Linux NewsPlasma 6.7 Will Introduce a Global Shortcut to Clear Notification History
The upcoming KDE Plasma 6.7 release will add a global keyboard shortcut to quickly clear users' notification history.
GNOME Resources 1.10 Adds Monitoring Support For AMD Ryzen AI NPUs
GNOME Resources 1.10 was christened today as the newest version of this modern system monitoring app for the GNOME desktop that is now used by default on the likes of the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. With GNOME Resources 1.10 they have added AMD Ryzen AI NPU monitoring support and other new capabilities...
Linux's b4 Kernel Development Tool Now Dog-Feeding Its AI Agent Code Review Helper
The b4 tool used by Linux kernel developers to help manage their patch workflow around contributions to the Linux kernel has been seeing work on a text user interface to help with AI agent assisted code reviews. This weekend it successfully was dog feeding with b4 review TUI reviewing patches on the b4 tool itself...
smolBSD Builds On The NetBSD-MicroVM Kernel For Booting To Service VMs In Milliseconds
A new BSD distribution I only learned about for the first time this weekend is smolBSD, a project built atop the netbsd-MICROVM kernel coming with NetBSD 11 for providing insanely fast booting micro-VMs intended for micro-services and similar environments...
cTGP Graphics Power Setting Coming For Uniwill / TUXEDO Laptops With Linux 7.0
Upstreamed for the Linux 6.19 kernel is the Uniwill laptop platform driver for exposing more features/settings for laptops made by this Taiwanese OEM/ODM, including the laptops from TUXEDO Computers. Coming for the next kernel cycle is further extending the Uniwill platform driver for now having support for adjusting the custom total graphics power "cTGP" for those laptops with a dedicated GPU...
Linux Kernel AI Chatter, ReactOS Developments & AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D Topped January
During the last month on Phoronix were 296 original news articles from the Linux/open-source perspective as well as another 18 featured articles / Linux hardware reviews, written by your's truly. Here is a look back at the most popular news and reviews in the Linux world over the past month...
Framework 13 To See Fan Target & Fan Temperature Thresholds Support With Linux 7.0
For newer Framework devices like the Framework 13 AMD that make use of the ChromeOS Embedded Controller (EC), the upcoming Linux 7.0 kernel is adding fan target support as well as fan temperature threshold handling...
Tiling Shell 17.3 adds flexible ‘Adaptive’ mode, touchscreen support
The Tiling Shell 17.3 GNOME extension update introduces new ‘Adaptive’ and ‘Granular’ edge-tiling modes, Wacom and touchscreen support, and layout reordering.
Shotcut 26.1 Video Editor Brings Long-Awaited Hardware Video Decoding
Shotcut 26.1 video editor introduces hardware video decoding, lowering CPU usage and improving preview performance across Linux, Windows, and macOS.
Shotcut 26.1 Open-Source Video Editor Released with Hardware Video Decoding
Shotcut 26.1 open-source video editor is now available for download with hardware video decoding and various other improvements. Here's what's new!
8 “hidden” terminal features that make Linux feel like a power-user OS
No installs required: history search, redirection, job control, completions, and other built-in terminal features that exploit the power of Linux.
Linux 7.0 Aims To Replace More Caching Code With Sheaves For "Hopefully" Improved Performance
Introduced to the mainline Linux kernel last year was "sheaves" as an opt-in per-CPU array-based caching layer. Sheaves was merged back in Linux 6.18 and while it started as an opt-in caching layer, the plan is to replace more CPU slabs / caches with sheaves. Queued up for slated introduction in the upcoming Linux 7.0 cycle is replacing more of those caches with sheaves...
Budgie Desktop 10.10.1 Released With Better Wayland Support
Budgie Desktop 10.10.1 released as the first maintenance update in the 10.10 series, with stability improvements, bug fixes, and better Wayland behavior.
3 reasons to dump cron for systemd timers on Ubuntu
Why settle for basic time-based triggers? Systemd timers offer better logging, dependency management, and you can run scripts "1 minute after boot."
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