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      NVIDIA Upstreams Initial Rigel CPU Support Into GCC Compiler

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 7 July 2026

    That didn't take long... Mere minutes after NVIDIA confirmed some basic Rosa CPU details and its "Rigel" CPU core, merged to the upstream GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) codebase is initial enablement on the NVIDIA Rigel core...
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      NVIDIA Confirms Some Rosa CPU Details With Its Rigel Core

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 7 July 2026

    In a blog post today talking up the single threaded CPU performance of their Vera CPU with Olympus cores, NVIDIA confirmed a few basic details of their next-gen Rosa CPU featuring their "Rigel" core...
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      Razer Certifying Their First Laptop For Linux: Razer Blade 18 RZ09-0582

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 7 July 2026

    Razer is a brand synonymous with gaming and finally in 2026 they are in the process of certifying their first laptop for Ubuntu Linux. This laptop going through Ubuntu Linux certification is the Razer Blade 18 RZ09-0582 and it offers incredible performance with the Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus processor and GeForce RTX 5090 graphics but with that also comes a very high price tag.
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      TUXEDO Computers Switching TUXEDO OS From Ubuntu To Debian Testing

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 7 July 2026

    Bavarian Linux PC vendor TUXEDO Computers announced they are switching from Ubuntu to Debian as the base for their TUXEDO OS platform...
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      AF_ALG "Nightmare" Being Further Limited In Linux 7.3 With New Sysctl Knob

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 7 July 2026

    The Linux kernel's AF_ALG interface was deprecated in Linux 7.2. This interface for letting user-space programs interact directly with the Linux kernel crypto API has proven to be a "massive attack surface" due to a variety of security concerns. With its deprecation in Linux 7.2, some AF_ALG features are already removed and for Linux 7.3 this interface is being further restrained...
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      "I'll Make The Linux Kernel Mailing List Burn": Prominent LLVM Linux Developer Returns

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 7 July 2026

    One of the original developers behind the work to allow the Linux kernel to be compiled using LLVM/Clang as an alternative to the GCC compiler is now back in the saddle working on LLVM Linux support. LLVM/Clang support for building the Linux kernel has been important for improving code portability and addressing GCC'isms, making use of LLVM compiler features not yet found with the GNU toolchain, evaluating the performance between GCC and Clang, and all the more important these days with the Linux kernel Rust integration...
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      EHEA 10Gb Ethernet Driver Being Retired By IBM As A Relic Of Outdated POWER Hardware

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 7 July 2026

    In 2026 it's not too surprising when seeing old PCMCIA and ISA drivers being removed from the mainline Linux kernel source tree and old very low-speed network interfaces, with arguably the most surprising fast being how long they lasted in the mainline kernel. Meanwhile for the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel, one of the first 10Gb Ethernet drivers is already set for retirement from the mainline Linux kernel...
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      Microsoft Lands Initial AV1 Encoding Using DirectX 12 + HMFT Within Mesa 26.2

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 7 July 2026

    The newest, unexpected addition to the Mesa codebase by Microsoft engineers is contributed accelerated AV1 video encoding on the GPU using a combination of DirectX 12 and the Hardware Media Foundation Transform (HMFT) support that is part of the Windows Media Foundation layer...
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      Vulkan Video H.264/H.265 Encode Now Working For Intel Alchemist GPUs On Linux

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 6 July 2026

    Earlier this year Vulkan Video encode was disabled on newer generations of Intel graphics hardware due to insufficient testing with the Intel ANV open-source driver. That impacted Gen12.5 graphics and newer - basically Alchemist and anything newer. Now at least Gen12.5 graphics with the likes of the Arc A-Series is seeing H.264 and H.265 encoding re-enabled...