26041-lts-point-release-download
Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS is now available to download, the first of 5 point releases scheduled for the ‘Resolute Raccoon’ in the 3 years. The release doesn’t add new features, but brings a refreshed installation image (.iso) that includes all of the bug fixes, security patches and package updates released since the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release back in April. No new hardware enablement stack is included since there’s not been a newer Ubuntu release to backport a kernel and graphics driver set from. Next year’s Ubuntu 26.04.2 LTS release will bring the Linux kernel and GPU drivers that ship in Ubuntu […]
You're reading Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS point release is now available to download, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu-26041-lts-point-release-download