Linux NewsLinux 7.1 To Prevent Intel NPUs From Being Exhausted By Single Programs
The Intel IVPU accelerator driver will be introducing limits on Intel NPU resource usage by non-root user-space programs beginning with the Linux 7.1 kernel...
AMD HSMP Linux Driver Preps For Zen 6 EPYC With Finer Power Controls
The AMD Host System Management Port (HSMP) Linux driver that provides access to various system management features on modern EPYC server processors is preparing for the upcoming EPYC Zen 6 "Venice" processors...
Intel GMA500 "Poulsbo" Driver Still Seeing New Open-Source Activity In 2026
Approaching twenty years after Intel's Poulsbo platform began giving Linux users nightmares due to its Imagination PowerVR SGX graphics IP that blocked open-source 3D driver support, the GMA500 driver that ended up coming about to provide open-source display support at least is still seeing occasional upstream activity for the Linux kernel...
libavif 1.4 Released For Advancing AVIF Image Support
The Alliance For Open Media on Wednesday released libavif 1.4, the latest version of this reference library for encoding and decoding AV1 Image File Format (AVIF) content...
Intel Xe Linux Driver Ready With Fix For Brand New Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 7 Laptop
This week at MWC 2026, Lenovo announced the ThinkPad T14 Gen 7 as one of their new Intel Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" powered laptops alongside other products. With Panther Lake running rather well on Linux, the new ThinkPad T14 G7 should be in good standing on Linux and especially with a pending Xe graphics driver fix that is on the way...
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 5, 2026
Inside this week's LWN.net Weekly Edition: Front: Python's bitwise-inversion operator; atomic buffered I/O; keeping open source open; Magit and Majutsu; IIIF; free software and free tools. Briefs: Ad tracking; firmware updates; TCP zero-copy; Motorola GrapheneOS phones; Gram 1.0; groff 1.24.0; Texinfo 7.3; Quotes; ... Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.
Notice: Brief Downtime Expected Overnight
Just a heads up that some brief downtime to Phoronix.com is expected overnight during the replacement of an NVMe drive in the RAID array for this web server...
FEX 2603 Released With A Partial Fix For The Steam GUI Crashing On AArch64
FEX 2603 as the Valve-sponsored open-source project allowing Linux x86/x86_64 binaries to run on AArch64 Linux -- including the likes of Steam and various games as will become important with the Steam Frame -- is now out with its newest monthly release...
BIOS updates are no longer optional
Even if your PC seems to be working fine, you should still update the BIOS.
T2 Linux 26.3 Is Out with Fully Reproducible Wayland-Based KDE Plasma Experience
T2 Linux SDE 26.3 “Desktop Edition” is now available as a massive update for this highly portable source-based Linux distribution. Here’s what’s new!
Linux Mint shows off its new lock screen/screensaver
Linux Mint is working on a redesigned screensaver and lock screen for the Cinnamon desktop. Based on our first look, it’s a solid improvement. If the word “screensaver” conjures flying star fields or photo slideshows, that’s fair, but in Cinnamon it also acts as the ‘screen locker’. In 2026, ‘saving’ the screen is less of a concern than ‘locking’ it, but many users enjoy seeing a pretty ‘idle’ display. Cinnamon’s new lock screen will, based on designs shared by Linux Mint, convey more information without you needing to unlock. Battery level, time and date, media player controls and unread notifications […]
Linux Mint Devs Prep Wayland-Native Cinnamon Screensaver for Linux Mint 23
Linux Mint devs prep new, Wayland-native screensaver for the Cinnamon desktop environment that will be implemented in future Linux Mint releases.
Intel Begins Preparations For Xe3P Upstreaming To Open-Source OpenGL & Vulkan Drivers
Following the mainline Linux kernel beginning to see Xe3P graphics enablement for upcoming Nova Lake integrated graphics as well as the Crescent Island AI inference accelerator, Intel's Mesa OpenGL "Iris" and Vulkan "ANV" drivers are preparing to begin laying out their Xe3P driver support...
Linux Mint Previews Native Cinnamon Screensaver With Wayland Support
Linux Mint introduces a native Cinnamon screensaver with Wayland support and adds a sensors page to System Reports.
4 simple habits that instantly transform Bash scripts into cleaner, more readable code
Techniques so absurdly simple, you'll curse all the code you wrote without them.