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Last week I provided benchmarks to quantify how the AMD Strix Halo graphics performance has evolved since launch one year ago, in today's article is a look at how the Zen 5 CPU performance with the flagship Ryzen AI Max+ 395 has evolved under Linux in the year since these exciting APUs began making their way to high-end laptops and desktops. Complementing the nice Radeon 8060S performance gains are also some nice CPU performance benefits quantified when using Ubuntu 26.04.

Ubuntu 26.04 Provides More Performance For AMD Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo"  Phoronix

The Intel QuickAssist "QAT" driver for the mainline Linux 7.1 kernel is adding support for Zstd offloading across QuickAssist Gen 4 / Gen 5 / Gen 6 accelerators for Zstandard compression as well as Zstandard decompression (limited there to the latest Gen 6 hardware)...

Intel QAT Driver With Linux 7.1 Adding Zstd Offload Support  Phoronix

3 Linux distros to try now that you've outgrown Linux Mint  How-To Geek

Secure Linux edge platform for automotive and industrial applications  Electropages

Greg Kroah-Hartman, the main Linux stable kernel maintainer and typically viewed as the second-in-command to the Linux kernel development, has turned to new "gregkh_clanker_t1000" fuzzing tooling to help uncover new kernel bugs...

It's time to upgrade: Linux stops supporting Intel 486 processors released in 1989  Mezha

Firefox 149.0.2 Improves the Browser Toolbar on Wayland for Linux Users  9to5Linux

Framework Reports More Memory Cost Increases, Some Good News For Framework 16  Phoronix

Framework Computer on Monday issued their latest update concerning the ongoing price increases for memory and solid state drives affecting the industry. There has been some more price increases, signs of some temporary reprieve, and then a bit of good news on pricing for select Framework hardware...

OpenSSL 3.6.2 Is Now Available for Download with Important Security Fixes  9to5Linux

KDE Plasma 6.6.4 Is Out to Reduce CPU and GPU Load for Full-Screen Windows  9to5Linux

New vulnerabilities affect printing software on Linux and Unix  Techzine Global

It looks like with the Linux 7.2 kernel later in the year the AMD ISP4 driver will finally be merged to mainline. This driver is needed for the web camera on the HP ZBook Ultra G1a Strix Halo laptop and other future AMD Ryzen laptops...

AMD ISP4 Driver On Track To Be Merged For Linux 7.2  phoronix.com

Introduced in Linux 5.13 back in 2021 was eXecute In Place "XIP" support for RISC-V that allows for the kernel image to be executed from ROM. The intent is on allowing the kernel to run from non-volatile storage like NOR flash that is directly addressable by the CPU and to reduce RAM usage. But after RISC-V XIP support is broken for months at a time, the feature is now set to be retired from the mainline kernel...

RISC-V XIP Linux Feature Being Removed After It Keeps Breaking For Months At A Time  phoronix.com

Mesa Granted Permanent Updates Exception For Fedora Linux  phoronix.com

It doesn't change too much in practice with how Mesa updates typically have been handled under Fedora Linux, but now it's officially documented: Mesa graphics drivers have a permanent updates exception so new Mesa versions can be shipped as updates in Fedora stable releases...