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Lemonade 10.0.1 Improves Setup Process For Using AMD Ryzen AI NPUs On Linux

Phoronix - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 18:56
Earlier this month with the release of the Lemonade SDK 10.0 and FastFlowLM 0.9.35, using AMD Ryzen AI NPUs for running LLMs on Linux finally became feasible. AMD XDNA 2 NPUs can now run on Linux well for LLM workloads! Released on Tuesday was Lemonade 10.0.1 with a few improvements for the setup process of this local LLM open-source solution on Linux...

Ubuntu 26.10 Looks To Strip Its GRUB Bootloader To The Bare Minimum For Better Security

Phoronix - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 18:31
Ubuntu developers at Canonical are looking to strip the signed GRUB bootloader features to the bare minimum for the Ubuntu 26.10 release later this year. Dropping support for XFS, ZFS, Btrfs, LVM, md-raid (except RAID1), LUKS-encrypted disks, and other features is being looked at in the name of security...

Mesa 26.0 Will Make It In Time For The Fedora 44 Release

Phoronix - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 18:18
With the recent Fedora 44 beta release, Mesa 25.3 graphics drivers were in use rather than the newest Mesa 26.0 series. The good news is that there is now approval for getting Mesa 26.0 drivers to land in time for next month's official Fedora 44 release...

Unvanquished 0.56 Released With More Renderer Improvements, OpenMP Added To Engine

Phoronix - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 17:47
Unvanquished 0.56 is out today as the latest major update to this prominent open-source, community-driven shooter game. Unvanquished continues progressing after more than a decade in development for this open-source game and with today's v0.56 release features improved visuals, OpenMP for CPU-based rendering of skeletal models, and other enhancements...

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