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Intel Announces The "Optimization Zone"

Phoronix - Tue, 03/31/2026 - 08:20
Intel today formally announced the Optimization Zone as a new initiative at the company that began last October and is building up a centralized repository for maximizing performance and software optimizations around Intel hardware...

Introducing the Red Hat Universal Base Image

Red Hat News - Tue, 03/31/2026 - 08:00
There are a lot of choices when it comes to container base images, so why should you select Red Hat Universal Base Image (UBI)? First of all, the code in Red Hat Universal Base Image is derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and the mission of RHEL is to be your source for safe and reliable Linux innovation that makes your workloads successful. Because all containers are Linux, and UBI is derived from RHEL, the same values apply to UBI, including:Innovate: Organizations are constantly looking to innovate quickly without friction and provide consistency from the data center to the edge b

Archinstall 4.0 Released For Improved Arch Linux Installer Using Textual UI

Phoronix - Tue, 03/31/2026 - 06:33
Archinstall 4.0 is out today and just in time for the April 1 monthly refresh to the Arch Linux installer. With Archinstall 4.0, this Arch Linux OS installer is now using the Textual TUI library rather than the Curses library...

AMD Improves GPU Support Under WSL With Production Open-Source ROCDXG

Phoronix - Tue, 03/31/2026 - 05:17
For those wanting to make use of Linux GPU compute software under Windows 11 by way of Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2), AMD's ROCDXG "librocdxg" library is now deemed production-ready for delivering open-source ROCm compatibility with WSL...

AMD Sends Out Linux Patches For Their Next-Gen AIE4 NPU

Phoronix - Tue, 03/31/2026 - 01:29
Hitting the mailing list today are patches providing initial support for AMD's next-gen NPU "AIE4" platform, complete with SR-IOV support...

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