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Ubuntu Still Figuring Out A Plan For Dealing With California's Digital Age Assurance Act

Phoronix - Wed, 03/04/2026 - 18:46
The talk this week among open-source projects from Linux distributions to app stores like Flathub is how to deal with California's latest insanity: the Digital Age Assurance Act. California's AB 1043 state law is mandating that operating systems -- Linux included -- collect age information during account setup and exposing that age to eligible apps beginning on 1 January 2027. That leaves much uncertainty for Linux distributions and other repositories/stores and more. Canonical issued a statement today to clarify that they basically don't have a solution to announce yet...

Using KMSCON As The Default VT Console Delayed To Fedora 45

Phoronix - Wed, 03/04/2026 - 09:17
For the past few months have been an ambitious proposal to replace FBCON with the user-space KMSCON as the default VT console starting on Fedora 44. Unfortunately, this and a few other features have now been delayed to the Fedora 45 release six months later...

Open data and the AI resilience premium

Red Hat News - Wed, 03/04/2026 - 08:00
For many large companies, AI is on every agenda, yet many leaders are still trying to make sense of what to do next. A big reason for this uncertainty is that huge amounts of data are still locked away in separate departments or stuck in systems that don't talk to each other, making it hard to turn that data into real value.The shift toward open collaborationIn 2026, the most forward-looking companies are starting to let go of the instinct to hold data tightly. Instead, they are focusing on what you might call a resilience advantage: working in open, collaborative networks that increase streng

New observability features in Red Hat OpenShift 4.21 and Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16

Red Hat News - Wed, 03/04/2026 - 08:00
The latest updates to Red Hat OpenShift bring significant enhancements to monitoring and troubleshooting directly within OpenShift. Red Hat OpenShift observability has evolved into a highly integrated ecosystem that combines metrics, logs, traces, and network telemetry into a single experience. It removes the tool sprawl typically associated with Kubernetes, replacing fragmented dashboards with a centralized, hardened, and supported platform.Cluster observability operator 1.4The cluster observability operator (COO) acts as a "meta-operator". Its primary job is to deploy and manage independent

AMD DPTCi Driver Posted For Linux To Better Enhance Ryzen Gaming Handhelds

Phoronix - Wed, 03/04/2026 - 05:07
A request for comments (RFC) patch series was posted today to the Linux kernel mailing list to introduce the AMD Dynamic Power and Thermal Configuration Interface "DPTCi" driver. With this driver it would provide better upstream Linux kernel support for tuning the power / performance / thermals of modern Ryzen-powered gaming handheld devices. Though don't get too excited right away as the driver was assembled in part by AI that is already causing a bit of a ruckus on the LKML due to lack of disclosure...

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