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Radeon Linux Driver Patches For Next-Gen Hardware Point To New NPU Integration
Back in November AMD began posting open-source Linux graphics driver patches for some next-gen graphics IP. Those IP block patches were for MMHUB, PSP, and other blocks making up modern AMD GPUs. The GFXHUB patch pointed it to being part of the GFX12 / RDNA4 family. Out today are new patches for enabling the SMU15 IP and an interesting takeaway there is some apparent NPU integration for future Radeon graphics...
Mozilla Plans to AI-ify Firefox
With a new CEO in control, Mozilla is doubling down on a strategy of trust, all the while leaning into AI.
Gnome Says No to AI-Generated Extensions
If you're a developer wanting to create a new Gnome extension, you'd best set aside that AI code generator, because the extension team will have none of that.
GNU ddrescue 1.30 released
Version 1.30 of the GNU ddrescue data recovery tool has been released. Notable changes in this release include improvements to automatic recovery of a drive with a dead head, addition of a --no-sweep option to disable reading of skipped areas, and more.
Security updates for Monday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (tar), Debian (curl and gimp), Fedora (doctl, gitleaks, gnupg2, grpcurl, nginx, nginx-mod-brotli, nginx-mod-fancyindex, nginx-mod-headers-more, nginx-mod-modsecurity, nginx-mod-naxsi, nginx-mod-vts, and usd), Mageia (cups), Red Hat (container-tools:rhel8, go-toolset:rhel8, grafana, and skopeo), and SUSE (dirmngr, fluidsynth, gnu-recutils, libmatio-devel, python311-marshmallow, python312-Django6, rsync, and thunderbird).
Open Source in 2026 Faces a Defining Moment
Open source enters 2026 as core enterprise infrastructure, with growing pressure around sustainability, governance, funding, and licensing shaping its future. The post Open Source in 2026 Faces a Defining Moment appeared first on LinuxInsider.
GNOME & Firefox Consider Disabling Middle Click Paste By Default: "An X11'ism...Dumpster Fire"
Both the GNOME desktop and Mozilla Firefox browser projects are considering disabling middle-click-paste functionality by default...
Valve & AMD Developers Delivered The Most Code Contributions To Mesa In 2025
A developer from Valve working on the RADV Vulkan driver was once again the most prolific contributor to Mesa in 2025 followed by AMD's Marek Olลกรกk with continued improvements around RadeonSI and Gallium3D...
Radeon RADV Driver Lands Another Ray-Tracing Improvement: 30% Faster On RDNA2
Konstantin Seurer as one of the open-source developers working on the RADV driver for Valve has landed another ray-tracing performance optimization for the upcoming Mesa 26.0 release...
NVIDIA GeForce NOW Gains Native Linux Support
VideoCardz reports that NVIDIA is preparing native Linux support for GeForce NOW, a long-awaited move for Linux gamers.
Apple SMC Power Driver Posted For Linux Kernel To Finally Expose Battery Stats
The newest open-source Apple Silicon driver being submitted for review in working toward its inclusion in the mainline Linux kernel is the Apple Silicon SMC power driver for being able to expose MacBook battery power metrics as well as AC power adapter status reporting under Linux...
Phosh 0.52 GNOME-Based Mobile Shell Brings QR Codes for Wi-Fi Hotspots
Phosh 0.52 introduces QR code sharing for Wi-Fi hotspots, lock screen brightness gestures, new debug controls, and more.
Patches Posted Seeking To Mainline Support For The Acer Swift SFA14-11 Snapdragon Laptop
Patches posted to the Linux kernel mailing list are hoping to provide mainline support for the Acer Swift SFA14-11 laptop powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 Elite X1E78100 SoC...