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For anyone still happening to have only one CPU core in their system and running a uni-processor "UP" kernel build without any simultaneous multi-processing (SMP) support enabled, a big patch series posted today for the Linux kernel may affect you...

Eric Engestrom just released Mesa 25.0.7 as the newest bi-weekly point release to the Mesa 25.0 series that is also the end of the road for that Q1'2025 release branch...

While the "core/entry" changes for the Linux kernel merge window aren't typically too exciting to write about, there is a new optimization for all CPU architectures worth mentioning for the Linux 6.16 cycle...

New PumaBot targets Linux IoT surveillance devices  Security Affairs

TUXEDO Stellaris 16 Gen7 is a Linux laptop with desktop power and optional water cooling  BetaNews

Several weeks into testing the AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 395 flagship "Strix Halo" SoC within the HP ZBook Ultra G1a, I continue to be very impressed with its performance capabilities for a wide range of workloads. While the Radeon 8060S integrated graphics easily turn heads and the 16-core / 32-thread Zen 5 cores deliver incredible performance in a laptop form factor, one feature not to be discounted that together really helps make this laptop/SFF SoC an excellent choice for AI use and other scientific computing purposes is the presence of AVX-512. While Intel's current laptop and desktop processors lack AVX-512, Zen 5's efficient AVX-512 implementation does wonders for the Strix Halo performance and power efficiency. Today's article is exploring the performance and power efficiency benefits of AVX-512 usage on the AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO SoC.

Download XnView MP (free) for Windows, macOS and Linux  Gizmodo

I tried Cockpit to manage my Raspberry Pi and regret not using it sooner  XDA

Intel Lists Four New “Battlemage” GPUs For Mesa Graphics Driver On Linux, Indicating Next-Gen Gaming GPUs Are On The Way  Wccftech

New PumaBot Botnet Targets Linux IoT Devices to Steal SSH Credentials and Mine Crypto  The Hacker News

All of the sound/audio driver changes have been merged for the Linux 6.16 kernel that include new AMD and Intel hardware support among other new audio hardware as well as various other improvements...

Intel Wildcat Lake Audio Support Merged For Linux 6.16  Phoronix

Linux Kernel 6.16 Adds X86_NATIVE_CPU Configuration Option  WebProNews

PumaBot: Novel Botnet Targeting IoT Surveillance Devices  Darktrace

Retro dungeon crawler Brany Skeldalu gets a Linux version and source code re-release  GamingOnLinux

Intel Releases Updated Battlemage Driver Preview Support For Ubuntu 24.04 LTS  Phoronix

While there is nice out-of-the-box support for the new Intel Arc "Battlemage" graphics cards on the new Ubuntu 25.04 release, if you prefer running the Ubuntu 24.04 Long Term Support (LTS) release there isn't complete support until the next hardware enablement "HWE" update. But Intel in cooperation with Canonical has now published a new graphics driver preview stack for enabling better Intel Arc B-Series support for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS users...

SteamOS massively beats Windows on the Legion Go S  GamingOnLinux

Microsoft's Azure Linux Preps For NVIDIA GB200 Servers  Phoronix

Microsoft on Tuesday released a new version of Azure Linux, their in-house Linux distribution that is used for a variety of purposes from the Azure cloud to powering other Microsoft services...