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AMD recently upstreamed Linux support for their next-gen AIE4 NPU. That next-gen AMD NPU support is expected to premiere in Linux 7.2 while this week an interesting new patch series has surfaced for SR-IOV support with those upcoming neural processing units...
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Mesa 26.1 is out with expanded driver support, new graphics extensions, Intel VirtIO GPU work, and broader updates across the stack.
If Canonical hadn’t burned through cash and goodwill during its smartphone detour in the mid-2010s, Ubuntu would likely still ship with the Unity desktop today – albeit in an evolved form. What would that form actually look like? Well, you don’t have to shut your eyes and imagine, thanks to Ubuntu community member Muqtxdir, who’s experiment in “re-building ubuntu’s unity shell in a wayfire session through gtk4-layer-shell and libadwaita widgetry” (sic) gives us a sideways glimpse. Muqtxdir, who help maintain and develop Ubuntu’s Yaru theme and contributes to the immutable Vanilla OS Linux distribution, recently shared a video of his […]
Jack Wallen put Firefox's new AI feature through its paces to see whether opt-in intelligence can win back users from other browsers. The post Can ‘Smart Window’ Revive Interest in Firefox? appeared first on FOSS Force.
Mesa 26.1 open-source graphics stack is now available for download with new features and improvements across all supported drivers. Here’s what’s new!
Redox OS is out with its status report for April 2026. During the past month this open-source, Rust-based operating system written from scratch has seen improvements for running on real hardware as well as a wide variety of other improvements for bettering this original OS project...
D7VK continues advancing for this Vulkan-based implementation of Direct3D 7 that also supports D3D 6 / 5 / 3 APIs too for vintage games ultimately rendered using the modern Vulkan API...
Out with the old; in with the new. Gerald Pfeifer’s nearly seven‑year run as chair ends with SUSE veteran Jeff Mahoney moving into the role. The post openSUSE Board Sees Changing of the Chair appeared first on FOSS Force.
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Inkscape 1.4.4 open-source SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) editor is now available for download with a new palette, performance improvements,and bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!
Inkscape 1.4.4 improves stability with fixes for crashes affecting PDF/SVG files, tools, path effects, tracing, and undo actions.
Eric Engestrom just announced another timely feature release of the Mesa drivers. Mesa 26.1 is out today for this collection of predominantly OpenGL and Vulkan drivers for a variety of hardware as well as the likes of Rusticl for OpenCL, Zink for OpenGL-on-Vulkan, various Windows acceleration components, and more...
The PCI-SIG today held a briefing around PCIe 8.0 that follows the PCIe 7.0 specification that was released to members last June...
Incus 7.0 LTS arrives with five years of support, updated requirements, security fixes, OCI image support, and storage improvements.
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