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While there isn't much new MIPS activity taking place due to other CPU architectures like RISC-V and LoongArch taking the interest away, the MIPS code within the Linux kernel does continue seeing enhancements as well as upstreaming of hardware that has long been relegated to downstream kernels...

I've used virtually every Linux distro, but this one has a fresh perspective  ZDNET

Merged on Friday to the Linux 6.16 kernel by way of the USB/Thunderbolt branch was the massive set of patches (12k+ lines of code) for USB offload support for audio devices...

KDE developers are on the final stretch of fixes and polishing ahead of the Plasma 6.4 release next Thursday. Plus there has been plenty of early work building toward Plasma 6.5...

Posted as a request for comments this week were the initial Linux kernel patches for the Hierarchical Constant Bandwidth Server (HCBS)...

Acronis Threat Research Unit Finds New Chaos RAT Variants Targeting Linux, Windows  SMEStreet

Create a Bootable USB Drive for Linux Installations  The New Stack

New AMD code merged today to the mainline Linux 6.16 kernel that's in-development is the introduction of the AMD-SBI driver/subsystem for primarily benefiting EPYC server platforms. AMD-SBI is for their Side-Band Interface also known as the Advanced Platform Management Link (APML)...

Linux Foundation tries to play peacemaker in ongoing WordPress scuffle  theregister.com

New AMD-SBI Code Merged For Linux 6.16  Phoronix

Merged today to Mesa 25.2 is an adjustment for the Intel "ANV" open-source Vulkan driver to help with Direct3D games running under Linux with Valve's Steam Play via Proton + VKD3D...

Intel Vulkan Driver Lands Improvement For Helping Direct3D Games Under Steam Play  Phoronix

Forget Proxmox, here's how I set up a home lab server with Ubuntu  XDA

WordPress veterans launch FAIR project to tackle security and control concerns  Fast Company

Last month Intel software engineers began posting Linux enablement patches for Wildcat Lake. Some of those first patches were merged for Linux 6.16 while more work is forthcoming. Posted yesterday for the first time on the Linux kernel mailing list was enabling the NPU accelerator support for Wildcat Lake...

Linux Foundation Announces the FAIR Package Manager Project for Open Source Content Management System Stability  Morningstar

Linux Foundation Announces the FAIR Package Manager Project for Open Source Content Management System Stability  PR Newswire

Cheap(er) Liberux NEXX Linux phone option coming soon (crowdfunding)  Liliputing

Ubuntu Devs Debate Splitting Linux Firmware to Reduce Size  OMG! Ubuntu

Since recently picking up a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite laptop for Linux testing now that the Linux support is starting to evolve into better shape (albeit still with many rough corners limiting the daily usability of such devices with Linux), one of the areas I was curious about was looking at the performance of Linux binaries with GCC vs. LLVM Clang. Here are some benchmarks for those wondering how the GCC and Clang compilers are competing on the Snapdragon X Elite with the Oryon CPU cores.