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Linux 7.1 Expected To See Nice Improvements For Reducing HRTICK Timer Overhead

Phoronix - Sun, 03/01/2026 - 22:55
A big set of kernel patches look like they will be submitted for the Linux 7.1 kernel cycle this spring to optimize the scheduler HRTICK timer and in turn allowing it to be enabled by default...

ASUS Linux HID Driver Preparing To See Support For Newer Devices

Phoronix - Sun, 03/01/2026 - 19:50
There's been a recent lull in activity around the open-source Linux driver for ASUS devices with the HID interface used for supporting various features. But developer Denis Benato who has worked on the ASUS Armoury Linux driver and the like is working on advancing the ASUS HID driver for Linux systems...

Linux 7.0 Development & Intel Panther Lake Proved Most Popular In February

Phoronix - Sun, 03/01/2026 - 19:29
During the last month on Phoronix there were 289 original open-source/Linux-related news articles and another 20 featured articles as in Linux hardware reviews and multi-page benchmark articles. There was a lot of interesting software and hardware happenings the past month but standing out the most was the Linux 7.0 merge window developments and the ramp of Intel Panther Lake Linux testing...

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