Marek Olšák who had been a longtime AMD Linux driver engineer specializing in the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver, recently began working for Valve on their Linux graphics driver team. His focus has understandably shifted to working on the RADV Vulkan driver and one of his early optimizations now with the Valve hat on is up to a 100% pixel throughput optimization for the RADV driver, which is already quite well optimized thanks to years of investment from Valve, Red Hat, and others...
Gaming on Ubuntu on modern ARM-based devices just got a boost, as Canonical has announced that its Steam Snap for Arm64 devices is now ‘stable’. The effort has been in beta since it was announced in January. Since then, Canonical says it has “received great feedback” from users kicking the tyres on those early builds, across a varied range of Arm64 platforms and devices. Issues raised in the testing phase have been ironed out, with Ubuntu’s maker touting “solid performance across many popular games” on devices like the NVIDIA DGX Spark and Radxa Orion O6, as well as Snapdragon laptops […]
Extended attributes (xattrs) provide a way to attach key/value metadata to inodes—files, directories, and the like—in a filesystem. As with many Linux filesystems, the FUSE filesystem supports xattrs. In a filesystem-track session at the 2026 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit, FUSE maintainer Miklos Szeredi led a discussion about caching xattrs in kernel memory; he would like to create some common infrastructure that could be used by FUSE and shared with other filesystems.
by George Whittaker The GNOME project continues refining one of its most frequently used applications: GNOME Files (formerly known as Nautilus). Recent development efforts have focused heavily on improving the file manager’s search capabilities, making it easier to locate documents, media files, and folders across increasingly large storage volumes. For many Linux users, file search has become one of the most important daily workflows. As personal data collections grow and SSDs make local storage faster than ever, GNOME developers are investing in tools that help users find information more quickly and efficiently. GNOME Files already relies on indexing technologies such as Tracker (now GNOME LocalSearch) to deliver fast results, and recent improvements are building on that foundation. A Redesigned Search Experience One of the most noticeable improvements is a redesigned search interface that makes searching feel more integrated into the overall file management experience. Recent GNOME
The future is already here. And in the history recounted by this series, the reason is remarkably simple: it never went anywhere. We live in an era where technology permeates every moment of our existence; where the consolidation of technological ... Read more The post Linux Is Already the Future. It Never Left appeared first on Linux Professional Institute (LPI).
After backlash from the Linux community, California may be backing off on its promise to force all operating systems to verify age, but one platform may still have to comply.
Clonezilla Live 3.3.2 disk cloning/imaging tool is now available for download with Linux kernel 7.0, Partclone 0.3.47, improved MDRAID support, gocryptfs mechanism for image encryption, and other changes.
Maybe it was a one-line typo fix in the docs. Perhaps it was a package you’d been maintaining in secret for months before you finally submitted it. Maybe it was completely terrifying, or maybe it just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Whatever it was we want to hear about it. Ahead […]
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