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Overnight Linux creator Linus Torvalds wrote another well crafted message that reaffirms the Linux kernel position of not being against AI and lashing back against some kernel developers that are against AI/LLM usage within the kernel project...

Ubuntu 26.10 is notably working on laying the foundation for a context-aware desktop and their initial deliverable being worked on is Myna as a speech-to-text solution for the Linux desktop. Interestingly there is already a promising voice dictation / speech-to-text solution for the Linux desktop called Vocalinux that continues advancing and is usable right now for those looking at their own speech-to-text desktop solution...

Vocalinux 0.14 Beta Released For Offline Voice Dictation / Speech-To-Text On Linux  Phoronix

Developer successfully ports Linux to 1994 Sega 32X — Genesis and MegaDrive expansion runs open-source OS on paltry 23MHz processors and 256KB of RAM  Tom's Hardware

I removed GNOME and my laptop battery lasted 40 minutes longer — this is what I replaced it with  MakeUseOf

The FreeBSD Foundation's Laptop Support and Usability Project, which has received more than $750k USD in funding to improve the experience of FreeBSD on laptops, is out with its newest monthly progress report. A lot continues to happen for improving the FreeBSD laptop story, which in many aspects also benefits FreeBSD on the desktop too...

FreeBSD Laptop Support Continues Improving With WiFi, GPU & Audio Driver Work  Phoronix

Linux Foundation Adopts Open Source StratoWeave From Deutsche Telekom  Open Source For You

KosmicKrisp as the Vulkan API driver built atop Apple's Metal API in Mesa for macOS and iOS systems is now advertising Vulkan 1.4 compatibility...

DLSS Updater 4.3.0 Expands Beyond DLSS On Linux  Open Source For You

OpenMandriva's accused repo wrecker says it wasn't sabotage – it was a message  The Register

CIQ Open Sources Galaxy Proxy Alongside Linux Automation Upgrades  Open Source For You

Linux Foundation Operationalises x402 Foundation For Automated Machine Payments  Open Source For You

Ripple, Visa, Mastercard Join Linux Foundation’s x402 to Build Payment Rails for AI Agents  finance.biggo.com

Coinbase-born x402 Transfers to Linux Foundation, 40 Organizations to Develop Common Specification for AI Payments  XenoSpectrum

Ripple Joins Linux Foundation’s x402 Foundation  bloomingbit

Reverse-engineering brings RK3576 NPU support to open-source Rocket driver for mainline Linux  CNX Software

China's AI labs are exporting innovation back to Silicon Valley, claims Linux Foundation CTO  digitimes

Back in May OpenCL 3.1 was announced with a focus on AI and HPC workloads. Just over two months later, this incremental update over OpenCL 3.0 now has its first listed conformant OpenCL 3.1 implementation for passing the OpenCL 3.1 conformance test suite cases. It's Apple Silicon M1/M2 graphics running on Asahi Linux with the Mesa Rusticl driver...

Khronos Lists First Conformant OpenCL 3.1 Implementation: Apple M1/M2 On Asahi Linux With Rusticl  Phoronix