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

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...

This might be the most interesting new Linux distro right now  MakeUseOf

Google announced today that beginning later this year they are moving the Chrome web browser from its four week release cycle down to a two week release cadence...

IoT Specialist Golioth Gets Snapped Up by Linux Goliath Canonical  Hackster.io

Intel Rendering Toolkit & OpenVINO AI GPU Performance On Intel Panther Lake's Xe3 B390  Phoronix

Over the past month I have been running a lot of Linux benchmarks on Intel's new Panther Lake using the Core Ultra X7 358H and its Xe3-based Arc B390 Graphics. The Arc B390 on Linux has been quite interesting with its OpenGL and Vulkan graphics performance compared to prior generations of Intel graphics plus the Intel Compute Runtime / OpenCL performance too. In today's article are more benchmarks of the latter in looking at the Intel Rendering Toolkit and OpenVINO AI performance on the Xe3 B390 Panther Lake graphics compared to prior Lunar Lake and Meteor Lake.

My Linux PC was lagging until I tried this boring fix  MakeUseOf

Oracle Linux-based Security Onion 2.4.210 launches with Onion AI local model support  Notebookcheck

BunsenLabs Carbon keeps the CrunchBang flame alive with Debian 13  theregister.com

Systemd-analyze Pinpoints Linux Boot Delays in Seconds  findarticles.com

I tried using "open-source Windows," but it still doesn't measure up to the real thing  How-To Geek

Run Linux shell commands from your MIDI keyboard  Adafruit

GNOME Mutter 50.rc Released With Better NVIDIA Performance, SDR-Native & Better HDR  Phoronix

There is two weeks to go until the GNOME 50 stable release while out today is the release candidate of Mutter 50. This Mutter 50.rc release brings some exciting last-minute enhancements to this Wayland compositor...

Linux PC booting slowly? This handy tool shows why in seconds - here's how  ZDNET

Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency announced a new and expanded Sovereign Tech Fellowship program that is now open to community managers and technical writers, beyond just FOSS maintainers from the prior round...

Apple announced today the new Fusion Architecture with the M5 Pro and M5 Max SoCs that also feature a next-generation GPU...

Apple Announces "Fusion Architecture" With M5 Pro & M5 Max  Phoronix

Berserk Arch 2026.03.01 drops with Mesa 26.0.1, Vim 9.2, and more  Notebookcheck