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      Variable Refresh Rate "VRR" Target Limiter Proposed For Linux Graphics Drivers

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 15:29

    A new proposal being discussed is introducing a Linux user-space API to be able to specify frame rate targets for Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) handling on the Linux desktop...
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      SPEC Releases SPECviewperf 15.0.1 For Linux

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 14:36

    SPEC back in May 2025 introduced SPECViewPerf 15 as the newest major release of this industry-standard workstation graphics benchmark. Sadly, the Linux support once again fell behind with SPECViewPerf 15 only debuting on Microsoft Windows. Today though Linux has caught up with SPEC releasing a Linux-native build of SPECViewPerf 15.0.1...
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      systemd 262 Released With AI/LLM Canary For Unreviewed Code, LUO Integration

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 13:35

    Systemd 262 made it out today as the newest feature update to this Linux init system and service manager. As with most systemd releases, it's heavy on new features and functionality...
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      Vibe Coded YSERVER Adds XDMCP Support For Multi-User Shared Desktops

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 13:28

    The open-source YSERVER project as a modern X11 sever written in the Rust programming language with the help of Claude Code is out today with a new feature release. Most notable for this AI Rust X11 server is X Display Manager Control Protocol (XDMCP) support for multi-user shared desktops...
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      Alibaba Contributing $3M USD To Omarchy To Work On Making "Ideal" Agentic OS

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 12:24

    The Omarchy project announced today that Alibaba Cloud will be contributing a total of three million USD to their foundation for helping development of this Linux distribution and working to make it an "ideal agentic operating system"...
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      Linux 7.3 Adding Logitech G502 X Lightspeed USB Support, ELECOM M-XT4DRBK

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 12:10

    Sent out today was a new HID subsystem pull request of fixes for the week to the Linux 7.3 kernel. Besides some conventional bug fixes are also supporting some additional devices via quirks and new IDs...
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      Promotion Reminder For Ad-Free Viewing, Multi-Page Articles On A Single Page

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 11:55

    As a friendly reminder in case you missed it from over the weekend, the Phoronix autumn "Oktoberfest" premium sale is taking place through the rest of this week for those wishing to help support the site while enjoying ad-free viewing, multi-page articles rendered on a single page, and other benefits while helping for the site to survive and continue producing daily original content...
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      Cache Aware Scheduling Fixes Queued For Submission To Linux 7.3, Backporting To 7.2

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:32

    Later this week it looks like the latest round of Cache Aware Scheduling fixes will be merged for enhancing this kernel scheduler functionality for grouping related tasks together on CPU cores that share the same last level cache (LLC). Cache Aware Scheduling can lead to better cache locality and lower latency by avoiding the costs of potential cache bouncing -- that is when bugs don't get in the way...
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      Linux Adding New Interface For Reporting AMD SEV Status

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:21

    A convenient addition that surprisingly hasn't been added to the Linux kernel until now is /sys/devices/system/cpu/sev/sev_status as a new sysfs interface for reporting the AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) status...