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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite prototype that runs Linux emerges from a brand you've probably never heard of ...  TechRadar

Your Default Linux Terminal Emulator Is Dull, So Take These Alternatives for a Spin  How-To Geek

There was a very exciting Friday evening code drop out of AMD... They announced a new project called Peano that serves as an open-source LLVM compiler back-end for AMD/Xilinx AI engine processors with a particular focus on the Ryzen AI SOCs with existing Phoenix and Hawk Point hardware as well as the upcoming XDNA2 found with the forthcoming Ryzen AI 300 series...

GNOME developers continue to be quite busy this summer from enhancing their desktop with more security and accessibility features to further crafting GNOME OS...

Jeremy Soller who is an engineer at System76 and manages a side hustle of leading development on the open-source, Rust-written Redox OS has shared the latest look at this open-source operating system with the System76 COSMIC desktop applications...

Out for testing this weekend is the OBS Studio 30.2 beta software for those into live-streaming their desktop and other screen recording purposes. With the OBS Studio 30.2 release there are video encode improvements for Linux, support for multi-track video streaming, hybrid MP4 output, and other new features...

OBS Studio 30.2 Beta Brings Native NVENC Encoder Support On Linux  Phoronix

The KDE Plasma 6.1 desktop is due for release in a little more than one week. Prominent KDE developer Nate Graham thinks this is going to be a "good one" with a lot of new features, better performance, and more...

OBS Studio 30.2 Promises NVENC AV1 and Shared Texture Support on Linux  9to5Linux

Microsoft shares details on AI-generated Edge Workspaces for Windows, Mac, Linux  Neowin

Nitrux Linux 3.5.0: A viable alternative to Windows 11?  The Business Standard

Kubuntu Focus unveils Ir14 GEN 2 and Ir16 GEN 2 Linux laptops  BetaNews

Ventoy Is a Better Way to Make a Bootable Disk for PC and Linux  Lifehacker

With not hearing much about Fuchsia OS in a while and the Fuchsia OS team being hit hard by layoffs last year, coming as a surprise today is seeing Google beginning to upstream Fuchsia OS support into the Mesa 3D graphics driver stack...

NVIDIA reveal new security issues in their GPU drivers for June 2024  GamingOnLinux

The patches have been years in the making around AMD SEV-SNP encrypted virtualization and various elements have been upstreamed in prior kernel versions while for the upcoming Linux 6.11 cycle are finally the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) bits for launching SEV-SNP protected guest virtual machines...

Linux 6.11 To Merge Support For Running AMD SEV-SNP KVM Guests  Phoronix

I Tried Out an AI-Powered Linux Terminal, Here's How It Went  How-To Geek

The patches recently covered on Phoronix for up to 162% faster AES-GCM encryption/decryption with modern Intel and AMD processors is now queued for introduction in the upcoming Linux 6.11 cycle!..

Big Speed Boost For AES-GCM Performance On Intel & AMD CPUs Queued Ahead Of Linux 6.11  Phoronix