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      LACT 0.8.4 Brings Improved Overclocking UI For GPUs On Linux

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 25 January 2026

    In the absence of any official GUI control panel from AMD or Intel for their graphics cards on Linux, LACT remains a popular choice particularly for AMD Radeon Linux gamers/enthusiasts to manage various aspects of their GPU from a convenient UI. LACT also supports Intel GPUs and some features on NVIDIA GPUs too. Out today is LACT 0.8.4 for further enhancing this third-party GPU driver user interface...
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      AMD Sends In A Variety Of Graphics Driver Fixes Ahead Of Linux 7.0 Cycle

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 25 January 2026

    This week's batch of AMDGPU and AMDKFD changes queued up ahead of the next kernel merge window is focused on delivering a variety of driver fixes...
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      Linux Kernel Continuity Document Added: What Happens If Torvalds' Git Repo Goes Away?

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 25 January 2026

    Following discussions from the 2025 Linux Maintainer Summit, merged overnight for the Linux 6.19 kernel is documentation concerning the Linux kernel project's continuity in the event that Linus Torvalds' official Git repository were to disappear or otherwise be inaccessible for continuing the upstream development of the Linux kernel...
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      Focusrite Forte USB Audio Interface To Be Supported By Linux 7.0

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 25 January 2026

    The Focusrite Forte 2-in, 4-out USB audio interface as a portable audio recording solution will be supported by the mainline Linux 7.0 kernel. The patches are queued in the Linux kernel's sound subsystem development tree. While a convenient little device, the Focusrite Forte is no longer manufactured but can still be found used online...
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      Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Display Support & Old Adreno 225 Enablement For Linux 7.0

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 25 January 2026

    Rob Clark this week sent out the latest MSM DRM kernel driver updates for the latest Qualcomm display/graphics enhancements ahead of next month's Linux 7.0 merge window...
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      SVT-AV1 4.0 Released With More Performance Optimizations

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 25 January 2026

    SVT-AV1 4.0 is out as the newest major feature release for this open-source AV1 video encoder that was originally started by Intel as an open-source project and now continuining on thanks to the Alliance For Open Media...
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      GIMP 3.0.8 Released In Advance Of GIMP 3.2

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 25 January 2026

    While the GIMP 3.2 release is expected out soon, GIMP 3.0.8 is available tonight as what could end up being the last set of bug fixes for GIMP 3.0...
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      Wine-Staging 11.1 Adds Patches For Enabling Recent Adobe Photoshop Versions On Linux

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 25 January 2026

    Following yesterday's release of Wine 11.1 for kicking off the new post-11.0 development cycle, Wine-Staging 11.1 is now available for this experimental/testing version of Wine that present is around 254 patches over the upstream Wine state...
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      CachyOS Starts 2026 By Switching To Plasma Login Manager & Live ISO Using Wayland

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 24 January 2026

    The Arch Linux powered CachyOS distribution is out with its first new ISO release of 2026. This Linux distribution continues to be quite popular with Linux gamers, enthusiasts craving peak performance, and others for wanting to enjoy a polished Arch Linux desktop experience...