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      AMD Introduces An AI-Powered Bash Coding Agent

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 19 June 2026

    Just days after AMD engineers released a new Lemonade AI server with MCP server integration to make it much more useful, they have now released a new release of their GAIA "Generative AI Is Awesome" open-source software. With AMD GAIA 0.21.2, they have introduced a bash coding agent is their latest big ticket item in the AI space...
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      Intel TDX Now Much More Practical With Ability To Apply Important Updates Without Reboot

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 19 June 2026

    For those interested in Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) with modern Intel Xeon processors for confidential computing but also view system uptime as critical, beginning in Linux 7.2 the TDX support is now much more practical with allowing live updates without the need to reboot the running system in the event of security updates and similar...
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      ARCTIC Fan Controller, More ASUS & ASRock Boards Have Sensor Monitoring With Linux 7.2

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 19 June 2026

    For those that enjoy keeping an eye on all their system vitals from temperatures to voltages, the hardware monitoring "HWMON" updates have seen many device additions for Linux 7.2...
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      Linux 7.2 Gets Rid Of The Last Optimized MD5 Implementation

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 19 June 2026

    The Linux kernel has dropped the last of its architecture-specific optimized MD5 hashing algorithm implementations...
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      Godot 4.7 Released With HDR Output Support

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 18 June 2026

    Godot 4.7 is out today as the newest feature release for this leading open-source, cross-platform game engine...
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      How NVIDIA Vera CPU Performance Compares To The Ampere Altra Max

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 18 June 2026

    Last month on Phoronix was an exclusive first look at the NVIDIA Vera CPU performance compared to prior-generation NVIDIA Grace as well as the current AMD EPYC and Intel Xeon competition. Following that was looking at how the ARM Linux server performance has evolved over the past eight years of AArch64 Linux servers. A Phoronix Premium supporter recently requested wanting to see how Vera compares to Ampere Altra. While Ampere Altra has been in the marketplace now for more than five years, they are some of the most readily available ARM Linux server options for DIY/enthusiast builds given the scarcity of AmpereOne and lack of other readily available socketed ARM CPU options. This article shows how the performance compares between Ampere Altra Max and NVIDIA Vera.
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      EXT4 Reworks Fast Commit Handling & Faster Directory Hash Computation

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 18 June 2026

    The EXT4 file-system improvements were merged today for Linux 7.2 with some enticing optimizations...
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      Rust PNG Image Decoder Now Even Faster: Benefiting Chrome, GNOME, Etc

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 18 June 2026

    The Rust PNG crate, image-png, for PNG image encoding and decoding was already claimed to be the fastest PNG decoder in the world for the past year. Now with the latest optimizations, it's even faster...
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      Claude AI Assists In Fixing Years Old AMD Radeon Linux Display Bug Affecting Numerous Laptops

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 18 June 2026

    A bug in the AMDGPU Linux kernel graphics driver leading to some laptop displays freezing after periods of use may finally be close to being resolved. Given the length and quantity of bug reports and one of the problematic commits being tracked back to 2017, it's a heavy hitting issue for some Linux users. With the help of Claude Code, it looks like a fix is on the way to the Linux kernel...