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Linux's Sole Wireless/WiFi Driver Maintainer Is Stepping Down

Phoronix - Thu, 01/30/2025 - 23:16
Days after a DRM driver developer orphaned his drivers due to health reasons in stepping down, the sole maintainer at large of the Linux wireless (WiFi) drivers is stepping down and without any immediate replacement...

NVIDIA 570.86.16 Beta Linux Driver Published With GeForce RTX 5080 / RTX 5090 Support

Phoronix - Thu, 01/30/2025 - 21:58
The NVIDIA 570.86.16 beta Linux driver was just published in time for the GeForce RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 graphics cards hitting store shelves this morning...

AMD AE4DMA Driver Merged For Linux 6.14

Phoronix - Thu, 01/30/2025 - 20:00
In addition to the AMDXDNA driver being merged for Linux 6.14 for enabling the Ryzen AI NPUs, this next kernel version is introducing another new AMD kernel driver that hasn't been previously covered on Phoronix: AMD AE4DMA...

Intel Linux Graphics Driver Merges "Major Improvement" For Xe3 With VRT Support

Phoronix - Thu, 01/30/2025 - 19:38
The open-source Intel Linux Mesa graphics driver code has merged support for a "major improvement" found with next-gen Xe3 graphics... Variable Register Thread (VRT) as one of the nifty features that will help with Intel integrated and discrete graphics performance...

SoundWire Multi-Lane Support Submitted For Linux 6.14

Phoronix - Thu, 01/30/2025 - 19:20
All of the MIPI SoundWire related updates have been submitted for the in-development Linux 6.14 kernel. SoundWire as a reminder is the standard interface for modern, small audio peripherals...

Linux 6.14 CXL Updates Make Preparations Around Type 2 Support & CXL 3.1

Phoronix - Thu, 01/30/2025 - 17:00
The Compute Express Link (CXL) updates have been sent out and merged for the in-development Linux 6.14 kernel...

Top 5 Lightweight Linux Distros Without GUI

Tecmint - Thu, 01/30/2025 - 14:59
The post Top 5 Lightweight Linux Distros Without GUI first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

If you’re looking for a lightweight Linux distribution without a graphical user interface (GUI), you likely want something fast, minimal,

The post Top 5 Lightweight Linux Distros Without GUI first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

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