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Intel Ends Work On Quantum Compiler Open-Source Bits

Phoronix - Sat, 02/14/2026 - 22:08
Following Intel recently discontinuing a number of open-source projects, this week they formally discontinued their Quantum Passes open-source project that was intended to provide additional passes for their LLVM-based compiler in the Intel Quantum SDK...

GNOME OS To Use systemd-confext, RustConn Provides Modern GTK4 Connection Manager

Phoronix - Sat, 02/14/2026 - 20:04
In addition to this week's GNOME 50 beta release, there were also other exciting developments in the GNOME ecosystem...

Linux 7.0 Wires Up Arm's 64-byte Single-Copy Atomic Instructions LS64/LS64V

Phoronix - Sat, 02/14/2026 - 19:47
Beyond all of the exciting Intel/AMD x86_64 changes and improvements to enjoy with the upcoming Linux 7.0, there is one notable ARM64 feature addition this kernel cycle...

Linux 7.0 Lands 8D-8D-8D Octal DTR Support In SPI NAND For Better Performance

Phoronix - Sat, 02/14/2026 - 19:23
The Linux Memory Technology Device (MTD) subsystem updates have been merged for the Linux 7.0 kernel and include introducing Octal DTR "8D-8D-8D" support in SPI NAND for better performance...

Firmware Upstreamed For Linux Speaker Support On The ASUS Zenbook 14 UM3406GA

Phoronix - Sat, 02/14/2026 - 19:11
For those that may be considering the new ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED (UM3406GA) laptop that has been refreshed for the new AMD Ryzen AI 400 series, Cirrus Logic has now upstreamed the necessary firmware for the cs35l41 audio amplifier for working speaker support...

KDE Plasma 6.6 Sees Last Minute Fixes, Plasma 6.7 Aims For Painless Samba Shares

Phoronix - Sat, 02/14/2026 - 09:40
KDE's Plasma 6.6 desktop release is due out next week (17 February) and there's been some last minute fixes to land. Additionally, KDE Plasma developers continue to be quite active in already landing feature work for Plasma 6.7...

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