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Marek Olšák Scores Up To 100% Pixel Throughput Optimization For RADV Driver

Phoronix - Wed, 06/03/2026 - 08:30
Marek Olšák who had been a longtime AMD Linux driver engineer specializing in the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver, recently began working for Valve on their Linux graphics driver team. His focus has understandably shifted to working on the RADV Vulkan driver and one of his early optimizations now with the Valve hat on is up to a 100% pixel throughput optimization for the RADV driver, which is already quite well optimized thanks to years of investment from Valve, Red Hat, and others...

The future of AI demands a hybrid foundation

Red Hat News - Wed, 06/03/2026 - 08:00
Every day, I talk to IT executives, commercial leaders, and partners who are facing the exact same pressure: How do we move from AI experimentation to true enterprise production?If you glance at the tech headlines today, you’d think the answer is simple. The industry has become utterly obsessed with the concept of agentic AI—the promise of autonomous software agents executing complex corporate workflows with the flick of a switch. The mainstream narrative treats AI like a standalone magic box. Buy the right proprietary model, plug it in, and watch your operational headaches vanish.But out

Microsoft Announces Open-Source "Intelligent Terminal"

Phoronix - Wed, 06/03/2026 - 03:18
Microsoft today announced their newest open-source creation... Under the MIT license it's the Intelligent Terminal...

Benchmarking The Different CachyOS Linux Kernel Flavors

Phoronix - Tue, 06/02/2026 - 22:40
CachyOS ships with a good Linux kernel configuration by default balancing the different features as well as performance. But they also ship a variety of other kernel builds for those preferring a more leading-edge kernel or the current LTS series, a hardened kernel configuration, and more. In this article are some fresh benchmarks of the Arch Linux based CachyOS Linux distribution with some of its main kernel flavors.

KDE Plasma 6.8 Still Planning To End X11 Support, 95% Of Plasma 6.6 Users Are On Wayland

Phoronix - Tue, 06/02/2026 - 22:24
KDE developers are sticking to their plans for Plasma 6.8 going Wayland-exclusive in dropping X11 support. Meanwhile it turns out 95% of current Plasma 6.6 users are running already on Wayland...

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