Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for July 3, 2025
This edition contains the following feature content:
- Accessing new kernel features from Python: how to get at the latest kernel goodness, even if the surrounding software has not yet caught up.
- Fedora's i686 support gets a reprieve: a plan to remove support for 32-bit x86 code on 64-bit systems is pushed back in the Fedora community.
- Supporting kernel development with large language models: an Open Source Summit presentation on how large language models can be put to work to help kernel developers get their job done.
- How to write Rust in the kernel: part 2: a comparison between the C and Rust forms of a device driver.
- Improved load balancing with machine learning: enabling the scheduler to learn how to optimally schedule diverse workloads.
- Yet another way to configure transparent huge pages: the elusive search for a consensus on the best way to control the creation and use of transparent huge pages.
This week's edition also includes these inner pages:
- Brief items: Brief news items from throughout the community.
- Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.
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