PocketBeagle 2 Rev A1 Upgrades to Quad-Core AM6254 Processor PocketBeagle 2 Rev A1 Upgrades to Quad-Core AM6254 Processor
BeagleBoard.org has released an updated revision of the PocketBeagle 2 featuring the Texas Instruments AM6254 processor. The new Rev A1 replaces the earlier AM6232-based Rev A0, offering a significant performance boost with no change in pricing.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
Radeon Software For Linux Dropping AMD's Proprietary OpenGL/Vulkan Drivers
With how well the open-source and upstream AMD Radeon Linux graphics driver stack is these days between the mainline Linux kernel and Mesa, the Radeon Software for Linux packaged driver releases are not usually notable these days on Phoronix..lxer.com
OBS Studio 31.1 Promises Multitrack Video Support on Linux, Beta Out Now - 9to5Linux
OBS Studio 31.1 enters public beta testing with support for Multitrack Video on Linux and macOS, and numerous other new features and changes.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB PCIe Gen 5.0 NVMe SSD Linux Benchmarks Review
Sandisk earlier this month announced the WD_BLACK SN8100 as what they claim is the current world's fastest PCIe Gen 5.0 NVMe SSD for consumers.lxer.com
Alpine Linux 3.22 Released with GNOME 48, KDE Plasma 6.3, and LXQt 2.2 - 9to5Linux
Alpine Linux 3.22 distribution is now available for download with GNOME 48, KDE Plasma 6.3, LXQt 2.2, and Linux kernel 6.12 LTS.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Banana Pi Previews BPI-R4 Pro Router Board with MediaTek MT7988A and Wi-Fi 7 Support
Banana Pi has revealed early details about the BPI-R4 Pro, an upcoming router board powered by the MediaTek MT7988A (Filogic 880).Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
Nobara Linux: Fedora’s Wild Side, Unleashed - FOSS Force
Nobara Linux is named after the character Nobara Kugisaki in the anime series Jujutsu Kaisen. The distro's creator is a fan of the character.Larry Cafiero (FOSS Force)
GStreamer 1.26.2 Improves the D3D12 Video Decoder for NVIDIA GPUs, WAV Playback - 9to5Linux
GStreamer 1.26.2 open-source multimedia framework is now available for download with various improvements and bug fixes.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Intel PTC, Intel EAS & AMD Requested CPU Min Freq Features Merged For Linux 6.16
The many power management subsystem updates and related changes have been merged for the in-development Linux 6.16 kernel...
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ChatGPT's o3 Model Found Remote Zeroday in Linux Kernel Code
OpenAI's o3 just uncovered a remote 0-day in the Linux kernel's SMB code—CVE-2025-37899. A patch has already been rolled out.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
GNOME 48.2 Desktop Released with Various Improvements and Bug Fixes - 9to5Linux
GNOME 48.2 desktop environment is now available as the second maintenance update to the latest GNOME 48 desktop environment series.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Intel Prepping Linux Driver For Future Data Center GPUs Based On Battlemage
Intel engineers are preparing the Linux kernel for future Data Center GPUs. This work confirms new Intel Data Center GPUs coming based on Battlemage...
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Alpine Linux 3.22 Replaces Gummiboot With systemd-efistub
Alpine Linux 3.22 is now available as the newest version of this Linux distribution popular for use with containers and embedded purposes due to its small, simple, and secure focus...
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Navidrome 0.56 Music Server & Streamer Brings Major Overhaul
Navidrome 0.56, a self-hosted music server and streamer, launches with playlist cover art, security fixes, and major UI improvements.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB PCIe Gen 5.0 NVMe SSD Linux Benchmarks
Sandisk earlier this month announced the WD_BLACK SN8100 as what they claim is the current world's fastest PCIe Gen 5.0 NVMe SSD for consumers. Given how well the WD_BLACK SN850X performs under Linux as a PCIe Gen 4.0 drive, I decided to buy a WD_BLACK SN8100 for some Linux testing at Phoronix to compare to various other drives in the lab. Here is a preliminary look at the WD_BLACK …
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AMD Virtual TPM Driver Merged For Linux 6.16 To Enhance Confidential Computing
The latest upstream Linux kernel improvement for AMD's Secure Encrypted Virtualization "SEV" is the introduction of a virtual TPM driver...
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AMD Virtual TPM Driver Merged For Linux 6.16 To Enhance Confidential Computing
The latest upstream Linux kernel improvement for AMD's Secure Encrypted Virtualization 'SEV' is the introduction of a virtual TPM driver.www.phoronix.com
How to Install Linux Kernel 6.15 on Ubuntu 25.04 and Ubuntu 24.10 - 9to5Linux
You can now install the latest and greatest Linux 6.15 kernel series on your Ubuntu 25.04 distribution. Here’s how to do it!Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Radeon Software For Linux Dropping AMD's Proprietary OpenGL/Vulkan Drivers
With how well the open-source and upstream AMD Radeon Linux graphics driver stack is these days between the mainline Linux kernel and Mesa, the Radeon Software for Linux packaged driver releases are not usually notable these days on Phoronix... The packaged Radeon Software for Linux drivers haven't been popular with gamers/enthusiasts in years given how good …
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AMDGPU High Priority Graphics User Queue Support Merged For Mesa 25.2
For making use of AMDGPU user queue functionality, the latest Mesa user-space side work has been merged for Mesa 25.2 to enable support for high priority graphics user queues...
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Reaches End of Standard Support
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS officially entered Extended Security Maintenance on May 29, 2025, ending its standard five-year support lifecycle.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Intel SGX With Linux 6.16 Less Likely To Cause Fatal Machine Checks
Intel's Software Guard Extensions (SGX) updates for the in-development Linux 6.16 contain a fix so SGX is now less likely to cause a fatal machine check...
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Coredump Socket Support Merged For Linux 6.16
As an alternative to Coredumps dumping to a file or a pipe connected to a user-mode helper process, Linux 6.16 is introducing the ability to send Coredumps over an AF_UNIX socket...
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Intel IPU7 Firmware Binaries Upstreamed For Lunar Lake Webcameras
Overnight Intel upstreamed their IPU7 firmware binaries into the linux-firmware.git repository where Linux distributions will then be able to pick them up for easy consumption. IPU7 is for their latest Image Processing Unit for some web cameras on their latest-generation Lunar Lake platform...
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F2FS Improvements Merged For Linux 6.16
Following the exciting EXT4 performance work, XFS atomic writes, and other exciting file-system pull requests submitted for the ongoing Linux 6.16 merge window, the Flash-Friendly File-System (F2FS) changes have been submitted and merged for this next kernel version...
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NVIDIA Releases Linux Display Driver v575
NVIDIA releases Linux Display Driver 575.57 with improved stability for OpenGL, Vulkan, and PRIME setups.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Terasic Atum A3 Nano Integrates Altera Agilex 3 FPGA
Terasic has introduced the Atum A3 Nano on Crowd Supply, offering a compact FPGA development board based on Altera’s Agilex 3 series.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
NVIDIA 575.57.08 Linux Stable Driver Released With Smooth Motion & Other Updates
NVIDIA just released their v575.57.08 driver as the first stable Linux driver in their R575 release branch.lxer.com
OBS Studio 31.1 Bringing Multitrack Video Support To Linux
OBS Studio 31.1 Beta 1 is out today as the newest version of this popular cross-platform and open-source solution for gaming live streaming, desktop screencasting, and similar screencasting/live-streaming uses...
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Tails 6.16 Arrives with Updated Tor Browser
Tails 6.16 privacy-focused Linux distro is out now with Tor Browser 14.5.3 and kernel 6.1.140.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
DNF5 Commands Examples For Managing Packages In Linux
Explore essential DNF5 commands with real examples. Learn how to install, update, remove, and manage packages using the DNF5 package manager.sk (OSTechNix)
Linux 6.16 Adds Support For Graceful Host Removal For eMMC & SD Cards
The MMC subsystem feature changes have been merged for the Linux 6.16 kernel. Interestingly and surprisingly, it's not until now that the Linux kernel has properly supported the graceful host removal for eMMC and SD cards...
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AlmaLinux 10: RHEL’s Twin, With Twists - FOSS Force
While most of the RHEL clones are happy to be line-by-line copies of Red Hat's pride and joy, AlmaLinux 10 strives to be a little bit more.Christine Hall (FOSS Force)
NVIDIA 575.57.08 Linux Stable Driver Released With Smooth Motion & Other Updates
NVIDIA just released their v575.57.08 driver as the first stable Linux driver in their R575 release branch...
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Linux 6.16 Networking Brings Some Big Performance Improvements & OpenVPN Driver
There is a lot of exciting networking changes to find with the in-development Linux 6.16 kernel both for wired and wireless devices as well as some exciting core networking improvements/optimizations...
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openSUSE’s Agama 15 Installer Arrives with Usability Upgrades
openSUSE's new Agama installer v15 lands with major usability improvements, revamped Wi-Fi setup, and more.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
AMD EPYC 4585PX & EPYC 4565P With DDR5-4800 vs. DDR5-5600 Performance
One of the many advantages with the newly announced EPYC 4005 series for entry-level servers is support for DDR5-5600 ECC memory compared to the current Xeon 6300 series being limited to DDR5-4800 memory. With the launch-day EPYC 4005 "Grado" benchmarks earlier this month of the AMD EPYC 4585PX and EPYC 4565P I was running with DDR5-5600 ECC memory modules. But fo…
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AVX-512 Performance + Power Efficiency Shines With AMD Strix Halo
Several weeks into testing the AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 395 flagship 'Strix Halo' SoC within the HP ZBook Ultra G1a, I continue to be very impressed with its performance capabilities for a wide range of workloads.lxer.com
KDE Plasma 6.4 Beta 2 Brings XWayland Fixes
The second beta release of KDE's Plasma 6.4 desktop is now available for testing ahead of the official release in June...
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Linux 6.16 Crypto Brings Faster AES-XTS On AVX-512 CPUs, Intel QAT Gen6 Support
The cryptography subsystem updates have been merged for the start of the Linux 6.16 cycle. Notable with the crypto updates this round are more performance optimizations for Intel and AMD CPUs with AVX-512 and also enabling next-generation Intel QAT accelerators...
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