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AMD Prepares Linux For Instruction-Based Sampling Improvements With Zen 6

Phoronix - 1 hour 42 min ago
A set of patches recently posted to the Linux kernel mailing list have now been queued up to a tip/tip.git branch for planned introduction in Linux 7.1. These patches are for enhancing the Linux perf subsystem support for AMD Instruction-Based Sampling (IBS) improvements with next-gen Zen 6 processors...

Verisilicon DC8200 & Coreboot Framebuffer Drivers Sent To DRM-Next For Linux 7.1

Phoronix - Sat, 02/28/2026 - 23:04
The first DRM-Misc-Next pull request was submitted this week to DRM-Next as new kernel graphics/display driver features to begin queuing for the Linux 7.1 kernel that will release mid-year. Among the early code for DRM-Next are two new drivers...

Servo Browser Engine Starts 2026 With Many Notable Improvements

Phoronix - Sat, 02/28/2026 - 22:21
The Servo project has issued their January 2026 development report that highlights all the interesting changes they made to this open-source browser layout engine last month. With Servo 0.0.5 they have landed many improvements to this engine and also continuing to enhance its ability to embed Servo inside other applications...

FreeBSD 14.4-RC1 Adds Emacs, Vim & More To DVD Images

Phoronix - Sat, 02/28/2026 - 19:33
For those on the current FreeBSD 14 series with no immediate plans to move to FreeBSD 15 that debuted at the end of 2025, FreeBSD developers have been preparing for the release of FreeBSD 14.4. Released overnight was the first release candidate of FreeBSD 14.4...

KDE Plasma 6.7 Preps Rounded Style UI Enhancement For QtWidgets-Based Apps

Phoronix - Sat, 02/28/2026 - 19:21
KDE Plasma 6.7 development continues heating up following the Plasma 6.6 desktop release earlier this month...

GNOME GitLab Redirecting Some Git Traffic To GitHub For Reducing Costs

Phoronix - Sat, 02/28/2026 - 08:03
If you are cloning from a GNOME repository on their GitLab and now finding your Git traffic being redirected to GitHub, you are not alone. GNOME's infrastructure team is now redirecting Git traffic from the GNOME.org GitLab over to GitHub mirrors for reducing bandwidth costs...

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