Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for August 7, 2025
This edition contains the following feature content:
- Don't fear the TPM: a DebConf talk on the trusted platform module and interesting things that can be done with it.
- Python performance myths and fairy tales: what are the real constraints holding back the performance of Python programs?
- Debian grapples with offensive packages, again: what restrictions, if any, should the Debian project place on the contents of packages it ships?
- The NNCPNET email network: an attempt to bring email back to its roots.
- 6.17 Merge window, part 1: the most significant changes pulled into the kernel during the first half of the 6.17 merge window.
- Improving control over transparent huge page use: the use of transparent huge pages can either help or hurt a workload's performance, and it is hard for the kernel to detect the cases where it helps. There are a couple of proposals for ways to let user space help.
- A look at the SilverBullet note-taking application: a locally hosted tool for the management of notes and lists.
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- Brief items: Brief news items from throughout the community.
- Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.
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