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      Qt Toolkit To Introduce Edge AI Submodule, Initially For Vision AI With Qt

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10 August 2026

    The Qt Group has been working on various AI integrations for the Qt toolkit in recent times like a QML profiler skill for agentic development to help with performance profiling. They have also worked on Qt AI coding assistants and AI agents in the Qt Creator integrated development environment. Their latest AI use is now preparing to introduce a new module in the Qt toolkit itself for edge AI inferencing...
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      Intel Xeon 678X Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 26.04 Performance With The HP Z4 G6i

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10 August 2026

    HP recently launched their Z4 G6i workstation that I have been testing out the past few weeks. The HP Z4 G6i is powered by Granite Rapids WS with the review unit specifically being powered by the Intel Xeon 678X. As the unit shipped with Microsoft Windows 11 Pro and this being the first time I've had my hands on Granite Rapids WS, I took the opportunity to run some Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS performance benchmarks to see how the operating system performance compares for this 48 core / 96 thread workstation processor.
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      Linux Mint Improves Kernel Management & Setting System-Wide Environment Variables

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10 August 2026

    Linux Mint is out today with their July 2026 status update that highlights all the improvements made to their distribution over the past month...
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      Meta Publishes Muse Glimmer As 30B Open Agentic Model

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10 August 2026

    The Meta Superintelligence Labs announced this morning they have released Muse Glimmer as their next large language model featuring 30 billion parameters for always-on local agent workflows. Muse Glimmer features open-source model weights under an Apache 2.0 license...
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      Minor Optimization Coming For AMD Athlon XP Era Systems Running Linux

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10 August 2026

    A minor performance optimization is on the way to the Linux kernel for roughly two decade old CPUs that have SSE but lack SSE2. Among those CPUs to benefit are the AMD Athlon XP series, some early Sempron models, and some Intel Celeron and Pentium III models...
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      Apple M1 Series SoCs To See ~1 Watt Power Savings With Linux 7.3

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10 August 2026

    In addition to Linux 7.3 slated to receive initial Apple M3 Pro / Max / Ultra SoC support, this next version of the Linux kernel is also set to bring some minor power savings for the Apple M1 series that remains the best supported Apple Silicon on Linux...
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      Old SGI Drivers Being Removed In Linux 7.3 Over Security Concerns

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10 August 2026

    On top of various other Linux drivers for old hardware being removed due to noise generated by AI/LLM coding agents, there are more examples coming with Linux 7.3 as some old Silicon Graphics (SGI) drivers are being removed from the mainline Linux kernel over security concerns...
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      Linux 7.2-rc7 Released Following Another Exhausting AI-Driven Week

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 9 August 2026

    Linux 7.2-rc7 is now available for testing as we close in on the official Linux 7.2 release hopefully next weekend...
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      CachyOS August 2026 Release Preps For Upcoming Server Edition

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 9 August 2026

    CachyOS is out with its latest media refresh of the year. Beyond the usual desktop improvements for the performance-optimized CachyOS, they continue working toward the upcoming CachyOS Server Edition...