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The newest, unexpected addition to the Mesa codebase by Microsoft engineers is contributed accelerated AV1 video encoding on the GPU using a combination of DirectX 12 and the Hardware Media Foundation Transform (HMFT) support that is part of the Windows Media Foundation layer...

Microsoft Lands Initial AV1 Encoding Using DirectX 12 + HMFT Within Mesa 26.2  Phoronix

‘Bad Epoll’ vulnerability allows root access on Linux and Android  SC Media

More Intel Nova Lake-S Desktop GPUs Appear in Linux 7.3  TechPowerUp

7 tricks to make learning the Linux command line easier  How-To Geek

Earlier this year Vulkan Video encode was disabled on newer generations of Intel graphics hardware due to insufficient testing with the Intel ANV open-source driver. That impacted Gen12.5 graphics and newer - basically Alchemist and anything newer. Now at least Gen12.5 graphics with the likes of the Arc A-Series is seeing H.264 and H.265 encoding re-enabled...

Vulkan Video H.264/H.265 Encode Now Working For Intel Alchemist GPUs On Linux  Phoronix

5 tiny Linux tools I can't live or work without  ZDNET

Longtime AMD Linux graphics driver expert Marek Olšák, who joined Valve earlier this year and now focusing more on RADV rather than the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver, has seen some of his latest work now merged for Mesa 26.2. Marek landed a big overhaul to the variable rate shading (VRS) code that in some cases can double the performance...

postmarketOS Brings Plasma 6.7 and Rust-Based USB Tooling to Linux Phones  Linuxiac

The lightest Linux laptop ever just launched, and it challenges the MacBook Air for battery life  TechRadar

16-Year-Old Linux KVM Flaw Lets Guest VMs Escape to Host on Intel and AMD x86 Systems  The Hacker News

Claude Desktop Launches on Linux with Mixed Local AI Results  The Tech Buzz

Claude Desktop Hits Linux, But Local AI Remains a Challenge  The Tech Buzz

I tested the new Claude Desktop on Linux - here's how it compares to rival apps  ZDNET

Bad Epoll: Why a Tiny Programming Error Could Threaten Millions of Linux Computers  www.lvivherald.com

AMD Ryzen AI Halo Is An Excellent & Powerful Mini PC With Fully Open-Source Software Review  Phoronix

Ryzen AI Developer Platform: AMD's Own Linux Distribution Built Atop Debian  Phoronix

AMD Ryzen AI Halo Is An Excellent & Powerful Mini PC With Fully Open-Source Software Review  Phoronix

With the AMD Ryzen AI Halo developer platform there is the option of ordering this Ryzen AI Max+ mini PC with either Microsoft Windows 11 or "Linux OS". When receiving a AMD Ryzen AI Halo review sample last month, I fully expected it to just be an Ubuntu LTS install with ROCm preloaded. I was quite surprised when powering it up to find that it's an OS called the AMD Ryzen AI Developer Platform 1 "Rex" and is based on Debian Linux.