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GNOME GitLab Redirecting Some Git Traffic To GitHub For Reducing Costs

Phoronix - 6 hours 34 min ago
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...

Intel Releases Updated CPU Microcode For Xeon 6 SoCs "Granite Rapids D"

Phoronix - 11 hours 2 min ago
Catching me by surprise today was a new Intel CPU microcode drop "20260227" for Linux users/administrators outside of their typical Patch Tuesday alignment for CPU microcode releases...

Hyprland 0.54 Released As A "Massive" Update To This Wayland Compositor

Phoronix - 11 hours 40 min ago
Hyprland 0.54 was released today as what's described as a "a massive update with no understatement" to this Wayland compositor...

SilverStone RM4A: 4U Rackmount Server/Workstation Chassis That's Great For Liquid Cooling

Phoronix - Fri, 02/27/2026 - 23:43
For those looking to build a rackmount-ready server or workstation that can handle up to an SSI-EEB motherboard and capable of fitting a large liquid cooling setup, the RM4A is a new option from SilverStone that can fit up to a 360mm radiator while still fitting an SSI-EEB motherboard and up to eight expansion slots within 4U size constraints.

Intel Media Driver Update Brings Nova Lake S Support, AV1 Improvements

Phoronix - Fri, 02/27/2026 - 22:32
While at the end of February, today Intel released the Intel Media Driver 2025Q4 release as well as the latest VPL GPU Runtime for their media stack...

Canonical Talks Up RISC-V This Year With Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

Phoronix - Fri, 02/27/2026 - 22:01
Canonical put out a new blog post today highlighting their RISC-V work over 2025 that included switching to the RVA23 profile baseline for Ubuntu 25.10 and moving forward. Now with RVA23-compatible RISC-V hardware coming to market this year, Canonical is talking up the RISC-V possibilities when paired with the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release...

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