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Intel's Vulkan Linux Driver Lands New Feature To Boost DX12 Game Performance

Phoronix - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 08:14
Intel's open-source "ANV" Vulkan driver for Linux systems enabled a new feature called BTP+BTI RCC Keying. You may be wondering what it means or stands for, but long story short it helps with the performance of Direct3D 12 (DX12) games running on Linux by way of Valve's Steam Play with Proton + VKD3D-Proton...

Oracle Releases Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8.2 - Still On Linux 6.12 LTS Base

Phoronix - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 04:50
Days after Oracle celebrated their RHEL-based Oracle Linux distribution turning 20 years old, today they announced Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8.2 "UEK 8.2" as their alternative to the RHEL-clone kernel with Oracle Linux...

AMD-Optimized Rocky Linux Distribution To Focus On AI & HPC Workloads

Phoronix - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 03:58
AMD and CIQ jointly announced today that AMD-optimized Rocky Linux builds are being worked on for this RHEL-derived operating system. The AMD-optimized Rocky Linux will focus on AI and HPC workloads and be nicely integrated with ROCm...

GNOME Foundation Announces Fellowship Program

Phoronix - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 02:08
Following last week's big GNOME 50 release, the GNOME Foundation today formally announced the creation of the GNOME Fellowship program...

Arm Announces AGI CPU For AI Data Centers

Phoronix - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 01:39
Arm announced their first silicon product in history with today's AGI CPU. The Arm AGI CPU complements their existing IP offerings into a production-ready silicon product for AI data centers...

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