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Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 Elite GCC vs. LLVM Clang Compiler Performance  Phoronix

Just a few days after the FEX 2506 release for that open-source emulator enabling x86_64 binaries to run on ARM64 (AArch64) hosts, Box64 is out with its newest feature update for this open-source project with similar goals...

How to Do Math in the Command Line Using Double Parentheses  Network World

Do You Dual-Boot With Linux?  How-To Geek

The Performance Gains Brought By Linux 6.15+ & Mesa 25.2 For AMD Strix Halo  Phoronix

While the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Strix Halo SoCs have a nice out-of-the-box experience with modern Linux distributions for the Radeon 8050S and Radeon 8060S graphics, if going for the recently-released Linux 6.15 kernel there are some performance gains to enjoy as well as if opting for the latest Mesa 25.2 development code for the latest RadeonSI OpenGL and RADV Vulkan driver support...

These 5 Lightweight Linux Distros Go Easy on Your Old Windows PC  How-To Geek

LibreOffice 25.2.4 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 52 Bug Fixes  9to5Linux

Following all of the Linux kernel graphics driver features merged last week for the Linux 6.16 kernel, sent out this morning were the initial batch of fixes to the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) code. Besides fixes to these graphics / display / accelerator drivers, there is one new feature: the AMDKFD kernel compute driver can now be enabled on RISC-V systems...

AMD's Kernel Compute Driver "AMDKFD" Can Now Be Enabled On RISC-V  Phoronix

Apple M2 Pro / Max / Ultra PCIe Support Upstreamed In Linux 6.16  Phoronix

The many PCI subsystem changes have been merged for the in-development Linux 6.16 merge window...

In addition to the NFS server changes for Linux 6.16 with now supporting larger I/O block sizes, the Network File-System (NFS) client changes were merged this week for this next kernel version...

Following the Intel TDX host support for KVM being merged for the Linux 6.16 merge window, another batch of Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) changes were merged for the ongoing Linux 6.16 merge window...

More KVM Changes Merged For Linux 6.16: AMD "ALLOWED_SEV_FEATURES" Merged  Phoronix

Ubuntu Proposes Splitting Linux-Firmware Package  WebProNews

Packet is an Android Quick Share App for Linux  OMG! Ubuntu

Mesa's modern Rust-written OpenCL driver for Gallium3D "Rusticl" has closed one of the few remaining gaps with the former Clover OpenCL state tracker. Merged today for Mesa 25.2 is native FP16 support...

Linux: Install a Web-Based Admin Console on Ubuntu Server  The New Stack

Updating & Protecting Linux Systems – PSW #877  SC Media