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      InputPlumber 0.74 Released With Hardware Support Improvements

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 16 February 2026

    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...
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      Linux 6.19.1 Released To Ship Some Early Fixes & Device Quirks

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 16 February 2026

    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...
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      Linux 7.0 Merges The Code To Replace The Tux Boot Logo At Build Time

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 16 February 2026

    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...
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      exFAT Achieves Better Sequential Read Performance With Linux 7.0

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 15 February 2026

    The open-source Linux file-system driver for supporting Microsoft's exFAT now can deliver better sequential read performance with Linux 7.0 thanks to multi-cluster support...
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      wlroots 0.20 Nears Release With New Protocols, Enhanced Vulkan Renderer

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 15 February 2026

    Version 0.20 of the popular wlroots Wayland support library is nearing its official release. Over the past week were two release candidates for wlroots 0.20 were published for this library used by Sway, Wayfire, Cage, Gamescope, and numerous other Wayland compositors...
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      Linux Kernel Improvement Can Make Hibernation Several Times Faster With Slow SSDs

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 15 February 2026

    A patch series sent out for review this weekend can significantly improve the system hibernation performance under Linux. Particularly for those with slower SSDs, the patches can make Linux hibernate up to several times faster...
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      Mesa's KosmicKrisp Vulkan-On-Metal Achieves MoltenVK Feature Parity

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 15 February 2026

    Announced last year by consulting firm LunarG was KosmicKrisp as a Vulkan-on-Metal driver for efficiently leveraging the Vulkan API on Apple macOS systems as an alternative to the MoltenVK project. KosmicKrisp was upstreamed for Mesa 26.0 and continues making great progress for opening up more Vulkan possibilities in Apple's world...
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      NFS Server Adds Dynamic Thread Pool Sizing In Linux 7.0

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 15 February 2026

    The NFS server changes for Linux 7.0 happen to include some nice improvements for this big kernel version number release...
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      Power Sequencing Driver For PCIe M.2 Connectors Makes It Into Linux 7.0

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 15 February 2026

    The power sequencing subsystem updates have been merged for the Linux 7.0 cycle. Typically not an area of the kernel too exciting but one new driver addition is the "pwrseq-pcie-m2" to provide power sequencing for PCIe M.2 connectors...