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Linux 6.16-rc1 Released: New AMD & Intel Drivers, More Performance & Blackwell Support

Linux 6.16-rc1 was just released by Linus Torvalds. This first release candidate of Linux 6.16 marks the close of the two-week merge window where many new features and other changes were introduced...
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Linux 6.16-rc1 Released: New AMD & Intel Drivers, More Performance & Blackwell Support

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Box64 v0.3.6 Brings Better AVX Handling, Volatile Metadata For Windows Executables lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

Box64 v0.3.6 Brings Better AVX Handling, Volatile Metadata For Windows Executables

Just a few days after the FEX 2506 release for that open-source emulator enabling x86_64 binaries to run on ARM64 (AArch64) hosts, Box64 is out with its newest feature update for this open-source project with similar goals.
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AMD Announces New Ryzen AI Z2 SoCs For Gaming Handhelds

AMD in cooperation with ASUS and Microsoft used the Xbox Games Showcase for announcing their new Ryzen AI Z2 series processors for gaming handhelds. The new Ryzen AI Z2 series is launching with the new ASUS ROG Xbox Ally / ROG Xbox Ally X handhelds running Microsoft Windows...
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AMD Announces New Ryzen AI Z2 SoCs For Gaming Handhelds

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Linux GPIB Drivers Maturing Into Good Shape 50+ Years After The Bus Was Introduced

Notable with the staging area updates for the in-development Linux 6.16 kernel is word that the GPIB driver code may be ready to leave the staging area in the next kernel cycle (Linux v6.17) in then being promoted to the main driver area in signifying the maturity of the code and being cleaned up to meet kernel coding standards. The GPIB drivers are for the Genera…
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Linux GPIB Drivers Maturing Into Good Shape 50+ Years After The Bus Was Introduced

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GNOME 49 Alpha 0 Releases Begin As GNOME 49 Preps For X11 Disabled-By-Default

The GNOME 49 Alpha release isn't expected until the end of June but for facilitating additional testing and a number of prominent changes this cycle, a number of GNOME packages have begun releasing "GNOME 49 Alpha 0" tags as part of plans to issue multiple alpha releases this cycle. Notable for GNOME 49 are plans moving forward for disabling X11 session support …
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GNOME 49 Alpha 0 Releases Begin As GNOME 49 Preps For X11 Disabled-By-Default

The GNOME 49 Alpha release isn't expected until the end of June but for facilitating additional testing and a number of prominent changes this cycle, a number of GNOME packages have begun releasing 'GNOME 49 Alpha 0' tags as part of plans to issue mu…
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Linux Mint Continues Working On Its libAdwaita Fork, Fingerprint Authentication

The Linux Mint project published its newest monthly status report to outline various interesting development activities around this Linux desktop distribution project building off Ubuntu and Debian bases...
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Linux Mint Continues Working On Its libAdwaita Fork, Fingerprint Authentication

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Linux 6.16 Introduces New Helper For Restricting Symbols To Select Kernel Modules

All of the kernel build system "Kbuild" updates were merged today for the nearly-over Linux 6.16 merge window that is expected to conclude tomorrow with the Linux 6.16-rc1 release. Notable with the Kbuild pull is the introduction of the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES helper...
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Linux 6.16 Introduces New Helper For Restricting Symbols To Select Kernel Modules

All of the kernel build system 'Kbuild' updates were merged today for the nearly-over Linux 6.16 merge window that is expected to conclude tomorrow with the Linux 6.16-rc1 release
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Mesa 25.1.3 Released As Emergency Update For Radeon RX 9000 Series Linux Users

It was just earlier this week that Mesa 25.1.2 arrived as the newest bi-weekly bug-fix release for these open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers. Coming out today is an emergency bug-fix release to fix a regression affecting AMD Radeon RX 9000 series RDNA4 graphics card owners...
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Mesa 25.1.3 Released As Emergency Update For Radeon RX 9000 Series Linux Users

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Vulkan 1.4.317 Introduces VP9 Video Decode, ARM Tensors & 8-bit Floating Point

Vulkan 1.4.317 was made public on Friday with a number of exciting new extensions, including VP9 video decoding for Vulkan Video, 8-bit floating-point data type support, and other additions...
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Vulkan 1.4.317 Introduces VP9 Video Decode, ARM Tensors & 8-bit Floating Point

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Linux 6.16 Lands Support For EcoNet MIPS Platforms

While there isn't much new MIPS activity taking place due to other CPU architectures like RISC-V and LoongArch taking the interest away, the MIPS code within the Linux kernel does continue seeing enhancements as well as upstreaming of hardware that has long been relegated to downstream kernels...
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Linux 6.16 Lands Support For EcoNet MIPS Platforms

While there isn't much new MIPS activity taking place due to other CPU architectures like RISC-V and LoongArch taking the interest away, the MIPS code within the Linux kernel does continue seeing enhancements as well as upstreaming of hardware that h…
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How to Deploy Lightweight Language Models on Embedded Linux with LiteLLM lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

How to Deploy Lightweight Language Models on Embedded Linux with LiteLLM - Linux.com

This article was contributed by Vedrana Vidulin, Head of Responsible AI Unit at Intellias (LinkedIn). As AI becomes central to smart devices, embedded systems, and edge computing, the ability to run language models locally — without relying on the cl…
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New AMD-SBI Code Merged For Linux 6.16

New AMD code merged today to the mainline Linux 6.16 kernel that's in-development is the introduction of the AMD-SBI driver/subsystem for primarily benefiting EPYC server platforms. AMD-SBI is for their Side-Band Interface also known as the Advanced Platform Management Link (APML)...
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New AMD-SBI Code Merged For Linux 6.16

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Intel Vulkan Driver Lands Improvement For Helping Direct3D Games Under Steam Play

Merged today to Mesa 25.2 is an adjustment for the Intel "ANV" open-source Vulkan driver to help with Direct3D games running under Linux with Valve's Steam Play via Proton + VKD3D...
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Intel Vulkan Driver Lands Improvement For Helping Direct3D Games Under Steam Play

Merged today to Mesa 25.2 is an adjustment for the Intel 'ANV' open-source Vulkan driver to help with Direct3D games running under Linux with Valve's Steam Play via Proton + VKD3D.
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