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AlmaLinux To Unveil Media/Entertainment Linux OS Edition

Phoronix - Thu, 05/21/2026 - 18:31
AlmaLinux shared with us that they will be introducing a new version of their RHEL-derived Linux operating system that is built specifically for media and entertainment use-cases...

More AMDGPU Driver Fixes Prepped For Linux 7.2

Phoronix - Thu, 05/21/2026 - 18:23
AMD is ready with more AMDKFD compute driver and AMDGPU kernel graphics driver changes for the upcoming Linux 7.2 merge window...

chipStar 1.3 Released For Running HIP/CUDA Code On SPIR-V With OpenCL

Phoronix - Thu, 05/21/2026 - 18:16
A new release of chipStar is now available as the open-source tool for compiling and running HIP/CUDA code in a vendor-neutral manner with the SPIR-V intermediate representation on OpenCL or even Intel Level Zero as the run-time alternative. This is part of the ambitious effort to allow NVIDIA CUDA and AMD HIP code to ultimately run on alternative vendors with increasing levels of success...

New Patches Allow The Microsoft Surface Pro 9 5G To Be More Useful Under Linux

Phoronix - Thu, 05/21/2026 - 18:01
Back in 2024 there were Linux patches to enable a partially-working Microsoft Surface Pro 9 5G laptop that is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8xc Gen 3 (SC8280XP) SoC. Now in 2026, there are new patches for making that ARM-powered Microsoft Surface laptop actually working more respectably under Linux... Like a working display and more...

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