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Linux DT Patches Provide Very Basic Support For Apple M3 Pro / Max / Ultra  Phoronix

Linux FUSE Page Cache Overflow Lets Local Attackers Gain Root Access  cyberpress.org

After two years being on the TODO list for a possible performance optimization, the Intel open-source "ANV" Vulkan driver has now merged an HiZ plane optimization that can yield up to a few percent frame-rate improvement for Linux gaming/graphics on newer Intel integrated and discrete graphics hardware...

HiZ Plane Optimization Merged For Intel Vulkan Linux Driver For Some Performance Benefit  Phoronix

Cinnamon 6.8 will support Wayland – if you want it  The Register

Earlier this week NVIDIA confirmed some basic details around their next-gen Rosa CPU that succeeds Vera. Among the public confirmation was that it will feature a "Rigel" Armv9.2-A core iterating on their Olympus core design. With the basic details published, NVIDIA immediately introduced Rigel core support into the GCC compiler. Now they have also upstreamed their initial Rigel core enablement into the LLVM Clang compiler...

LLVM Clang Merges Initial Support For NVIDIA Rigel Core With Next-Gen Rosa CPU  Phoronix

Released this morning was Intel's newest version of Intel-Scaler-vLLM as their Docker-based solution providing an optimized vLLM stack for execution on Intel Arc (Pro) graphics hardware...

Intel-Scaler-vLLM 0.21.0-b1 Delivers Latest Features For vLLM On Intel GPUs  Phoronix

Google Transfers Open Health Stack to Linux Foundation to Advance Global Digital Health  TechAfrica News

SYSGO Strengthens Industrial Linux Security With ELinOS 8 Release  Open Source For You

Ubuntu 25.10 Reached End of Life, It’s Time to Upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS  9to5Linux

Linux Mint Now Considers Wayland Stable  It's FOSS

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I'm a Windows user who installed Linux for the first time - here's how the experience changed me  ZDNET

Today's batch of AMDGPU Display Code "DC" updates bring a few noteworthy items for benefiting modern hardware under Linux...

OpenMandriva Linux says contributor tried to sabotage the project  BleepingComputer

CIQ Ascender Pro Gives Enterprise Linux Automation the Power to Proactively Fix the Underlying Infrastructure  HPCwire

I turned my Android phone into a Linux desktop with a tool buried in Android 16  MakeUseOf

PipeWire 1.6.8 Improves JACK/MIDI Support for Ardour, SOFA Filter, and More  9to5Linux