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systemd 261 Released With New systemd-sysinstall OS Installer, IMDSD & Storagectl

Phoronix - 3 hours 10 min ago
Systemd 261 is out as stable today with a number of new features and ready to coincide with H2'2026 Linux distributions...

AMD ACP7.D/7.E/7.F Driver Added In Linux 7.2: "Substantial Design Changes" For AMD Audio

Phoronix - Fri, 06/19/2026 - 23:51
It looks like AMD's next-gen SoCs not only will be exciting on the CPU side with the much anticipated Zen 6 cores but the AMD Audio Co-Processor "ACP" IP looks to be going through some significant updates...

Linux 7.2 Brings More Work Around WiFi Aware, WiFi 8 / UHR & More Networking Hardware

Phoronix - Fri, 06/19/2026 - 22:08
The networking subsystem changes have been merged for Linux 7.2 with a lot happening around the core networking code as well as the many wired and wireless networking device drivers...

Raspberry Pi OS Moves To Linux 6.18 LTS Kernel, Updated LabWC Compositor

Phoronix - Fri, 06/19/2026 - 21:07
Raspberry Pi engineers have released their first update to Raspberry Pi OS since April. With this new version comes the upgrade to the latest Linux 6.18 LTS kernel...

Apple M3 Booting On Linux After Three Years Plus Other SoC Updates In Linux 7.2

Phoronix - Fri, 06/19/2026 - 19:09
Just shy of 1,000 new patches were merged on the SoC side for the Linux 7.2 kernel. Among all those patches are enabling five more SoCs to work with the mainline Linux kernel -- including the long-awaited Apple M3 support...

AMD Introduces An AI-Powered Bash Coding Agent

Phoronix - Fri, 06/19/2026 - 18:31
Just days after AMD engineers released a new Lemonade AI server with MCP server integration to make it much more useful, they have now released a new release of their GAIA "Generative AI Is Awesome" open-source software. With AMD GAIA 0.21.2, they have introduced a bash coding agent is their latest big ticket item in the AI space...

Intel TDX Now Much More Practical With Ability To Apply Important Updates Without Reboot

Phoronix - Fri, 06/19/2026 - 18:18
For those interested in Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) with modern Intel Xeon processors for confidential computing but also view system uptime as critical, beginning in Linux 7.2 the TDX support is now much more practical with allowing live updates without the need to reboot the running system in the event of security updates and similar...

ARCTIC Fan Controller, More ASUS & ASRock Boards Have Sensor Monitoring With Linux 7.2

Phoronix - Fri, 06/19/2026 - 18:08
For those that enjoy keeping an eye on all their system vitals from temperatures to voltages, the hardware monitoring "HWMON" updates have seen many device additions for Linux 7.2...

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