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Lenovo Legion Go S HID Driver Posted For Linux

Phoronix - Thu, 07/03/2025 - 18:30
The Linux support for the Lenovo Legion Go S gaming handheld continues to be improved upon thanks to the option of having Steam OS on this alternative to the Steam Deck...

Improved TTM Memory Management Eviction Submitted Ahead Of Linux 6.17

Phoronix - Thu, 07/03/2025 - 18:12
Sent out today was the newest drm-misc-next pull request of changes built up over the past week for DRM-Next ahead of the Linux 6.17 kernel cycle. The drm-misc-next material is the usual random assortment of DRM display/graphics driver changes and core improvements, which this week includes some TTM eviction work...

Libreboot 25.06 Released With Support For Two More Outdated Systems

Phoronix - Thu, 07/03/2025 - 17:55
Libreboot 25.06 released this week as the newest version of this Coreboot downstream focused on shipping only with free and open-source components. But due to the strict open-source nature of Libreboot, it continues to primarily see support for long outdated platforms...

Steam On Linux Usage Dips Slightly For June, AMD Linux CPU Usage Hits 69%

Phoronix - Thu, 07/03/2025 - 08:38
Steam Survey issues prevented the survey results from being posted on the evening of the 1st as is traditionally done, but the results were just uploaded now to the Steam website. Steam on Linux usage dipped slightly but overall remains healthy with much excitement still around the Steam Deck and SteamOS efforts...

Debian 13 Installer RC2 Fixes An Annoying Issue, Improves Btrfs Rescue Handling

Phoronix - Thu, 07/03/2025 - 08:28
Following last month's release of Debian Installer Trixie RC1 as the installer for the upcoming Debian 13.0 release, a second release candidate was issued today for testing...

ZLUDA Making Progress In 2025 On Bringing CUDA To Non-NVIDIA GPUs

Phoronix - Thu, 07/03/2025 - 04:01
The ZLUDA open-source effort that started off a half-decade ago as a drop-in CUDA implementation for Intel GPUs and then for several years was funded by AMD as a CUDA implementation for Radeon GPUs atop ROCm and then open-sourced but then reverted has been continuing to push along a new path since last year. The current take on ZLUDA is a multi-vendor CUDA implementation for non-NVIDIA GPUs for AI workloads and more. More progress was made during Q2 on this effort...

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