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      Linux 7.1 Adds SoC Slider Support To x86_energy_perf_policy Utility

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:27

    One of the last feature pulls merged by Linus Torvalds prior to tagging Linux 7.1-rc1 this weekend were some power utility updates for those tools living within the kernel source tree...
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      AMD VPE 2.0 Support Merged For Mesa 26.2

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:10

    Merged overnight to the latest Mesa graphics driver development code is enabling the VPE 2.0 engine to be found with future AMD Radeon GPUs...
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      Ubuntu Linux Will Begin Landing AI Features Throughout The Next Year

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 9:55

    Now that Ubuntu 26.04 LTS has shipped, Canonical is opening up on their next major focus for Ubuntu development: lots of AI features...
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      D7VK v1.8 Continues Improving Legacy Direct3D Atop The Vulkan API

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 4:00

    D7VK as what began as an implementation of the Direct3D 7 API on top of the Vulkan API, based off DXVK as part of Steam Play (Proton) for D3D8 through D3D11 support, continues enhancing its legacy D3D API support that over time has stretched now from D3D7 to D3D3...
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      Linux 7.1-rc1 Released With New NTFS Driver, FRED By Default & Much More

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 13 hours ago

    The Linux 7.1-rc1 kernel was just released for concluding the Linux 7.1 merge window. A lot of new features are in tow for this next kernel version that will then be out as stable in mid-June...
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      CachyOS Introduces New Default GUI Package Manager, Kyber For NVMe I/O Scheduler

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 18 hours ago

    The April 2026 ISO refresh of the Arch Linux based CachyOS is now available with a variety of refinements, new hardware support, and other polishing...
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      The Linux Kernel Tree About To Hit 40 Million Lines, AMD Driver Above 6 Million Lines

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 20 hours ago

    Ahead of the Linux 7.1-rc1 kernel release due out later today for closing the Linux 7.1 merge window, I was curious if all the code removals would lead to a negative change in line count over Linux 7.0. The removals were not enough and Linux 7.1 Git is fast approaching 40 million lines...
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      The New Linux Kernel AI Bot Uncovering Bugs Is A Local LLM On Framework Desktop + AMD Ryzen AI Max

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 1 day ago

    Earlier this month on Phoronix we were the first to draw attention to a new fuzzing tool / AI bot uncovering kernel bugs by Greg Kroah-Hartman, the "second in command" for Linux kernel development and stable maintainer. Greg has now shared more light on the "gregkh_clanker_t1000" for this tool that has been uncovering more Linux kernel bugs the past few weeks...
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      Apple M3 Support On Asahi Linux Is Approaching The Original Alpha Quality Of The M1

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 1 day ago

    A new progress report from the Asahi Linux project is now published that highlights recent upstreaming work for the Linux 7.0 kernel release as well as the latest additions to the downstream Asahi Linux code. The Asahi Linux project also pushed out their first updated Asahi installer in nearly two years...