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AMD Begins Staging Graphics Driver Changes For Linux 7.3  Phoronix

More Linux kernel patches have been surfacing that confirm next-gen, high-end Nova Lake laptops will feature IPU8 image processing capabilities...

As Ubuntu embraces AI, community backlash halts Fedora’s AI Desktop plans  XDA

OpenRazer 3.12.4 is now available as the newest update to these out-of-tree, unofficial Linux drivers for Razer devices. OpenRazer when paired with the likes of Polychromatic or other GUI options is what makes for a nice experience running Razer gaming peripherals under Linux...

OpenRazer 3.12.4 Fixes Compatibility With Linux 7.2  Phoronix

Using Flatpak To Run A 1996 Version Of The GIMP On Modern Linux  Hackaday

Shelly GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Now Lets You Install Apps from Flathub  9to5Linux

First Look at Ubuntu Budgie 24.04.4 LTS for Raspberry Pi  9to5Linux

The FEX Emulator that allows running Linux x86/x86_64 software on ARM64 (AArch64) systems, including the likes of Wine / Valve's Steam Play (Proton) for Windows gaming on ARM, is out with its newest monthly feature release. The Valve-backed project for running x86_64 games and other software on ARM for the upcoming Steam Frame and other more typical ARM Linux systems has been baking more optimizations and improvements...

I revived a 15-year-old laptop with an OS that runs entirely in memory  MakeUseOf

Everyone forgot about these 6 Linux desktops, but they might be better than what you use now  MakeUseOf

System76 Adder Pro brings RTX 5070 graphics to a 1.53 kg Linux laptop  VideoCardz.com

WSL keeps getting better, and it's because Microsoft is finally admitting where developers want to be  XDA

A set of patches to the Linux kernel's Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) scheduler that is shared among different kernel graphics drivers is showing the potential of delivering much lower job submission latency when the system is loaded with many runnable CPU processes...

Linux DRM Scheduler Patches Yield Massive Improvement For Job Submission Latency  Phoronix

My favorite Linux app didn’t exist on Windows—so I built a better one with Claude  How-To Geek

Bad Epoll: Kernel Race Bug Beats AI Auditing, Hits 99% Root Exploit Rate  Tech Times

The DenuvOwO team has begun searching for benchmarks to bypass Denuvo on Linux.  GameGPU

One area of Linux hardware testing I haven't explored much in many years has been modern USB video capture for the lack of said hardware. The last time I did much video capturing on Linux was during the Hauppauge PCI card days. It turns out though that USB video capture of 4K 60 FPS content has been a pain point under Linux but is finally smoothing out with newer versions of the Linux kernel...

4K @ 60 FPS USB Video Capture Finally Becomes Less Problematic On Linux  Phoronix