Banana Pi BPI-Forge1 Is a Low-Cost RK3506J-Based SBC Compatible with RT-Thread Banana Pi BPI-Forge1 Is a Low-Cost RK3506J-Based SBC Compatible with RT-Thread
Banana Pi’s BPI-Forge1 is a compact single-board computer based on the Rockchip RK3506J SoC, designed for digital multimedia processing, intelligent voice interaction, and real-time audio applications.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
Ubuntu 25.10 Switching To Chrony By Default, Enabling Network Time Security
Ubuntu 25.10 is joining the likes of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise that are using Chrony as their Network Time Protocol (NTP) implementationlxer.com
Beginners Guide for Sed Command on Linux
The sed command is a stream editor that helps you to search, find and replace, insert and delete strings inside the text file without opening.Linux TLDR
Maximizing The Performance & Power Efficiency Of AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 With Platform Profiles
Last week I began posting Linux benchmarks of the flagship 'Strix Halo' SoC, the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 395 with powerful Radeon 8060S graphics using the HP ZBook Ultra G1a laptop.lxer.com
Microsoft Lands 62k Lines Of Code Patch In Mesa: Adds New "MFT" Gallium3D Frontend
Microsoft's open-source code contributions to the Mesa 3D graphics stack continues... Hitting Mesa 25.2-devel today was a patch adding 61,925 lines of code patch as they introduce a new Gallium3D front-end...
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Linux 6.15 Brings Many Features For Intel & AMD Hardware
With the Linux 6.15 kernel expected to be released as stable on Sunday unless Linus Torvalds has last-minute reservations, here's a look back at some of the most interesting Linux 6.15 changes...
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GNOME Help & Documentation Are In Need Of Help
The GNOME Release Team is issuing a call for help as GNOME Help and the associated GNOME documentation are much in need of some assistance...
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A Personal Homecoming to BunsenLabs Boron - FOSS Force
This week's episode of Distro Fever revisits BunsenLabs and discovers that this blast from the past is more than good enough for the present.FOSS Force
What would a Microsoft engineer do to Ubuntu? AnduinOS is the answer
: It's not radical, but it is slim and pretty – usually a winning combinationLiam Proven (The Register)
Benchmarks: OpenCL Kernel Latency ~76x Lower For Intel Lunar Lake With Updated Compute Runtime
This week Intel released the Compute Runtime 25.18.33578.6 release for Windows and Linux. This updated open-source GPU compute stack for OpenCL and Level Zero brings the latest work on Ultra Low Latency Scheduling (ULLS) for Xe2 Lunar Lake graphics and other ongoing Xe2 improvements along with further preparations for next-gen Xe3 hardware…
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Canonical Planning For Linux 6.17 To Power Ubuntu 25.10
The Canonical Kernel Team confirmed their plans today that with the Ubuntu 25.10 release in October they are planning to employ the Linux 6.17 kernel.lxer.com
GCC 14.3 Compiler Released With 200+ Bug Fixes
For those not yet on the newest GCC 15 compiler that debuted as stable one month ago, GCC 14.3 is out today in delivering the latest fixes for the GCC 14 stable series...
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Linux 6.15 Sees Last Minute Power Savings Fix For Intel Arrow Lake U/H
Sent out today as part of last minute x86 platform driver fixes for Linux 6.15 is a rather important power-savings fix for Intel Arrow Lake U and Arrow Lake H laptops...
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Mesa Will Stop Building Gallium-XA By Default
Back in April Mesa deprecated Gallium Nine alongside the XA state tracker used for X.Org Server acceleration. Gallium-XA was developed by VMware for use with their DDX driver for accelerating X11 within their virtualized environments. XA isn't really used these days and the generic GLAMOR code is in much better shape. Thus Mesa is now no longer building the XA code as the next step toward its remo…
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AMD Previews Mysterious Linux Runtime Stack For Ryzen AI NPUs
While there is the AMDXDNA accelerator driver that was upstreamed to the mainline kernel earlier this year with Linux 6.14 for supporting the AMD Ryzen AI NPUs and also their AIE Plugin for IREE user-space components, it seems something more is on the way...
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Wayland 1.24 Release Candidate Brings Few Changes
Following the recent decision to no longer issue alpha or beta releases of Wayland, the Wayland 1.24 release candidate was issued on Thursday in working toward that next release...
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AAEON EPIC-RPS7 Targets Compact Industrial Control with 14th Gen Intel Core Support AAEON EPIC-RPS7 Targets Compact Industrial Control with 14th Gen Intel Core Support
AAEON has introduced the EPIC-RPS7, a 4" industrial SBC aimed at cost-sensitive applications like industrial control, PLC automation, and remote monitoring.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
Mozilla Shuts Down Pocket and Fakespot Services
Mozilla is sunsetting the Pocket and Fakespot services to focus on building a faster, smarter, and more independent Firefox browser.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
FFmpeg FFV1 Vulkan Encoder Lands +35% Improvement For AMD, +50% For NVIDIA
FFmpeg developers have been working on Vulkan-accelerated FFV1 video encode/decode for that two decade old lossless video coding formatlxer.com
SteamOS 3.7 Stable Rolls Out With Updated Linux Kernel, Expanding AMD Handheld Support
Valve today released SteamOS 3.7.8 to their stable channel as the first stable version of their Arch Linux based SteamOS 3.7 operating system.lxer.com
Neptune OS is Debian made easy but, boy, does it need some housekeeping
: A media-ready remix with KDE, codecs, and clutter from its BeOS-flavored pastLiam Proven (The Register)
Signal shuts the blinds on Microsoft Recall with the power of DRM
: Chat app blocks Windows' screenshot-happy feature from peeking at private convosRichard Speed (The Register)
Terminator Linux Terminal App Updated After Prolonged Hiatus
After a long break, the Terminator 2.1.5 Linux terminal app brings new features like split-session SSH cloning, reverse search, and UI fixes.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
RISC-V's Big Week Includes RHEL, CentOS Stream, and Rocky Linux - FOSS Force
The open source ISA RISC-V has long been making inroads into Linux distributions, but this week Enterprise Linux distros got on board en masse.Christine Hall (FOSS Force)
PipeWire 1.4.3 Brings netJACK2 Changes, Improves ALSA audio.channels Support - 9to5Linux
PipeWire 1.4.3 open-source server for handling audio/video streams and hardware on Linux is now available for download with various changes.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
SteamOS 3.7 Stable Rolls Out With Updated Linux Kernel, Expanding AMD Handheld Support
Valve today released SteamOS 3.7.8 to their stable channel as the first stable version of their Arch Linux based SteamOS 3.7 operating system...
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FreeBSD Continues Improving Hardware Support For Framework Laptops, WiFi Devices
The FreeBSD project today published their status report outlining their development happenings during Q1'2025lxer.com
Ubuntu 25.10 Switching To Chrony By Default, Enabling Network Time Security
Ubuntu 25.10 is joining the likes of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise that are using Chrony as their Network Time Protocol (NTP) implementation. Ubuntu 25.10 is switching over to Chrony in enabling Network Time Security (NTS) support on Ubuntu Linux...
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AROS turns any PC into an Amiga with USB-bootable distro
: And other ways to get that Amiga feeling on a budgetLiam Proven (The Register)
Mozilla Is Shutting Down Pocket
Mozilla announced today it's going to be shutting down its Pocket read-it-later bookmarking service this summer...
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For those who actually want to save webpages for offline viewing, might I recommend Zotero and its Firefox extension?
They advertise themselves as a bibliography tool that you can use when researching a paper which can then export a BibTeX file. But it works great as long-term document storage and the documents can be webpages too.
Zotero | Your personal research assistant
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.www.zotero.org
How to Install Dolphin Emulator in Ubuntu 25.04
Learn a step-by-step guide to installing and using the Dolphin emulator on Ubuntu 25.04 to play your favorite GameCube and Wii console games.Ubuntu Shell
Canonical Planning For Linux 6.17 To Power Ubuntu 25.10
The Canonical Kernel Team confirmed their plans today that with the Ubuntu 25.10 release in October they are planning to employ the Linux 6.17 kernel...
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Intel Announces New Xeon 6 CPU Models With SST-TF & Priority Core Turbo "PCT"
Adding on to the Intel Xeon 6 "Granite Rapids" CPU family are today three new models focused on delivering enhanced GPU-accelerated AI performance...
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Intel Announces New Xeon 6 CPU Models With SST-TF & Priority Core Turbo "PCT"
Adding on to the Intel Xeon 6 'Granite Rapids' CPU family are today three new models focused on delivering enhanced GPU-accelerated AI performance.www.phoronix.com
LosslessCut: A GUI Front-End for FFmpeg for Audio/Video Editing
Discover an amazing free and open-source cross-platform GUI front-end of FFmpeg for basic editing tasks on your laptop or desktop with fewer system resources.Linux TLDR
Maximizing The Performance & Power Efficiency Of AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 With Platform Profiles
Last week I began posting Linux benchmarks of the flagship "Strix Halo" SoC, the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 395 with powerful Radeon 8060S graphics using the HP ZBook Ultra G1a laptop. Both the CPU and GPU results for the data published thus far have been mighty impressive and done at the Ubuntu Linux defaults... But the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 with…
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Maximizing The Performance & Power Efficiency Of AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 With Platform Profiles
Last week I began posting Linux benchmarks of the flagship 'Strix Halo' SoC, the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 395 with powerful Radeon 8060S graphics using the HP ZBook Ultra G1a laptop.www.phoronix.com
How To Install Latest KDE Plasma 6.4 Beta In Fedora 42
A complete guide to install KDE Plasma 6.4 Beta on Fedora 42. Follow our tutorial to get the latest Plasma beta release on Fedora Linux.sk (OSTechNix)
PoCL 7.0 Released With Official OpenCL 3.0 Conformance On x86_64 CPUs
PoCL 7.0 is out today as the newest version of this "Portable Computing Language" implementation that originally was started for supporting CPU-based OpenCL execution but with time and in leveraging LLVM back-ends has added support for OpenCL atop AMDKFD / NVIDIA PTX / Intel Level Zero and other possible back-ends...
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PoCL 7.0 Released With Official OpenCL 3.0 Conformance On x86_64 CPUs
PoCL 7.0 is out today as the newest version of this 'Portable Computing Language' implementation that originally was started for supporting CPU-based OpenCL execution but with time and in leveraging LLVM back-ends has added support for OpenCL atop AM…www.phoronix.com
FFmpeg FFV1 Vulkan Encoder Lands +35% Improvement For AMD, +50% For NVIDIA
FFmpeg developers have been working on Vulkan-accelerated FFV1 video encode/decode for that two decade old lossless video coding format. Merged this week to FFmpeg Git were more enhancements to their Vulkan-based FFV1 encoder and yielding big performance improvements for both AMD and NVIDIA graphics processors...
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Prime OS on EndeavourOS: Can it Run?
Prime OS can be installed side by side with the Linux system. In the previous post on this blog, I discussed how to install Prime OS. At tha...Illyaz (Jago Desain)
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