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systemd 260 Released: mstack, SysV Service Scripts Removed & AI Agents Documentation

Phoronix - Wed, 03/18/2026 - 04:15
Systemd 260 was just released as the newest stable version of this widely-used Linux init system and service manager. Systemd 260 brings yet more features to this critical open-source project and to be incorporated into H1'2026 Linux distributions...

OpenJDK 26 Released With The Java Applet API Finally Removed

Phoronix - Wed, 03/18/2026 - 03:25
OpenJDK 26 is out today as the newest GA reference version for the Java SE platform. With Java 26, it's finally time to say a goodbye to the Java Applet API...

AMD MLIR-AIE Releases New AIECC C++ Compiler To Help Bring New Workloads To Ryzen AI NPUs

Phoronix - Wed, 03/18/2026 - 03:00
AMD Ryzen AI NPUs are now running LLMs on Linux with the recently debuted Lemonade 10.0 server and FastFlowLM 0.9.35 adding Linux support. In addition to those software components, AMD engineers have also been developing MLIR-AIE as a compiler toolchain for AMD AI Engine devices such as Ryzen AI NPUs in leveraging LLVM-based code generation with the Multi-Level Intermediate Representation (MLIR). Out today is MLIR-AIE v1.3 with some notable new features...

AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 Begins Supporting RISC-V

Phoronix - Wed, 03/18/2026 - 01:45
The community-focused, RHEL/CentOS-derived AlmaLinux distribution announced its support today for the RISC-V CPU ISA with AlmaLinux Kitten 10 builds being made available...

Microsoft, OpenAI & Others Pony Up $12.5M To Strengthen Open-Source Security

Phoronix - Wed, 03/18/2026 - 00:12
The Linux Foundation announced today that $12.5 million USD in grants from the likes of OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS, GitHub, Google, and Microsoft have been collected to invest in strengthening the security of the open-source software ecosystem...

System76 New Thelio Mira Linux Desktop Running Strong - Powered By AMD Ryzen 9000 Series

Phoronix - Tue, 03/17/2026 - 23:30
Last week we provided a first look at the new and completely-redesigned System76 Thelio Mira desktop chassis. Today System76 is formally announcing the availability of their new Thelio Mira Linux desktop.

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