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      Revisiting The Linux 6.19 Performance With "NEXT_BUDDY" Now Disabled

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 26 January 2026

    Back at the start of the Linux 6.19 kernel cycle I ran benchmarks showing some scheduler performance regressions with the new kernel. Fortunately, two weeks out from the Linux 6.19 stable release, merged this weekend was disabling the scheduler's NEXT_BUDDY feature due to performance regressions. Here are some fresh benchmarks looking at the latest Linux 6.19 Git state with/without NEXT_BUDDY and comparing it to Linux 6.18 stable for reference.
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      Patch Proposed To Allow Toggling Linux Kernel VT Support At Boot Time

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 26 January 2026

    A patch causing a healthy technical debate today on the Linux kernel mailing list would allow the kernel virtual terminal "VT" support to be enabled/disabled at boot time rather than being limited to the current CONFIG_VT build-time option...
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      Initial AMD GFX13 Target Merged To LLVM 23 Git - Presumably RDNA5

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 26 January 2026

    Added to the LLVM 23 Git codebase minutes ago is a pull request adding the initial AMDGPU GFX13 target for their next-generation graphics core IP. AMD GFX13 is presumably for RDNA5...
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      AMDGPU Patches Updated For HDMI Gaming Features On Linux With Radeon Graphics

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 26 January 2026

    A patch series posted last week for the open-source AMDGPU kernel driver implements HDMI Variable Rate Refresh "VRR" and other gaming features for HDMI displays. With the HDMI Forum blocking HDMI 2.1 open-source support, these HDMI gaming features for the AMDGPU driver were developed via trial-and-error and the limited public knowledge available. A second iteration of these patches are now available for testing...
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      LG Gram Style 14 Laptop To See Working Speaker Support With Linux 7.0

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 26 January 2026

    For the Intel-powered LG Gram Style 14 laptop one of the Linux support caveats is the internal speakers not working properly under Linux, but with a patch expected for the upcoming Linux 6.20~7.0 kernel cycle it will finally fix the laptop speaker support for one of the laptop models in this series...
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      ASRock Rack PAUL PCIe IPMI Card Sees DT Patches For The Mainline Linux Kernel

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 26 January 2026

    ASRock Rack's PAUL is a low-profile PCIe IPMI card built around the widely-used ASPEED AST2500 controller for providing IPMI/BMC capabilities for any platform. New patches provide mainline Linux kernel support for ASRock Rack PAUL with the necessary Device Tree bits...
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      New Patches Aim To Lower Linux Memory Use For Swap, Slightly Improve Performance

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 26 January 2026

    Kairui Song of Tencent sent out a new patch series overnight working on enhancing the Linux kernel's swap code. With the patches there are some memory savings -- and more on the way -- while also providing for slightly faster performance...
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      Several New X.Org Libraries See 2026 Releases

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 26 January 2026

    While we wait to see what comes of the new X.Org Server Git branch plans and a possible X.Org Server 26.1 release, several X.Org libraries saw new point releases this weekend. These seldom-updated libraries saw new releases to ship various build fixes and other minor improvements...
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      Linux 6.19-rc7 Released With Kernel Continuity Plan, A Few Important Fixes

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 25 January 2026

    The Linux 6.19 kernel remains on track for its official release two weeks from today, with the extra RC being baked in due to the end of year holidays. Out today is Linux 6.19-rc7 with a few changes worth highlighting for the week...