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Intel GMA500 "Poulsbo" Driver Still Seeing New Open-Source Activity In 2026  Phoronix

The Alliance For Open Media on Wednesday released libavif 1.4, the latest version of this reference library for encoding and decoding AV1 Image File Format (AVIF) content...

Intel Xe Linux Driver Ready With Fix For Brand New Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 7 Laptop  Phoronix

This week at MWC 2026, Lenovo announced the ThinkPad T14 Gen 7 as one of their new Intel Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" powered laptops alongside other products. With Panther Lake running rather well on Linux, the new ThinkPad T14 G7 should be in good standing on Linux and especially with a pending Xe graphics driver fix that is on the way...

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Rocky Linux Becomes a KDE Patron  Linuxiac

EA is hiring to bring Battlefield 6 to Windows on Arm and Linux devices  TweakTown

This privacy-focused Linux phone runs Android apps without all the intrusive tracking  New Atlas

Just a heads up that some brief downtime to Phoronix.com is expected overnight during the replacement of an NVMe drive in the RAID array for this web server...

FEX 2603 as the Valve-sponsored open-source project allowing Linux x86/x86_64 binaries to run on AArch64 Linux -- including the likes of Steam and various games as will become important with the Steam Frame -- is now out with its newest monthly release...

FEX 2603 Released With A Partial Fix For The Steam GUI Crashing On AArch64  Phoronix

This blog is an adaptation of our keynote presentation at PyTorch Day India. In the debate between open source and proprietary technology, open source wins — especially in the AI arena. However, as the generative AI era continues, enterprises face a new version of an old challenge. While the industry is moving at breakneck speed, much of the underlying infrastructure remains fragmented or locked behind proprietary gates. If AI is to be the key to unlocking unprecedented potential, it must be open at every layer—from the datasets and training pipelines to the infrastructure and the serving

At Red Hat, we’ve always believed that the most complex challenges in technology are best solved through open collaboration. This week, as announced by the Linux Foundation, Red Hat has officially joined the OCUDU (Open Centralized Unit / Distributed Unit) Ecosystem Foundation as a general member.Launched under the stewardship of the Linux Foundation, OCUDU represents an important shift in how cellular networks are built. By creating a carrier-grade, open source software stack for 5G, 5G-Advanced, and 6G, the project aims to do for the Radio Access Network (RAN) what Linux did for the data c

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is increasingly relevant in today’s agentic AI ecosystem because it standardizes how AI agents access tools, data sources, and external systems. As agents move from passive chatbots to autonomous actors capable of planning and executing tasks, MCP provides a structured, interoperable interface layer that enables tool invocation with enhanced security, controlled access to external systems, and more consistent policy enforcement across heterogeneous environments.. In essence, MCP forms the connective tissue between LLM-driven reasoning and real-world system ex

At Red Hat Summit 2025, we introduced Ask Red Hat, a conversational AI designed to be an intelligent front door for our customers. It began as a rapid 12-week build to prove that open source AI could transform the support experience.Today, Ask Red Hat has evolved from a proof of concept into a sophisticated production reality. As of late 2025, it has served over 50,000 unique users and handled more than 450,000 messages. It is no longer just a standalone tool but a cross-product orchestration layer, integrated directly into docs.redhat.com and new support case creation in the Red Hat Customer

PICMG joins Linux Foundation to strengthen open technology collaboration  New Electronics

Following the mainline Linux kernel beginning to see Xe3P graphics enablement for upcoming Nova Lake integrated graphics as well as the Crescent Island AI inference accelerator, Intel's Mesa OpenGL "Iris" and Vulkan "ANV" drivers are preparing to begin laying out their Xe3P driver support...

7 things I stopped installing on Linux (and my system is better for it)  MakeUseOf

AerynOS is a Linux distribution geared toward performance and bulletproof updates  The New Stack

Linux Terminal Emulator Statistics 2026  commandlinux.com