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Initially upstreamed into the Linux 6.18 kernel is Tyr as a Rust-based GPU kernel driver for Arm Mali hardware. This is in effect a Rust alternative to the Panthor DRM kernel driver for newer Arm Mali GPUs with the Command Stream Firmware (CSF). With the latest development code for Tyr, it's moved onto running the GNOME desktop and basic games like SuperTuxKart...

Hummingbird: Red Hat’s Answer to Alpine, Ubuntu Chiseled, Wolfi  The New Stack

KDE Slimbook VII is a Linux laptop with Ryzen AI 9 365 and KDE Neon software  Liliputing

Ubuntu Budgie vs. Pop!_OS: I've used both Linux distros - here's how to choose  ZDNET

Xen 4.21 is out today as the newest feature release for this open-source hypervisor backed by AMD, Arm, AWS, and other organizations. Plus with Xen's use within automotive environments, Ford and Honda too...

Xen 4.21 Released With AMD CPPC & Resizable BAR Support  Phoronix

Xen Project Delivers Xen 4.21, a Modernized Hypervisor with Broader Architecture Support and Improved Performance  PR Newswire

Slimbook and KDE Celebrate 8th Anniversary with KDE Slimbook VII Linux Laptop  9to5Linux

This week marks two years since the debut of the Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series processors. Given the occasion, I decided to revisit the Linux performance of the Threadripper 7980X compared to original benchmarks from November 2023 to see how the latest Linux software stack performs for these Zen 4 HEDT processors.

AMD Threadripper 7980X Performance On Linux Two Years After Release  Phoronix

'I like boring, and boring to me is no super exciting new features that will break machines for millions of people around the world' says Linux creator Linus Torvalds  PC Gamer

Here's how I rank the most popular lightweight Linux desktops  How-To Geek

Red Hat previews Project Hummingbird: impenetrable images boosting the software supply chain  SDxCentral

Beginning yesterday and continuing today are several patch series beginning to lay the foundation in the AMDGPU kernel graphics driver for enabling some next-generation graphics IP. Due to the AMD graphics driver block by block enablement strategy and IP-based discovery adopted by their driver over the past few years, it's not clear what this new hardware enablement is for whether it's RDNA5 / UDNA or some RDNA4 refresh. In any event, the Linux driver enablement has begun...

AMD Begins Posting Open-Source Linux Patches For Their Next-Gen GPU IP  Phoronix

Intel engineers today posted Linux kernel patches for plumbing a brand new Error Detection And Correction "EDAC" driver for the next-generation memory controller design debuting with Xeon Diamond Rapids...

Intel "imh_edac" Driver Being Developed For New Memory Controller With Diamond Rapids  Phoronix

"The real work in Linux isn't being done by me," Linus reveals his recent situation: He hasn't been a programmer for nearly 20 years, hasn't touched AI programming, and all his stress comes from "people".  36Kr

Back in September the Qualcomm X2 Elite SoCs were announced for next-gen Windows 11 on Arm laptops. Since then some initial X2 Elite enablement patches for the Linux kernel have arrived and for the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel more of that work will reach mainline. Excitingly, Linux 6.19 is now bringing GPU and display support for the Adreno X2-85 found within the Snapdragon X2 Elite SoC...

Qualcomm Upstreaming Initial GPU Support For Snapdragon X2 Elite In Linux 6.19  Phoronix