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Linux 6.19.1 was released earlier today while it's since been replaced by Linux 6.19.2 to address fallout from that first point release with some systems not booting. This also resulted in new LTS kernel releases too due to the problematic code being picked up there too...
This month I have been doing a lot of Panther Lake benchmarking under Linux with the Core Ultra X7 358H. One of the areas of much interest has been the Arc B390 Xe3 graphics that have been working nicely out-of-the-box with the Intel open-source driver stack on Linux although there still are some gaps to fill against Windows. Those Intel Arc B390 Linux benchmarks so far have been focused on OpenGL and Vulkan graphics, but what about OpenCL and GPU compute with the open-source Intel Compute Runtime? Today's article is looking at the performance of the Xe3 Panther Lake graphics on the newest Compute Runtime release compared to prior Intel graphics generations and the AMD Ryzen AI competition.
Budgie Desktop 11 Preview 1 will add support for multiple panels, let users place panels along screen edges, and introduce tiling features powered by Magpie.
The PCI subsystem updates for Linux 7.0 are aplenty as usual and contain a wide assortment of different fixes and code improvements...
Paris‑based Murena and Germany’s Volla are teaming up on a tablet for people who want Android hardware without Google’s software. The post Want a Degoogled Tablet? Murena’s Got You Covered appeared first on FOSS Force.
Upstreamed last week to the linux-firmware.git repository by Qualcomm was the GPU firmware files needed for enabling the Adreno GPU on the new Snapdragon X2 Elite laptop SoC...
While the OpenRISC project began ten years before RISC-V was started, it hasn't enjoyed the hardware ecosystem successes of the latter but still the upstream Linux kernel support continues moving forward and the ability to run OpenRISC on FPGA developer boards...
InputPlumber 0.74 is now available for this open-source input routing and control daemon for Linux systems. InputPlumber enables combining of multiple input devices, emulating different inputs, and a variety of other features particularly of benefit for Linux gaming...
For those preferring to wait for the first point release of a new Linux kernel version before upgrading, Linux 6.19.1 is out today to address some early bugs that made it into the Linux 6.19 kernel stable release one week ago...
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for February 15th, 2026, brings news about Mesa 26.0, Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS, KDE Frameworks 6.23, GNOME 49.4, pearOS 26.2, NetworkManager 1.56, GNU Linux-libre 6.19, OpenVPN 2.7, Parrot 7.1, Tails 7.4.2, GNOME 50 beta, MythTV 36.0, GNU Binutils 2.46, Vim 9.2, GitHub Tray, and more.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) is changing how hardware support updates are handled, splitting its single linux-firmware package into 17 vendor-specific sub-packages. The new approach aims to reduce the size of routine firmware updates for most users. Currently, firmware files are contained in a single package, which has grown to more than 500MB in download size in recent releases (and uses as much as 1GB disk space when installed). As such, if a security fix is applied to even specialised hardware like a 100KB update to Netronome or Mellanox network cards, mainly used in enterprise data centres, all Ubuntu users […]
Catch up on the latest Linux news: Linux Kernel 6.19, COSMIC Desktop 1.0.6, Mesa 26, Vim 9.2, OpenVPN 2.7, Podman 5.8, XFS could gain a self-healing feature, and more.
KaOS Linux 2026.02 independent distribution is now available for download as the first release to drop its unique KDE Plasma desktop for a Niri/Noctalia setup to escape systemd.
Linus Torvalds merged the code this weekend that allows easily replacing the Tux penguin boot logo used during the boot process. This new code optionally allows specifying an alternative boot logo at compile/build time...
Download the official Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 'Resolute Raccoon' mascot as an SVG vector file to use in your custom wallpapers and personalised Ubuntu artwork.
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