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Merged today to the LLVM/Clang compiler codebase are some long overdue adjustments to the AMD Zen 4 "znver4" CPU model for more accurately assessing various latency timings and micro-ops. These values were initially copied over from the Zen 3 (znver3) target but never adjusted properly for Zen 4 until now when an independent contributor took to sorting it out...

ROG Xbox Ally runs better on Linux than the Windows it ships with — new test shows up to 32% higher FPS, with more stable framerates and quicker sleep resume times  Tom's Hardware

Intel Nova Lake To Boast 6th Gen NPU As Per Early Linux Kernel Patch  Wccftech

For those that happen to have the Dell G15 5530 laptop or considering this Intel Core i7 13650HX + NVIDIA GeForce RTX high-end laptop, the upcoming Linux 6.18 kernel is set to have AWCC platform profile support for this model as a nice enhancement. In turn this patch should also be back-ported to future stable Linux kernel point releases...

Linux 6.18 Adding AWCC Profile Support For The Dell G15 5530  Phoronix

The end of Windows 10 has been a boon for one particular Linux distro - and I'm not surprised  ZDNET

Linux Running on ASUS ROG Ally X Is Seen Running Games with Higher Framerates Than Windows in Performance Power Mode  The FPS Review

New Linux kernel patch lets you cancel hibernation mid-process  theregister.com

Earlier this month Intel Linux software engineers began posting patches for enabling Xe3P kernel graphics driver support with initial usage by Nova Lake processors and later the expected Celestial discrete GPUs. That initial Xe3P iGPU support is going into Linux 6.19 but expect more feature additions and optimizations in follow-on kernel cycles in 2026. Similarly the patches have now begun coming out for enabling the display engine capabilities for "Xe3P_LPD" for actually being able to drive displays (monitors) with Xe3P on Nova Lake...

Intel Xe3P_LPD Display Support For Linux Being Built Out Ahead Of Nova Lake  Phoronix

Following last week LLVM/Clang 22 adding Intel Nova Lake with "-march=novalake" support, the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) has now received similar treatment for the promising next-generation desktop processors...

For those that have been considering the ASUS ROG STRIX X870E-H GAMING WIFI7 motherboard for a high-end AMD Ryzen 9000 series desktop, sensor monitoring support will soon be working under Linux...

Linux 6.19 To Support Sensor Monitoring On The ASUS ROG STRIX X870E-H GAMING WIFI7  Phoronix

Theo de Raadt released OpenBSD 7.8 today as the newest feature release to this popular BSD operating system...

OpenBSD 7.8 Released With Raspberry Pi 5 Support, AMD SEV Enablement  Phoronix

Valkey 9.0 Adds Multi-Database Clusters, Supports 1 Billion Requests Per Second  It's FOSS News

ROG Xbox Ally X is a lot faster without Windows 11  TweakTown

AlmaLinux 10.1 Beta Released For Popular RHEL 10 Community Distribution  Phoronix

Earlier today the AlmaLinux project announced their plans for supporting the Btrfs file-system contrary to the stance by Red Hat with upstream Red Hat Enterprise Linux. They have capped off the day now by releasing the AlmaLinux 10.1 beta complete with this new Btrfs support...

Upstreamed for the current Linux 6.18 cycle was finally having mainline support for the ESWIN EIC770 SoC with its four SiFive P550 cores plus having the DeviceTree support for the SiFive HiFive Premier P550 RISC-V development board using that SoC. Sadly not making it though for Linux 6.18 was the Ethernet controller support for the EIC7700 SoC but that is now destined to arrive in Linux 6.19...