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FreeBSD Laptop Project Hopes To Port Newer Linux Graphics Drivers This Year  Phoronix

Rob Clark on Thursday sent out the batch of MSM DRM driver feature changes targeting the upcoming Linux 7.1 merge window. This new work for DRM-Next includes enhancements to the Adreno X2-85 GPU support as found within the new Snapdragon X2 laptop SoCs plus various enhancements to existing Qualcomm graphics/display hardware...

Snapdragon X2's Adreno X2-85 GPU Sees Driver Improvements For Linux 7.1  Phoronix

When a billboard survives the wind, but not the boot  theregister.com

Vulkan 1.4.348 released this morning as the latest routine update to this high performance graphics and compute API. With Vulkan 1.4.348 comes four new extensions...

Coinbase & Linux Foundation Debut X402: HTTP-Native Standard  Cryptonews

Artix Linux 20260402 lands with a new window system and audio server  Notebookcheck

Linux Foundation and Coinbase Launch x402 Foundation for AI Agents  Bitcoin.com News

Coinbase’s AI Payments Protocol Has Received Support From the Linux Foundation  incrypted

Arch-Based Artix Linux 2026.04 Released With XLibre as Default X Server  Linuxiac

Windows just saw a dramatic drop in OS market share on Steam as gamers move to Linux  TweakTown

Linux Gains Popularity on Steam, While NVIDIA RTX 5070 Loses Leading Position  IXBT.games

Linux Gains Popularity on Steam, While NVIDIA RTX 5070 Loses Leading Position  IXBT.games

Systemd-Free Artix Linux Sees First Release in 2026 with XLibre and PipeWire  9to5Linux

Big Tech firms back new x402 Foundation to advance agentic AI adoption  TradingView

Linux App Release Roundup (March 2026)  OMG! Ubuntu

A few Linux kernel releases have passed since there have been any new features to talk about for the AMD P-State driver for CPU frequency scaling / power management with modern AMD Ryzen and EPYC processors. But for the upcoming Linux 7.1 kernel there are some new features now ready for mainline...

AMD P-State Driver Introducing New Features With Linux 7.1  Phoronix

Legacy software doesn't retire itself. It sits in production, accumulating technical debt, resisting change, and quietly becoming a risk—not because of what it does, but because of what it can no longer support.That's the challenge facing leading systems integrators (SIs) working in support of government and industry. Across a portfolio of mission-critical applications, SIs and aerospace companies are managing aging Python and Java codebases that need to move to a modern, security-focused, and supportable foundation—specifically Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 (RHEL 10).The goal isn't just a s

Many SAP environments are deployed in a hybrid landscape where applications may run on-premise, or on Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), or Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Red Hat has three product solutions to support SAP workloads including Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, and Red Hat OpenShift. In this blog I demonstrate how these solutions are used in a hybrid landscape to run, simplify, and expand SAP capabilities.The following diagram depicts an example hybrid SAP landscape, with each number marker explained in following s