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HP OMEN/Victus Gaming Laptops Gaining Fan Control Support Under Linux

Phoronix - Sun, 01/18/2026 - 22:48
With the upcoming Linux 6.20~7.0 kernel cycle, the HP-WMI driver is slated to add manual fan control support for HP Victus S-Series gaming laptops as well as for some HP OMEN gaming laptops too...

Linux's Intel-Speed-Select Tool Will Allow Non-Root Use With Linux 7.0

Phoronix - Sun, 01/18/2026 - 19:13
The intel-speed-select tool that lives within the Linux kernel source tree for allowing some control over Intel Speed Select Technology (SST) and managing of clock frequencies / performance behavior will finally allow limited non-root usage...

ChaosBSD Is A New BSD For "Broken Drivers, Half-Working Hardware, Vendor Trash" Test Bed

Phoronix - Sun, 01/18/2026 - 18:59
A new BSD on the block is ChaosBSD that intends to serve as a testing distribution for unfinished and broken drivers not suitable for upstreaming to FreeBSD proper...

Linux 6.19-rc6 Bringing Sound Fixes For ROG Xbox Ally X & Various Laptops

Phoronix - Sun, 01/18/2026 - 18:45
With the Linux 6.19-rc6 kernel release due out later today there will be a number of sound fixes/workarounds to note from the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X gaming handheld to several newer laptops seeing fixes for their audio support...

Synex Server: A New Debian Based Linux Distro With Native ZFS Installation Support

Phoronix - Sun, 01/18/2026 - 09:23
Synex is a Linux distribution that's been around for some months as a Debian-based, minimalistic Linux distribution out of Argentina focused on the needs of small and medium businesses. Making it a bit more intriguing for some now is that with their new release based on Debian 13 is a server edition and they have added native OpenZFS file-system support for new installations...

Important AMDGPU & AMDKFD Driver Improvements Readied For Linux 6.20~7.0

Phoronix - Sun, 01/18/2026 - 04:16
On Friday AMD sent out another set of AMDGPU kernel graphics driver and AMDKFD kernel compute driver patches for queuing in DRM-Next ahead of the upcoming Linux 6.20~7.0 kernel cycle kicking off in February...

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