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More AMD Zen 6 Prepping, Many ASUS / Lenovo / HP Laptop Improvements For Linux 7.2

Phoronix - Fri, 06/26/2026 - 21:53
The many x86 platform driver changes have now been merged for the in-development Linux 7.2 kernel. As usual it's mostly made up of driver enhancements for benefiting modern AMD Ryzen (AI) and Intel Core (Ultra) laptops...

Experimental Code Enables Per-Monitor Backgrounds For GNOME Shell

Phoronix - Fri, 06/26/2026 - 21:25
One of the limitations of GNOME's current multi-monitor handling is that the same background is used across the displays. For those that want to enjoy per-monitor background selection, some experimental / proof-of-concept code is now working to allow such per-monitor backgrounds to work with the modern GNOME desktop...

Intel ANV Vulkan Driver Now Enables Descriptor Heaps By Default

Phoronix - Fri, 06/26/2026 - 20:59
Back in early May was the experimental enabling of Vulkan descriptor heaps for the Intel ANV open-source driver. After nearly two months of continued testing and improvements, the VK_EXT_descriptor_heap support for Intel graphics on Linux is now enabled by default...

Linux 7.2 Fixes Where PCIe Devices Could Be Inadvertently Restricted To 2.5 GT/s

Phoronix - Fri, 06/26/2026 - 20:35
The PCI/PCIe subsystem changes have been merged this week as we approach the end of the Linux 7.2 merge window...

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