Open-source News

Following this morning's announcement of IBM working with Arm on "dual architecture" hardware, we have some more details on at least what's happening from the software side... It's improving Arm virtualization on IBM Z Systems (s390)...

IBM Lays Out Patches For ARM Virtualization Acceleration On IBM Z Servers  Phoronix

Linux Foundation Adopts x402 Protocol to Standardize AI Payment Infrastructure  blockonomi.com

Red Hat Announces Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Life Cycle Premium  MarketScreener

Linux Foundation Launches x402 to Power AI-Driven Payments  CoinCentral

FOSS Weekly #26.14: Open Source Office Drama, Ubuntu MATE Troubles, Conky With Ease, Session Management in Wayland and More Linux Stuff  It's FOSS

The Linux platform has seen record growth among Steam players.  GameGPU

Steam survey shows Linux hitting an all-time high with gamers  Digital Trends

Steam on Linux reaches 5.33% in March Steam Survey, highest share on record  videocardz.com

Ubunto Linux raises minimum system requirements to 6GB of RAM — it was previously raised from 1GB to 4GB in 2018  Tom's Hardware

Coinbase’s AI payments system joins Linux Foundation, gathers support from Google, Stripe, AWS and others  CoinDesk

Tech, crypto giants to help steward Coinbase's neutral x402 payments protocol under Linux Foundation  The Block

Tech, crypto giants to help steward Coinbase's neutral x402 payments protocol under Linux Foundation  The Block

Red Hat Enhances Enterprise Stability with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Life Cycle, Premium  Business Wire

Linux Foundation is Launching the x402 Foundation and Welcoming the Contribution of the x402 Protocol  PR Newswire

Steam on Linux Surpasses 5% Market Share: What It Means  GamesHub

IBM announced today a strategic collaboration with Arm around new dual-architecture hardware...

The CentOS project has established the Accelerated Infrastructure Enablement "AIE" special interest group with a focus on providing a "fast lane" for "in-flight" patches. This CentOS AIE SIG is particularly focused on carrying the code needed for enabling NVIDIA AI factories...

CentOS Launches Accelerated Infrastructure Enablement For Driving NVIDIA AI Factories  Phoronix

Canonical Bumps Ubuntu 26.04 LTS's System Requirements, Now Asks for 6GB of RAM  Hackster.io