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The Linux 8250 serial driver as the universal/legacy driver for 8250 and 16550 type serial ports has been seeing some modernization work recently with a number of 8250 serial patches having now been merged for the Linux 7.2 kernel...

New Hygon Model 8 "Suzhou" x86 CPU Support Appears In The GCC Compiler  Phoronix

A seemingly new generation of Hygon x86 processors are on the way with the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) seeing support today for the Hygon Model 8 "Suzhou" c86-4g-m8 processors...

Linux Phone OS postmarketOS Ships 26.06: GNOME 50, Plymouth, and 254 Devices  Tech Times

Along with the many x86/x86_64 improvements and some ARM64 architecture improvements (albeit slowed down by the AI/LLM noise affecting the development pace), the RISC-V architecture changes were merged last week for the ongoing Linux 7.2 kernel development...

Linux 7.2 RISC-V Reduces Kernel Startup Overhead, Eswin SoC Support By Default  Phoronix

Following last week's major Plasma 6.7 release, Plasma 6.7.1 is now available today with an initial assortment of bug fixes...

KDE Plasma 6.7.1 Desktop Is Out with Fixes for Kickoff, Discover, and KWin  9to5Linux

The Steam Machine should launch with around 30,000 playable games  GamingOnLinux

RANsemi baseband integrates Linux OCUDU CU/DU stack for small cell deployment  Electronics Weekly

I Finally Tried Niri, The New Way Of Tiling Linux Users Are Going Crazy About  It's FOSS

Why is Windows 11 so disliked by programmers – and can Microsoft do anything to change things?  IT Pro

Canonical Announces Live Kernel Patching Support for Ubuntu on ARM64  9to5Linux

Kubuntu Focus M2 and Zr Linux Laptops Now Ship with Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus  9to5Linux

Home Assistant OS 18.0 is out, and it'll stop devouring your RAM on low-end devices  XDA

For years, the industrial world has anticipated the imminent shift toward open automation. Initiatives like OPAF, Industry 4.0, and Margo have signaled a move, but the missing ingredient has been the technical rigor required to take these concepts from slide decks to the plant floor.The journey of IT and OT convergence continues to evolve. To move from vision to reality, IT and OT teams are finding new ways to align their specialized expertise. Achieving meaningful results requires a collaborative approach that respects the rigorous demands of the factory floor while leveraging the agility of

Artificial intelligence is a long-standing operational asset for telecommunication service providers, but the focus has shifted from localized capabilities to massive scale and quick return on investment. Telco service providers need to deliver real, industrial-scale results. My message to Red Hat partners is clear: Technology alone will not determine who wins the enterprise AI race. Success depends entirely on ecosystem alignment.According to a report from MIT, roughly 80% of AI initiatives fail to deliver tangible value because of misalignment between technology and business functions. Servi

For years, the telecommunications industry has looked at sovereignty through a defensive lens. It was treated as a compliance checklist and an (understandable) regulatory requirement for telco networks.After meeting with several customers across the globe at both MWC and Red Hat Summit this year, one clear takeaway is that the defensive era is over and sovereignty represents a new business opportunity where service providers can differentiate.Today, sovereignty is about control as a currency and differentiator. In a world where AI is the new engine of growth, the ability to maintain data resid

openSUSE Tumbleweed is the unsung rolling distro for people afraid of rolling distros  XDA

Home Assistant OS 18.0 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS  Linuxiac