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SteamOS 3.8 Preview Preps For Steam Machine, KDE Plasma Desktop With Wayland By Default

Phoronix - Fri, 03/20/2026 - 22:23
In addition to last night's Steam client beta with Steam Runtime container support for the client and that SteamRT3 client now a 64-bit build, Valve also released a big preview update to the forthcoming SteamOS 3.8. The SteamOS 3.8 preview release brings initial support for Steam Machine hardware, various handheld gaming device support improvements, various other Steam Deck updates, improved compatibility with newer Intel and AMD platforms, and its KDE Plasma desktop is now using Wayland by default...

Patches Sent Out For Booting Linux On Apple M3 But Without Much Functionality

Phoronix - Fri, 03/20/2026 - 21:03
Asahi Linux developers have been working for a while now on porting Asahi Linux to the Apple M3 hardware that launched back in 2023. Sent out today to the Linux kernel mailing list were finally Device Tree files for booting Linux on Apple M3 hardware but it's far from functional for end-users...

Linux Patches Updated To Steal Tasks For Improving CPU Utilization

Phoronix - Fri, 03/20/2026 - 20:16
Huawei engineer Chen Jinghuang posted the latest request for comments (RFC) patches for stealing tasks from overloaded CPUs in the same last level cache (LLC) in order to improve overall CPU utilization with today's large core count servers...

Ubuntu Maker Canonical Announces MicroCloud Cluster Manager

Phoronix - Fri, 03/20/2026 - 18:43
Ubuntu maker Canonical announced today MicroCloud Cluster Manager that is now in beta as a new cloud platform for managing lightweight cloud clusters...

Vulkan 1.4.347 Debuts With Three New Extensions

Phoronix - Fri, 03/20/2026 - 18:34
Vulkan 1.4.347 made its debut overnight as the latest routine update to this high performance graphics and compute API. Beyond the usual maintenance churn over the past week, Vulkan 1.4.347 brings three new extensions...

Mageia 10 Beta Now Available For Those Who Reminisce About Mandrake Linux

Phoronix - Fri, 03/20/2026 - 18:30
It's been nearly three years since the release of Mageia 9 for this Linux distribution who's lineage traces back to the glorious Mandrake Linux. Following the Mageia 10 alpha release back in January, Mageia 10 beta builds are now available...

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