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      Linux From Scratch Abandoning SysVinit Support

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 2 February 2026

    Linux From Scratch was one of the holdouts continuing optional SysVinit init system support through 2026, but that's now ending. Linux From Scratch "LFS" and Beyond Linux From Scratch "BLFS" are ending their System V Init support moving forward...
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      Raspberry Pi Raises Prices As Much As $60 Due To Memory Demand

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 2 February 2026

    Last year Raspberry Pi announced price increases due to memory demand. Today they have announced another round of increased prices as a result of the memory shortages going on industry-wide...
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      Steam Survey Results For January 2026

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 2 February 2026

    After Steam on Linux gaming hit a record high in December of 3.58%, the January 2026 numbers are now published...
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      Linux 6.19-rc8 Released Ahead Of Linux 6.19 Stable Next Week

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 1 February 2026

    While typically the stable Linux kernel would come after the -rc7 release a week prior, for Linux 6.19 the release is being dragged out by an extra week not due to any scary bugs but rather due to the holiday downtime at the end of the year. As such Linux 6.19-rc8 is out today with the stable v6.19 release expected next Sunday...
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      GNU Hurd Is "Almost There" With x86_64, SMP & ~75% Of Debian Packages Building

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 1 February 2026

    Samuel Thibault offered up a status update on the current state of GNU/Hurd from a presentation in Brussels at FOSDEM 2026. Thibault has previously shared updates on GNU Hurd from the annual FOSDEM event while this year's was a bit more optimistic thanks to recent driver progress and more software now successfully building for Hurd...
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      GNOME Resources 1.10 Adds Monitoring Support For AMD Ryzen AI NPUs

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 1 February 2026

    GNOME Resources 1.10 was christened today as the newest version of this modern system monitoring app for the GNOME desktop that is now used by default on the likes of the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. With GNOME Resources 1.10 they have added AMD Ryzen AI NPU monitoring support and other new capabilities...
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      Linux's b4 Kernel Development Tool Now Dog-Feeding Its AI Agent Code Review Helper

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 1 February 2026

    The b4 tool used by Linux kernel developers to help manage their patch workflow around contributions to the Linux kernel has been seeing work on a text user interface to help with AI agent assisted code reviews. This weekend it successfully was dog feeding with b4 review TUI reviewing patches on the b4 tool itself...
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      smolBSD Builds On The NetBSD-MicroVM Kernel For Booting To Service VMs In Milliseconds

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 1 February 2026

    A new BSD distribution I only learned about for the first time this weekend is smolBSD, a project built atop the netbsd-MICROVM kernel coming with NetBSD 11 for providing insanely fast booting micro-VMs intended for micro-services and similar environments...
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      cTGP Graphics Power Setting Coming For Uniwill / TUXEDO Laptops With Linux 7.0

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 1 February 2026

    Upstreamed for the Linux 6.19 kernel is the Uniwill laptop platform driver for exposing more features/settings for laptops made by this Taiwanese OEM/ODM, including the laptops from TUXEDO Computers. Coming for the next kernel cycle is further extending the Uniwill platform driver for now having support for adjusting the custom total graphics power "cTGP" for those laptops with a dedicated GPU...