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Linux 7.0-rc2 Released: "So I'm Not Super-Happy With How Big This Is"

Phoronix - 1 hour 48 min ago
The second weekly release candidate of Linux 7.0 is now available for testing...

Iron-air Battery - Hackaday

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Linux 7.1 Expected To See Nice Improvements For Reducing HRTICK Timer Overhead

Phoronix - Sun, 03/01/2026 - 22:55
A big set of kernel patches look like they will be submitted for the Linux 7.1 kernel cycle this spring to optimize the scheduler HRTICK timer and in turn allowing it to be enabled by default...

ASUS Linux HID Driver Preparing To See Support For Newer Devices

Phoronix - Sun, 03/01/2026 - 19:50
There's been a recent lull in activity around the open-source Linux driver for ASUS devices with the HID interface used for supporting various features. But developer Denis Benato who has worked on the ASUS Armoury Linux driver and the like is working on advancing the ASUS HID driver for Linux systems...

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