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More NVIDIA Nova Enablement For Linux 6.19 With Other Rust Graphics Driver Code  Phoronix

Microsoft's New Windows AI Feature Comes With Warnings About Malware and Data Theft  It's FOSS

Intel's ISA documentation was updated last week to confirm Nova Lake processors will support AVX10.2 and APX extensions after they were not officially acknowledged in prior versions of the spec and the initial open-source compiler enablement with -march=novalake also left them without those prominent ISA capabilities. Following that documentation update, a few days ago LLVM Clang updated their Nova Lake compiler support for the new ISA capabilities and now the GCC compiler has received similar treatment...

Sent out today was likely the last batch of HID subsystem fixes ahead of the Linux 6.18 kernel releasing as stable around the end of the month. With it are some new device-specific quirks for fixing hardware support for a mouse and keyboard...

Linux 6.18 Receives Fixes For ELECOM M-XT3URBK & SONiX AK870 PRO Devices  Phoronix

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Last week's Vulkan 1.4.333 brought a new ray-tracing extension with VK_EXT_ray_tracing_invocation_reorder that was derived from a prior NVIDIA vendor extension (VK_NV_ray_tracing_invocation_reorder). This new extension for Shader Execution Reordering "SER" is showing to deliver some nice performance potential for Vulkan ray-tracing performance...

For the past several months a Uniwill laptop driver for the Linux kernel has been in development to expose extra platform capabilities for laptops manufactured by this Taiwanese OEM/ODM manufacturer. Assuming no last minute issues, this driver is now set to premiere in Linux 6.19 for helping Uniwill laptops and hardware from other brands relying on Uniwill as the device manufacturer...

Uniwill Laptop Driver Set To Premiere In Linux 6.19 Kernel  Phoronix

Red Hat’s Kernel Talent Drain: David Howells’ Exit Signals Deeper Woes  WebProNews

RADV’s Rise: How Valve and AMD Are Reshaping Linux Graphics in Late 2025  WebProNews

The migration toolkit for virtualization 2.10 (MTV) is now generally available and expands on capabilities introduced in the recent release to better support your virtual machine (VM) migration journey with minimal downtime and reduced risk. With updates to storage offloading, your organization can efficiently plan and execute your VM migrations with MTV 2.10.Faster migrations, greater confidence with storage offloadingSpeed is a critical component of a VM migration. Storage offloading is now available in Technology Preview in MTV 2.10. For large-scale migrations, network bandwidth is often a

Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4.20 is now generally available, helping organizations modernize their virtualization strategy with greater speed and confidence through expanded platform availability, enhanced virtual machine (VM) management, and new capabilities for hybrid cloud infrastructure. With networking enhancements, optimized live migration, and improved user experience, OpenShift Virtualization 4.20 enables teams to deliver more agile, cloud-ready, and consistent operations wherever they choose to run their workloads.Our collaborations with customers and partners on their migration

Over the past several months, Red Hat has been diving into one of the most significant shifts in our industry: the practical, large-scale adoption of generative AI (gen AI) within a major engineering organization. We are not unique in this journey, but at Red Hat, "in the open" isn't just a development model—it's our culture. We believe it's important to share what we're doing, what we're learning, and how we see this shaping the future of open source collaboration.To be clear, this isn't a publicity piece about a single, perfect tool or an instant success. It's a story about culture, choice

Intel’s LASS Leap: Fortifying Linux Security in Kernel 6.19  WebProNews

Microsoft says SQL Server adoption on Linux is 'phenomenal', ends support for SUSE distro  Neowin

VKD3D-Proton Adds FSR4 Support on Linux, Even for Older Radeon GPUs  TechPowerUp

Q4OS Linux brought my old laptop back to life and you mustn't ignore it  XDA

Intel's LASS functionality was queued today into tip/tip.git's "x86/cpu" Git branch. With LASS now making it into a TIP branch, it looks like it will be submitted for the upcoming Linux 6.19 merge window barring any last minute issues or objections from Linus Torvalds...

Intel LASS Feature Looks Like It Will Be Upstreamed For Linux 6.19  Phoronix