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Back in May OpenCL 3.1 was announced with a focus on AI and HPC workloads. Just over two months later, this incremental update over OpenCL 3.0 now has its first listed conformant OpenCL 3.1 implementation for passing the OpenCL 3.1 conformance test suite cases. It's Apple Silicon M1/M2 graphics running on Asahi Linux with the Mesa Rusticl driver...

Khronos Lists First Conformant OpenCL 3.1 Implementation: Apple M1/M2 On Asahi Linux With Rusticl  Phoronix

COSMIC 1.3 Desktop Environment Released with Frosted Glass Effect  9to5Linux

For those that were intrigued by the COSMIC desktop's "Frosted Glass" effect, it's now available in released form with today's COSMIC Epoch 1.3 release...

COSMIC Epoch 1.3 Released With New Frosted Glass Option  Phoronix

QOTD by Linus Torvalds: "Nvidia has been the single worst company we've ever dealt with"  TechRadar

x402 Foundation Goes Live Under Linux Foundation With Ripple, Stellar, and Solana Onboard  genfinity.io

As of this past week in the FreeBSD source tree for FreeBSD 16, the last of the GNU GPL licensed code from the base system has been retired...

Every major Linux distro wants COSMIC, and it hasn't even finished its first year  XDA

For those that were intrigued by the recent launch of the AMD Ryzen AI Halo developer platform with a very capable mini PC but looking for something more affordable and not needing quite as much horsepower or AI focus, BOSGAME recently launched their VTA-439 mini PC. The BOSGAME VTA-439 is powered by the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 with Radeon 890M graphics for those wanting still quite a capable mini PC that retails for around $1,049 USD while sporting 32GB of RAM and 1TB NVMe SSD storage.

BOSGAME VTA-439: A Great, Linux-Friendly Mini PC Powered By AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 Review  Phoronix

Nearly 28-year-old SEGA Dreamcast receives Linux 7.2 keyboard, mouse and controller fixes  VideoCardz.com

Ripple Joins Linux Foundation's x402 Initiative to Standardize AI Agent Payments with XRP and RLUSD  finance.biggo.com

From Linux to NuttX on the Adafruit Fruit Jam  Adafruit

Denuvo-protected games now run on Linux thanks to DenuvOwO  GameGPU

Clonezilla Live 3.3.3 Disk Imaging Tool Adds Reverse-Connection Network Cloning  9to5Linux

Blender 5.2 is out today as the newest Long Term Support release for this leading, open-source 3D modeling software...

Blender 5.2 LTS Released With Many Great Enhancements  Phoronix

I'm a serial Linux distro hopper - these 7 signs mean it's time to switch  ZDNET

System76 Launches Adder Pro Linux Laptop With OLED and RTX 5070  Linuxiac