Open-source News

Rocket League To Get Linux-Compatible Easy Anti-Cheat in Upcoming Update  TechPowerUp

Earlier this month we spotted the addition of a new GFX1170 GPU target in the AMDGPU LLVM back-end. Making this GFX1170 target interesting is that its marked as an APU/SoC part with "RDNA 4m" while being part of the GFX11 series. The GFX11 series is for RDNA3, GFX115x is for RDNA 3.5, and GFX12 is RDNA4. More ISA changes have now been committed to the AMDGPU LLVM back-end that make a few more instruction differences better aligned with RDNA4...

The political and personal case for Linux  The Wake Weekly

Linux kernel 7.0 finally drops support for the Intel 440BX EDAC driver  TechRadar

The political and personal case for Linux  The Johnstonian News

Linux 7.0 Showing Some Early Performance Regressions On Intel Panther Lake Review  Phoronix

Linux 7.0 Showing Some Early Performance Regressions On Intel Panther Lake Review  Phoronix

With the Linux 7.0 merge window beginning to calm down ahead of the 7.0-rc1 release due out on Sunday, one of the areas I was most excited about benchmarking on Linux 7.0 was looking for any performance gains with the new Intel Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" given ongoing Intel Xe graphics driver improvements and other general kernel optimizations. Unfortunately, at large the Intel Panther Lake performance is moving in the wrong direction with the early Linux 7.0 benchmarking.

NAS and file server OS distribution Statistics 2026  commandlinux.com

What Is GRUB In Linux  commandlinux.com

Windows will never be atomic, and that gives Linux a permanent edge  XDA

5 reasons to start using the Linux command line  How-To Geek

Long past due for retirement, the Linux 7.0 kernel has removed the obsolete Mwave driver for the 3780i ACP Modem found in some Pentium II era IBM ThinkPads from the 1990s...

Want to develop your Linux skills? I've found the perfect distro for you  ZDNET

Intel's Discontinued Open-Source OpenPGL Project Finds A New Home  Phoronix

Back in 2022 Intel announced OpenPGL as an open-source library for path guiding to help enhance the quality of path-based renderers. With time Blender began making use of OpenPGL and other industry interest and adoption. Unfortunately, Intel quietly ended work on OpenPGL in 2025 but has now fortunately found a new home...

How I reduced context switching on Linux by redesigning my browser workflow  MakeUseOf

Firefox ends support for Windows 7: Upgrade to 10 or Linux  PCWorld

Linux hardware vendor System76 has begun teasing a redesign of their Thelio chassis that is used by their modern desktops and workstations. Helping distinguish System76 from other Linux desktop/PC vendors has been their custom-engineered, built-in-the-USA enclosures and now they are preparing to launch a next-generation design...

System76 Preparing To Introduce Redesigned Thelio Hardware  Phoronix