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      Raspberry Pi OS Moves To Linux 6.18 LTS Kernel, Updated LabWC Compositor

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 19 June 2026

    Raspberry Pi engineers have released their first update to Raspberry Pi OS since April. With this new version comes the upgrade to the latest Linux 6.18 LTS kernel...
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      Apple M3 Booting On Linux After Three Years Plus Other SoC Updates In Linux 7.2

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 19 June 2026

    Just shy of 1,000 new patches were merged on the SoC side for the Linux 7.2 kernel. Among all those patches are enabling five more SoCs to work with the mainline Linux kernel -- including the long-awaited Apple M3 support...
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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...