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GCC Establishes Working Group To Decide On AI/LLM Policy

Phoronix - Sat, 04/25/2026 - 01:17
The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) now has a working group established by their steering committee to study the use of AI and large language models (LLMs) within the context of GCC compiler development...

Fwupd 2.1.2 Brings Support For Firmware Updates On More Hardware

Phoronix - Fri, 04/24/2026 - 23:12
Fwupd 2.1.2 is out today as the latest update to this open-source firmware updating utility that allows for updating system firmware and device/peripheral firmware under Linux...

Linux 7.1 Is Performing Well Overall In Early Benchmarks

Phoronix - Fri, 04/24/2026 - 22:43
With the Linux 7.1 merge window winding down ahead of the planned Linux 7.1-rc1 release on Sunday, I have begun testing out the Linux 7.1 Git state on various systems in my lab. So far Linux 7.1 appears to be looking good in the performance department with seeing a number of performance improvements in different areas but also a few possible regressions.

Many Intel & AMD Laptop Improvements Merged For Linux 7.1

Phoronix - Fri, 04/24/2026 - 22:00
As usual in recent years, there were many x86 platform driver changes merged this cycle for benefiting modern AMD Ryzen and Intel Core (Ultra) laptops. A variety of new features and laptop hardware support additions were merged for Linux 7.1...

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