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Fedora Linux to Support Raspberry Pi 4 in Next Release  Tom's Hardware

Nara: Facing Fire inspired by Hollow Knight is live on Kickstarter with Linux support  GamingOnLinux

Nara: Facing Fire inspired by Hollow Knight is live on Kickstarter with Linux support  GamingOnLinux

Last Call BBS, the final game from Zachtronics has left Early Access  GamingOnLinux

Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS had been due for release today but has now been pushed back by one week after discovering an installer issue that led to Snaps like the default Mozilla Firefox browser failing to launch once installed...

An Early Look At AMD EPYC Performance Gains On Linux 6.0  Phoronix

With Linux 6.0 having some big scheduler changes and tuning that should specifically benefit AMD Zen systems, I've been eager to see how some high core count EPYC servers will benefit from this next version of the Linux kernel. While just a few days into the Linux 6.0 merge window, here are some early benchmarks showing some of the areas where Linux 6.0 is allowing higher performance out of existing AMD EPYC 7003 series hardware...

AMD recently started posting Linux patches for a Platform Management Framework "PMF" driver that is designed to "enhance end user experience by making AMD PCs smarter, quieter, power efficient by adapting to user behavior and environment."..

AMD Developing "PMF" Linux Driver For Better Desktop/Laptop User Experience  Phoronix

Pine64's Pinebook Pro Linux laptop is finally shipping again  ZDNet

With there recently being a number of new driver proposals for various AI-focused accelerators for the Linux kernel, currently they either go into "char/misc" as the random catch-all area of the kernel or within the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem traditionally used for GPU drivers. There's been yet another discussion happening this week over introducing a formal "accelerator" subsystem in the kernel for the growing number of AI devices that may be seeking to provide open-source drivers...

There Is Another Debate Over An AI Accelerator Subsystem For Linux  Phoronix

How I put Linux on a Microsoft Surface Go - in just an hour  ZDNet

Back in 2020 with Linux 5.11 Intel SGX support was finally merged after undergoing 40+ revisions over the span of years. Fortunately, not taking as long is now Intel SGX2 support that is set to be mainlined with the new Linux 6.0 kernel...

Intel SGX2 Support Coming With Linux 6.0  Phoronix

Vulkan 1.3.224 was released earlier today and with this spec update comes VK_EXT_attachment_feedback_loop_layout as another extension started by Valve developers and will help their Steam Play (Proton) efforts...

It took longer than expected but NVIDIA's CUDA is out with an update providing official support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0...

How to install Pgadmin 4 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Linux  Linux Shout

Inexpensive, Snapdragon 410-based “4G LTE WiFi Modem” made to run Debian 11  CNX Software

Windows Subsystem for Linux version 0.65.1 is available to all Insiders  WindowsReport.com