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Cryptsetup 2.8 is out today as the newest feature release for this widely-used utility used to setup disk encryption under Linux around the DM-CRYPT kernel functionality for LUKS volumes and more...

Adding to the many graphics driver features to look forward to with next quarter's Mesa 25.2 release is now Shared Virtual Memory (SVM) support for the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver...

What tech titans Linus Torvalds and Bill Gates talked about in their first meeting  ZDNet

The Intel Graphics Compiler "IGC" 2.12.5 release just occurred as the next feature release to this open-source graphics compiler used by the Intel Compute Runtime and also by various graphics APIs under Microsoft Windows with the Intel graphics driver...

Google Hands Over Agent2Agent AI Protocol to the Linux Foundation  Analytics India Magazine

Google’s Agent2Agent project moves to Linux Foundation  InfoWorld

openKylin, China’s ambitious open-source operating system steps into the spotlight  vietnamnews.vn

The RADV open-source Radeon Vulkan driver within Mesa supports GFX9/Vega graphics cards but not the later CDNA-based Instinct accelerators. However, some patches merged today for Mesa 25.2-devel did introduce some "random bits and pieces" for CDNA but not a full implementation...

Linux Foundation Report Highlights AI Skills Gap and Open Source Adoption  The Fast Mode

Bill Gates meets longtime rival Linux creator Linus Torvalds  The American Bazaar

Google Donates the Agent2Agent Protocol to the Linux Foundation  The New Stack

Google’s Agent2Agent protocol finds new home at the Linux Foundation  SD Times

Nidec chooses Wind River Linux for AI data center cooling system  Digital Infra Network

Linux Foundation to host Google's Agent2Agent protocol  Fierce Network

While we await the formal IBM Power11 launch in 2025, IBM engineers are already working on compiler support for "future" post-Power11 processors with the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)...

Why Linux VPS Hosting Is the Top Choice for Developers in 2025  Fingerlakes1.com

Microsoft surprises MS-DOS fans with remake of ancient text editor that works on Linux  Ars Technica

How I use VirtualBox to run any OS on my Mac - including Linux  ZDNet

I tried Linux Mint as a lifelong Windows user, and the customization blew me away  XDA

While the latest Intel Core Ultra processors have done away with Hyper Threading (HT), Intel Xeon CPUs continue supporting HT/SMT, including with their latest Xeon 6300 series budget server processors. As the new AMD EPYC 4005 "Grado" processors also support Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) and can be found at the same core/thread count count as the flagship Xeon 6369P processor, it makes for an interesting look at comparing the SMT/HT performance impact and power efficiency. Here are some benchmarks showing the Xeon 6300 against the AMD EPYC 4005 in SMT performance.