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RADV Vulkan Driver Adds Memory Protection Using AMD Trusted Memory Zone

Phoronix - Tue, 04/28/2026 - 03:33
The newest Mesa Radeon Vulkan driver "RADV" feature enabled by AMD engineers is protected memory support using the Trusted Memory Zone (TMZ) support on newer GPUs...

Valve Confirms Steam Controller Release Date, $99 Price

Phoronix - Tue, 04/28/2026 - 01:33
Valve just announced that their new Steam Controller will be going on sale on 4 May. Pricing in the US is at $99 USD...

Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus Provides Exceptional Value For Linux Users

Phoronix - Mon, 04/27/2026 - 23:06
After looking at the new Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus processor earlier this month with its nice performance evolution for Arrow Lake on Linux, today we are looking at the other new Intel desktop CPU offering: the Core Ultra 5 250K Plus that retails for just $219 USD.

With Linux 7.1 The Mainline Kernel Now Supports Real-Time "RT" On ARM

Phoronix - Mon, 04/27/2026 - 21:27
The Linux 7.1 mainline kernel will allow building a real-time "PREEMPT_RT" kernel for the ARM architecture with no longer needing any out-of-tree patches...

XWayland 24.1.11 Brings Crash Fixes

Phoronix - Mon, 04/27/2026 - 20:59
Red Hat's Olivier Fourdan announced today the availability of XWayland 24.1.11 that brings a few bug/regression fixes...

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