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DeviceTree-ACPI Hybrid Mode Proposed For Improving Linux Support On Snapdragon Laptops

Phoronix - Tue, 06/23/2026 - 23:23
Over the years while working at Red Hat, Hans de Goede was known for driving many wonderful Linux laptop improvements benefiting AMD/Intel x86_64 hardware. Hans left Red Hat last year and ended up joining Qualcomm to advance their open-source/Linux support. Today he is out with a significant new patch series for consideration that has the potential of significantly improving the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Series laptop Linux support and also important indicators for better Snapdragon laptop support on Linux moving forward...

Open-Source Driver For ATI R300 Era GPUs Seeing Improved Power Mac Support In 2026

Phoronix - Tue, 06/23/2026 - 22:21
For those that happen to still be running a 22+ year old Apple Power Mac such as those from 2004 with an IBM PowerPC processor and ATI Radeon 9600 XT or 9800 XT graphics, there are open-source driver improvements for Linux still happening in 2026 to benefit this vintage hardware...

EROFS With Linux 7.2 Better Handles Large Sparse AI Datasets, More Efficient I/O

Phoronix - Tue, 06/23/2026 - 21:42
The EROFS open-source read-only file-system has some nice enhancements in place for the

Fwupd 2.0.21 Brings Fixes For More Than 250 Potential Security Issues Found Via AI

Phoronix - Tue, 06/23/2026 - 20:24
While the Fwupd 2.1 series is the latest stable channel for this open-source firmware updating solution, Fwupd 2.0.21 was released today to backport fixes for more than 250 potential security issues recently uncovered in the codebase...

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