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Framework Computer To Announce Their Next-Gen Hardware Later This Month

Phoronix - Fri, 04/10/2026 - 18:28
Linux-friendly hardware vendor Framework Computer sent out a notice this morning that they will be announcing their new 2026 hardware products later this month...

TUXEDO Laptops Will Enjoy More Features With The Upstream Linux 7.1 Kernel

Phoronix - Fri, 04/10/2026 - 18:10
TUXEDO Computers' laptops received some heat in the past from upstream Linux kernel developers over their out-of-tree kernel drivers but fortunately that situation has been improving. The Uniwill driver premiered in the Linux 6.19 kernel with that OEM manufacturing many of the TUXEDO Computers laptop models. That Uniwill x86 platform driver enabled more functionality for TUXEDO hardware in the mainline kernel and has continued improving since its upstreaming. More features are on the way for Linux 7.1...

More SpacemiT K3 RVA23 SoC Functionality Expected For Linux 7.1

Phoronix - Fri, 04/10/2026 - 18:00
The SpacemiT K3 is exciting as one of the first RISC-V RVA23 designs coming to market. For the Linux 7.0 kernel there is initial K3 support in the mainline kernel while the upcoming Linux 7.1 merge window is expected to land more K3 enablement...

FEX 2604 Released With Better Memory Savings For Running x86_64 Apps/Games On ARM64

Phoronix - Fri, 04/10/2026 - 08:19
Out today is the newest monthly update to FEX for this emulator for running Linux x86/x86_64 binaries on AArch64 (ARM64) Linux systems, including games and the likes of Steam Play with Windows games. This Valve-sponsored project that is quite important for the upcoming Steam Frame has rolled out more performance improvements, memory savings, and other improvements with FEX 2604...

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