AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 Linux Performance With The Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6
For those that are curious about the Linux support and performance of the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 laptop processor, I've recently been testing it out within a Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 (AMD) laptop. Up today are benchmarks of the Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 within the ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 up against an assortment of other recent Intel and AMD laptops all whil…
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Graphics/Display Driver Changes Begin Queuing For Linux 6.16 This Summer
While the Linux 6.15 merge window only ended last weekend, new feature material is beginning to queue for DRM-Next ahead of the Linux 6.16 kernel cycle kicking off in late May or early June. A few notable patches so far have been submitted by way of DRM-Misc-Next...
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Merged back in Linux 6.9 was AMD Preferred Core support for Linux for the concept of 'preferred cores' with newer Zen processors that are communicated via ACPI CPPC for select cores able to reach a higher maximum frequency or should otherwise be pref…lxer.com
Linux Tightening Up AMD Zen 5 CPU Microcode Check
Google engineers earlier this year detailed an AMD CPU microcode signature verification vulnerability. For local users with administration/root privileges, it could lead to loading malicious CPU microcode patches on the system. Initially AMD Zen 1 through Zen 4 were affected but the Google security engineers since discovered Zen 5 also could be impacted. BIOS updates are rolling out …
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: The 1990s called – they're impressedLiam Proven (The Register)
Intel Linux Graphics Driver Will Now Be Less Restrictive Over RAM Use
A change merged yesterday to the Intel Mesa graphics driver code lessens a restriction around the amount of system memory (RAM) that can be used by processes for the Vulkan system heap. This will allow more games/apps to work with the Intel integrated graphics that previously exceeded the driver-enforced limits but at the risk of running into broader out-of-memory…
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New Patches Aim To Improve Unicode Support For The Linux VT Console
While there are efforts underway to effectively kill the Linux virtual terminal "VT" console by punting the functionality off to user-space, it's not dead yet and a new patch series out on Wednesday aims to enhance the modern Unicode handling by the Linux VT...
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While there are efforts underway to effectively kill the Linux virtual terminal 'VT' console by punting the functionality off to user-space, it's not dead yet and a new patch series out on Wednesday aims to enhance the modern Unicode handling by the …www.phoronix.com
Proxmox VE 8.4 is out now, featuring live VM migration with NVIDIA vGPU, API for backups, virtiofs, and updated open-source tech.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Gzip 1.14 Released With Faster Decompression On Intel & AMD CPUs
Gzip 1.14 released earlier today as the first new release to this widely-used file compression format on Linux systems and other platforms...
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RADV Driver Now Emulates Ray-Tracing By Default For Older AMD GPUs For A Newer Game
Mesa's Radeon Vulkan driver "RADV" is now exposing its emulated ray-tracing support by default for older AMD Radeon GPUs even without any form of hardware-accelerated ray-tracing in order to run the new Indiana Jones game. It turns out even the emulated RT mode is fast enough to allow various older AMD Radeon graphics cards to be playable with this ti…
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Mesa's Radeon Vulkan driver 'RADV' is now exposing its emulated ray-tracing support by default for older AMD Radeon GPUs even without any form of hardware-accelerated ray-tracing in order to run the new Indiana Jones gamewww.phoronix.com
Gallium Nine Has Been Deprecated, Planned For Removal In Mesa 25.2
Long before the likes of DXVK for Direct3D APIs implemented atop Vulkan, and even before the Vulkan API was conceived, there's been Gallium Nine as a Direct3D 9 state tracker implementation for Gallium3D. Gallium Nine showed promise in its early days for speeding up D3D9 Windows games running atop Wine on Linux. But with DXVK working out better these days and Gallium Nine no…
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Get Ghostrunner, Neon Abyss, ANNO: Mutationem and more in the Neon Lights Humble Bundle gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/get-…
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Another surprisingly good deal from Humble Bundle here. The Neon Lights Bundle has launched with multiple highly rated games like Ghostrunner and Neon Abyss.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Fwupd 2.0.8 open-source Linux firmware updater is now available for download with two new plugins to update the UEFI Signature Database.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Apocalypse Express is a challenging train-combat management roguelike with a demo you need to try gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/apoc…
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Fogpiercer isn't the only upcoming train combat game around, with Apocalypse Express getting a demo now too but they're both wildly different and worth trying. Apocalypse Express is just chaos and I want more.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Fanatical brings back the Oddworld Complete Collection for $1 / £1 gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/fana…
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You can once again grab the Oddworld Complete Collection at the price of some loose change that you can find down the back of your sofa.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Cinnamon desktop from Linux Mint gets easier for other distros to package gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/cinn…
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The March 2025 development round-up blog post from Linux Mint covers some interesting changes coming to the popular Linux distribution, like making packaging the Cinnamon desktop easier for other distributions.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Civilization VII version 1.2 will let you play forever, adds "Teams Multiplayer" and more major changes gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/civi…
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Sid Meier's Civilization VII version 1.2 is due out April 22, and with it Firaxis Games are once again solving numerous complaints players have about the game, and it all sounds really positive.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Mesa 25.1 will make Indiana Jones: The Great Circle playable on older AMD GPUs gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/mesa…
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Since Ray Tracing is a requirement to run Indiana Jones: The Great Circle, a change has been merged into RADV (AMD Vulkan driver) for Mesa to get it working on older AMD GPUs.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The Ubuntu 25.04 release shipping this month will now feature JPEG-XL image format support out-of-the-box.lxer.com
openSUSE's new Agama installer v13 is here, bringing hostname configuration, LVM support, and more.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
What if you’re led by “all of the above?” (asking for a neighbour)
Electronic Design Automation (EDA) is a type of software that enables individuals to design electronic systems.Steve Emms (LinuxLinks)
Linux Mint Debian Edition is getting OEM support with the LMDE 7 release based on the Debian GNU/Linux 13 "Trixie" operating system.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
AMD announced today they will be hosting a virtual 'Advancing AI 2025' event in mid-June where they will talk about their next-gen AMD Instinct accelerators while of much interest to many Phoronix readers is an update on the ROCm open-source software…lxer.com
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Linux 6.16 To Add Asahi UAPI Header For Apple Silicon Graphics But No Actual Driver Yet
Submitted today via DRM-Misc-Next for queuing in DRM-Next until the Linux 6.16 merge window in June is the Asahi driver user-space API "UAPI" header. This is the user-space API intended for the Asahi kernel graphics driver for supporting the Apple M-Series graphics hardware under Linux. But due to being written in the Rust programming language and v…
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Submitted today via DRM-Misc-Next for queuing in DRM-Next until the Linux 6.16 merge window in June is the Asahi driver user-space API 'UAPI' headerwww.phoronix.com
Cisco Jabber is a communication tool that allows users to send instant messages, make phone calls, join meetings, and manage contacts.Steve Emms (LinuxLinks)
OpenSSH 10 is out now, featuring stronger cryptographic defaults, new post-quantum key exchange, and key security improvements across the board.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
News from the Mastodon engineering team for March 2025 - including some big changes to the main code, updates to the mobile apps, Fediscovery progress, and the end of support for Mastodon 4.1.Mastodon Blog
IPFire 2.29 Core Update 193 Linux firewall distribution is now available for download with post-quantum cryptography support for IPsec tunnelsMarius Nestor (9to5Linux)
TUXEDO Provides Update On Their Snapdragon X Elite Linux Laptop
Last year TUXEDO Computers shared that they were developing an ARM Linux notebook powered by the Qualcomm Snapdeagon X Elite. They hoped to have the Snapdragon X Elite Linux laptop shipping by Christmas 2024, but that didn't pan out. TUXEDO Computers has now provided a status update regarding this ARM Linux notebook effort...
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Framework Laptop 12 Pre-Orders Open, Starting At €569
Framework Computer has been working on bringing the Framework 12 to market as a new, smaller and convertible laptop while retaining the upgradeable aspects that users have come to love from the company. Today the company announced the pre-orders are open and the first Framework Laptop 12 devices will be shipping in June...
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Don’t forget our anti-cheat page to see the supported status for various online games on Linux / Steam Deck.
More upgrades planned for it to come.
A page dedicated to showing you the expected compatibility for Steam Deck and Linux desktop with games that have anti-cheat enabled.GamingOnLinux
AMD Prepping PKI Accelerator Driver "AMDPK" For Linux
Not to be confused with the AMDXDNA accelerator driver that was mainlined just with the Linux 6.14 kernel, AMD Linux engineers are now working on "AMDPK" as a new accelerator driver for their upcoming PKI Accelerator engines...
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Not to be confused with the AMDXDNA accelerator driver that was mainlined just with the Linux 6.14 kernel, AMD Linux engineers are now working on 'AMDPK' as a new accelerator driver for their upcoming PKI Accelerator engines.www.phoronix.com
The Topaz Tz170 J484 Development Kit is a compact platform for evaluating and prototyping with the Efinix Tz170 FPGA.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
Do screeching doughnuts and mow enemies down with saw blades in Driveloop: Survivors gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/do-s…
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Driveloop: Survivors is another attempt to blend the survivor-like bullet heaven whatchamacallit genre made popular by Vampire Survivors with vehicles. It's out now in Early Access so I took it for a spin.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Fedora engaged students at Murang’a University, Kenya, to promote open source and build community across East Africa.Cornelius Emase (Fedora Project)
Save an extra 10% on the Fanatical Play on the Go Bundle Elite Collection with our code gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/save…
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Fanatical have given all GamingOnLinux readers a chance to grab some games even cheaper than usual, with a special discount code on their Play on the Go Bundle Elite Collection Bundle.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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