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Canonical Builds Steam Snap For Ubuntu ARM64 Leveraging FEX

Phoronix - Fri, 01/09/2026 - 09:25
Canonical is making it easier for ARM64 Ubuntu users like those on the NVIDIA DGX Spark to do a bit of gaming with Steam. Canonical engineers have assembled a Steam Snap for 64-bit ARM that comes complete with the FEX emulator for running Windows/Linux x86-based games on ARM64 Linux...

Friday Five — January 9, 2026

Red Hat News - Fri, 01/09/2026 - 08:00
Red Hat Expands Collaboration with NVIDIA to Pair Enterprise Open Source with Rack-Scale AI for Faster, Production-Ready InnovationRed Hat and NVIDIA have expanded their collaboration to launch Red Hat Enterprise Linux for NVIDIA, a specialized platform designed to provide Day 0 support for the NVIDIA Rubin architecture. This partnership aims to industrialize open source AI by providing a secure, stable, and unified infrastructure that scales enterprise AI workloads across hybrid cloud environments. Learn more Wired - Jensen Huang Says NVIDIA's New Vera Rubin Chips Are in ‘Full Production’

Mesa 26.0 RADV Merges The Big Ray-Tracing Improvement For UE5 Lumen

Phoronix - Fri, 01/09/2026 - 04:19
The RADV ray-tracing improvement covered earlier this week for some big performance gains for Unreal Engine 5 titles running under Linux thanks to Steam Play has been merged for Mesa 26.0...

Logitech MX Anywhere 3S Mouse With Linux 6.19 Now Supports High Resolution Scrolling

Phoronix - Fri, 01/09/2026 - 02:34
For those that happen to have a Logitech MX Anywhere 3S mouse connected via Bluetooth, the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel release is enabling HID++ support for it to enjoy high resolution scrolling and other functionality of the updated protocol...

Mesa 26.0 Now Supports GPU Hardware Replay With The Intel Xe Kernel Driver

Phoronix - Fri, 01/09/2026 - 01:57
The Intel Mesa graphics drivers have supported a GPU hardware replay feature for making it easier to reproduce issues. But until now that functionality has only worked with the i915 kernel driver while for Mesa 26.0 the Intel Xe driver will also be supported...

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