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For those using a DisplayPort to HDMI dongle currently with the AMDGPU Linux kernel graphics driver may find some higher resolutions / modes unavailable. Fortunately, a fix is on the way for dealing with this situation due to an oversight in the kernel driver...

AMD Linux GPU Driver Improvement Coming For DP-HDMI Dongles  Phoronix

This Linux distro is for people who just want games to work  MakeUseOf

While for years open-source firmware enthusiasts have been after an open-source Firmware Support Package "FSP" for Intel CPUs and back during Raja Koduri's tenure at Intel it sounded like it might happen, it has yet to happen. But at least with the forthcoming Intel Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" there are some FSP improvements...

Rust moves from experiment to a core Linux kernel language  Spiceworks

Gentoo Linux’s 2025 Progress: Thriving on $12K Budget and Community Drive  WebProNews

Linux Kernel 7.0 Drops Outdated Mount API for Secure Modern Upgrade  WebProNews

Over the past number of weeks the Dell Pro Max with GB10 has been undergoing a lot of testing at Phoronix. This NVIDIA GB10 powered mini PC with its 20 Arm cores (10 x Cortex-X925, 10 x Cortex-A725) and Blackwell GPU offers a lot of combined compute potential for AI and other workloads. In this article is a look at how the Dell Pro Max with GB10 competes with AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ 395 "Strix Halo" within the Framework Desktop SFF PC.

Nvidia Expands GeForce Now to Fire TV and Linux for 4K Ray Tracing  WebProNews

Mesa RADV driver on Linux looks set for a big ray tracing performance boost  GamingOnLinux

Doubtful Linux can ever meaningfully challenge Windows 11? This new distro may change your mind  TechRadar

Next-generation AMD server SoCs -- presumably the AMD EPYC "Venice" on Zen 6 -- is poised to introduce a firmware-agnostic platform configuration platform configuration change method/format. This is This aims to improve server platform interoperability and eliminate redundant configuration efforts for different firmware solutions...

3 must-try tools if you want Windows-like desktop widgets on Ubuntu  How-To Geek

6 things Windows users always get wrong about Linux (and what’s actually true)  Yahoo! Tech

6 things Windows users always get wrong about Linux (and what’s actually true)  How-To Geek

Want to try the original KDE desktop from 1996? I did, and it took me back - here's how  ZDNET

GoBruteforcer Botnet brute-forces Passwords for FTP, MySQL, and phpMyAdmin on Linux Servers  CybersecurityNews

TUXEDO InfinityBook Max 16 Gen10 Linux Laptop Unveiled with New OLED Display  9to5Linux

TUXEDO Launches InfinityBook Max 16 With OLED Display and RTX Graphics  Linuxiac

PoC Exploit Released for Android/Linux Kernel Vulnerability CVE-2025-38352  CybersecurityNews