Linux 6.16 Released - Better Performance, NVIDIA Blackwell Open-Source & Intel APX
As anticipated the Linux 6.16 kernel was promoted to stable. Linux 6.16 now greets the world with various performance improvements, NVIDIA Hopper and Blackwell open-source GPU driver support in Nouveau, Intel Advanced Performance Extensions (APX) preparations, and many other exciting enhancements...
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Need Google Chrome on your Enterprise Linux system? Here’s how to install it on Rocky Linux 10.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
In advance of the Linux 6.17 merge window expected to open soon following the Linux 6.16 release, all of the SoC updates have been submitted to Linus Torvalds for this next kernel version.lxer.com
Shotcut 25.07 video editor adds a new Speech to Text model downloader, brings new System and System Fusion UI themes, and more.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
AMD Kernel Graphics Driver Exceeds 5.9 Million Lines In Linux 6.16
The modern AMD Kernel graphics driver consisting of AMDGPU, the AMDKFD compute code, and associated infrastructure continues to easily be the largest mainline open-source driver. With the Linux 6.16 kernel debuting as stable as soon as later today, the AMD kernel graphics driver cracks the 5.9 million line threshold. In comparison, the entire Linux kernel source tree c…
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This post is an immediate follow up for Attempt to workaround currently pending bug with Dotfiles Installer on openSUSE Tumblweed due to...lxer.com
Linux 6.17 Introducing Support For The NVIDIA Tegra T264/Thor, New RISC-V SoCs
In advance of the Linux 6.17 merge window expected to open soon following the Linux 6.16 release, all of the SoC updates have been submitted to Linus Torvalds for this next kernel version...
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New Ubuntu Concept Snapdragon X Laptop ISOs Published - Your Mileage May Vary
A few days back I wrote about Canonical releasing new Ubuntu 25.04 "Concept" ISOs for the Snapdragon X laptops with the new install images being re-based to the Linux 6.16 kernel and expanding the device support. But as I found out from my own testing, depending upon the laptop the support was still less than ideal. Since then there have been two more ISO releas…
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A few days back I wrote about Canonical releasing new Ubuntu 25.04 'Concept' ISOs for the Snapdragon X laptops with the new install images being re-based to the Linux 6.16 kernel and expanding the device supportwww.phoronix.com
While there have been various elements of the Apple M1 and M2 SoC support in the mainline Linux kernel along with support for various Macs, different features have been missing from the upstream kernel such as the Apple GPU kernel graphics driver as …lxer.com
GNU Binutils 2.45 Released With Continued Work Around SFrame Stack Tracing
GNU Binutils 2.45 was released on Sunday morning as the newest version of this set of open-source binary tools...
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AMD SEV Optimizations Ready For Linux 6.17 Plus A 10x Improvement For Intel TDX
There are a few AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization improvements on the way for the Linux 6.17 kernel worth noting...
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Shotcut 25.07 Video Editor Brings Numerous Improvements
Shotcut 25.07 is out today as the newest feature release for this prominent open-source and cross-platform video editing solution...
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Oops! Yet another year that we forgot to write a SysAdmin Day article. Since we've been around for 15 years, that makes us 0 for 15.Christine Hall (FOSS Force)
This past week Qualcomm sent out a set of 17 patches for the MSM DRM kernel graphics driver for enabling support for the Inter Frame Power Collapse (IFPC) feature with the X1-85 GPU found in the current Snapdragon X laptops.lxer.com
The Radxa AICore AX-M1 is an M.2 M Key AI acceleration module designed for edge computing systems that require high-throughput neural processing.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
Given that non-UEFI BIOS systems are quite old at this point and Intel/AMD systems for the past number of years have all supported UEFI, another change proposal being considered this week by Fedora Linux is limiting the release-blocking status of var…lxer.com
MSI has introduced the MS-C926, an ultra-slim, fanless embedded box PC based on the Intel Alder Lake-N and Twin Lake platforms.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
Assuming no objections are raised by Linus Torvalds, an early pull request has been submitted for the upcoming Linux 6.17 merge window to address an obscure kernel limitation that has been in place going back all the way to 1993 during the Linux v0.lxer.com
One of the nice Linux kernel accomplishments during the pandemic was getting the NTFS3 driver upstreamed for that modern NTFS file-system read/write driver developed by Paragon Softwarelxer.com
Linux 6.17 Looks To Address An Old & Obscure Kernel Limitation From 1993
Assuming no objections are raised by Linus Torvalds, an early pull request has been submitted for the upcoming Linux 6.17 merge window to address an obscure kernel limitation that has been in place going back all the way to 1993 during the Linux v0.99 kernel days...
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Assuming no objections are raised by Linus Torvalds, an early pull request has been submitted for the upcoming Linux 6.17 merge window to address an obscure kernel limitation that has been in place going back all the way to 1993 during the Linux v0.www.phoronix.com
Learn how to install NextCloud on Debian 13 using our latest guide or ask for our Linux Admins to install and set it up for you.Jeff Wilson (RoseHosting)
Plasma 6.3.6 has landed in Debian 13 just a day before the full freeze, giving users the most recent KDE desktop environment from the 6.3 series.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Happy SysAdmin Day! Here's to the Linux wizards who reboot reality, compile order from chaos, and always know where the logs are.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
With Linux 6.16 expected to be released on Sunday unless an extra week of testing is deemed necessary, the Linux 6.17 merge window will then kickoff the next daylxer.com
We are just a few weeks out from seeing the release of the FFmpeg 8.0 multimedia library with many new features and improvements for this widely-used open-source software.lxer.com
: The FreeBSD Laptop project continues – and plans to offer a very visible changeLiam Proven (The Register)
Tails 6.18, a privacy-focused Linux distro, adds WebTunnel bridges, making it easier to bypass censorship.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Another hit to the open-source Intel software ecosystem this year was the company formally archiving/discontinuing work on the PlaidML deep learning softwarelxer.com
The Register 'UK' is now controlled by the Directions on Microsoft guyRoy Schestowitz
Last week Friday the unfortunate news came down that Intel was discontinuing their Clear Linux project effective immediately.lxer.com
Longtime Linux developer Sasha Levin of NVIDIA (and formerly of Google and Microsoft) as well as being the Linux LTS kernel co-maintainer today proposed a Linux kernel AI coding assistant configuration and documentation/rules for contributing to the …lxer.com
: The latest version of systemd looks to be a big one, with substantial new functionality. More to love – right?Liam Proven (The Register)
Qualcomm Prepares IFPC Feature For Adreno X1-85 GPU With The Snapdragon X Laptops
This past week Qualcomm sent out a set of 17 patches for the MSM DRM kernel graphics driver for enabling support for the Inter Frame Power Collapse (IFPC) feature with the X1-85 GPU found in the current Snapdragon X laptops...
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Linux 6.17 Sound Code Prepares For Upcoming AMD Hardware
Linux sound subsystem maintainer Takashi Iwai of SUSE submitted already the sound code feature changes ready for Linux 6.17...
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FFmpeg 8.0 Preparing For Release In August With Many Great Features
We are just a few weeks out from seeing the release of the FFmpeg 8.0 multimedia library with many new features and improvements for this widely-used open-source software...
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Linux's Modern NTFS Driver Will Now Correctly Handle Symlinks Created On Windows
One of the nice Linux kernel accomplishments during the pandemic was getting the NTFS3 driver upstreamed for that modern NTFS file-system read/write driver developed by Paragon Software. In recent times that NTFS3 driver has been seeing occasional fixes and for the Linux 6.17 kernel -- and perhaps then back-ported to existing kernels -- are some notable fi…
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Linux 6.17 To Support Arm's BRBE
The ARM64 (AArch64) architecture updates have been submitted ahead of the imminent Linux 6.17 merge window...
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Intel oneDNN 3.9 Making More Preparations For Xe3, Nova Lake & Diamond Rapids
Released on Friday was a new version of the oneDNN deep neural network library maintained by Intel and the UXL Foundation. This library used by various deep learning applications continues preparing for upcoming Intel CPUs and GPUs...
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