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      Linux 7.0 Better Segregates Legacy CardBus Code To Avoid On Modern PCs

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 16 February 2026

    The PCI subsystem updates for Linux 7.0 are aplenty as usual and contain a wide assortment of different fixes and code improvements...
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      Firmware Upstreamed For Supporting The Qualcomm Snapdragon X2's Adreno GPU

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 16 February 2026

    Upstreamed last week to the linux-firmware.git repository by Qualcomm was the GPU firmware files needed for enabling the Adreno GPU on the new Snapdragon X2 Elite laptop SoC...
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      OpenRISC With Linux 7.0 Improves Out-Of-The-Box Support For More FPGA Dev Boards

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 16 February 2026

    While the OpenRISC project began ten years before RISC-V was started, it hasn't enjoyed the hardware ecosystem successes of the latter but still the upstream Linux kernel support continues moving forward and the ability to run OpenRISC on FPGA developer boards...
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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...