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Dell XPS 9345 With Snapdragon X1 Sees Linux Patches But Not Yet Speakers & Other Features  Phoronix

After many years in the making, it finally was merged overnight... The real-time "PREEMPT_RT" kernel support was merged a few hours ago into Linux Git for this year's Linux 6.12 kernel!..

Real-Time "PREEMPT_RT" Support Merged For Linux 6.12  Phoronix

Last Epoch drops the Native Linux version, devs tell players to use Proton  GamingOnLinux

Google Chrome Says Goodbye To Passwords On Windows, Mac, Linux, Android  Forbes

Proton 9.0-3 released and Proton Experimental upgraded for Linux / Steam Deck  GamingOnLinux

Zorin OS Pro 17.2 expands hyper-customization options  Notebookcheck.net

A Simple Guide to Data Visualization on Ubuntu for Beginners  Linux Journal

SparkyLinux 7.5 arrives with updated kernel and software packages  BetaNews

Well this is a hell of a surprise... Microsoft announced today that DirectX will be adopting SPIR-V as the interchange format of the future. Microsoft's DirectX 12 will accept shaders compiled to SPIR-V, the intermediate representation defined by The Khronos Group and commonly associated with Vulkan / OpenGL / OpenCL drivers...

After several weeks of testing Valve has released Proton 9.0-3 as the newest version of this Wine downstream that powers Steam Play for being able to enjoy Windows games on Linux...

Forget Microsoft Windows 11, Zorin OS 17.2 is the Linux-based operating system you need  BetaNews

Vivaldi Is Now Available as a Snap on Linux  How-To Geek

Oliver Smith as the Interim Engineering Director for Ubuntu Desktop at Canonical is out with a new status update on Ubuntu 24.10 development and related ambitions. This also includes more details about bringing the KDE Plasma desktop to Ubuntu Core Desktop in Snap form...

Ubuntu Core Desktop Seeing KDE Plasma Snap'ed Up, Other Ubuntu 24.10 Progress  Phoronix

Real-time Linux is officially part of the kernel after decades of debate  Ars Technica

Zorin OS 17.2 Released with New Appearance Options, Linux Kernel  OMG! Ubuntu!

There has been a lot of talk the past few days over the AMD AGESA PI 1.2.0.2 update that has begun rolling out to AMD AM5 motherboards with BIOS updates. The AGESA 1.2.0.2 is said to improve inter-core latency for Ryzen 9000 "Zen 5" processors when cores from different CCDs are cross-communicating. Some -- at least under Windows -- have reported performance improvements and thus several Phoronix readers have requested I run some of my tests with AGESA 1.2.0.2. Here are said comparison benchmarks using an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X on Ubuntu Linux.

AMD AGESA PI 1.2.0.2 Performance With The Ryzen 9 9950X On Linux Review  Phoronix

Zorin OS 17.2 Is Out Now Powered by Linux Kernel 6.8 from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS  9to5Linux