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Oracle Releases Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8.2 - Still On Linux 6.12 LTS Base

Phoronix - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 04:50
Days after Oracle celebrated their RHEL-based Oracle Linux distribution turning 20 years old, today they announced Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8.2 "UEK 8.2" as their alternative to the RHEL-clone kernel with Oracle Linux...

AMD-Optimized Rocky Linux Distribution To Focus On AI & HPC Workloads

Phoronix - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 03:58
AMD and CIQ jointly announced today that AMD-optimized Rocky Linux builds are being worked on for this RHEL-derived operating system. The AMD-optimized Rocky Linux will focus on AI and HPC workloads and be nicely integrated with ROCm...

GNOME Foundation Announces Fellowship Program

Phoronix - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 02:08
Following last week's big GNOME 50 release, the GNOME Foundation today formally announced the creation of the GNOME Fellowship program...

Arm Announces AGI CPU For AI Data Centers

Phoronix - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 01:39
Arm announced their first silicon product in history with today's AGI CPU. The Arm AGI CPU complements their existing IP offerings into a production-ready silicon product for AI data centers...

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