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Linux Foundation releases ‘Census III’ open source report  Developer News

The "AMDXDNA" accelerator driver for supporting the Ryzen AI NPU is set to be introduced in the Linux 6.14 kernel next year. Ahead of that debut, a new set of patches from AMD surfaced on Wednesday to provide fixes and code improvements as well as introducing support for newer Ryzen AI "NPU6" IP...

New AMD XDNA Linux Driver Patches Add Ryzen AI NPU6 IP, Other Improvements  Phoronix

Patches from a Bytedance engineer for the Linux kernel allow for overcoming the current 4K page size limitation of RISC-V and introduce a new 64K page size option...

Linux Patches Would Allow RISC-V To Use A 64K Page Size  Phoronix

Delta Force developer mentions they will look at supporting Steam Deck / Linux  GamingOnLinux

Mesa 24.3.1 open source Linux graphics drivers released  GamingOnLinux

Wubuntu: The lovechild of Windows and Linux nobody asked for  The Register

EndeavourOS is a great way to enter the Arch Linux ecosystem  XDA Developers

Cinnamon Desktop 6.4 Brings New Look, New Features  OMG! Ubuntu!

Building off the Mesa 24.3 release from two weeks ago is now Mesa 24.3.1 as the first stable point release following their usual bi-weekly release regiment...

The DRM Panic infrastructure has been in the Linux kernel for several releases now and allows for a kernel-based experience similar to Windows' "Blue Screen of Death as well as more recently allowing QR code kernel error messages and other features. The Intel kernel DRM driver has seen some patches for enabling DRM Panic support...

Intel Linux Display Driver Being Adapted For DRM Panic "Blue Screen of Death" Support  Phoronix

Bootkitty and Linux Bootkits: We’ve Got You Covered  Security Boulevard

KDE Is Developing Its Own Flagship Linux Distro, But WHY?  Forbes

With the recent release of Blender 4.3 for this leading open-source 3D modeling software, I've been carrying out some fresh NVIDIA vs. AMD GPU benchmarks for accelerated rendering across several different popular benchmark scenes.

NVIDIA vs. AMD GPU Workstation Performance For Blender 4.3  Phoronix

5 ways the new Cinnamon desktop is better than your default Linux DE - and how to try it  ZDNet

BredOS Arch Linux Arm distribution runs on Rockchip RK3588 single board computers  CNX Software

Puppy Linux successor EasyOS is back with several fixes and the 6.6.61 kernel  Notebookcheck.net