AMD VPE 2.0 Support Merged For Mesa 26.2
([Radeon] 27 April 06:10 AM EDT
AMD VPE 2.0)
Merged overnight to the latest Mesa graphics driver development code is enabling the VPE 2.0 engine to be found with future AMD Radeon GPUs.
Ubuntu Linux Will Begin Landing AI Features Throughout The Next Year
([Ubuntu] 27 April 06:30 AM EDT
Ubuntu + AI)
Now that Ubuntu 26.04 LTS has shipped, Canonical is opening up on their next major focus for Ubuntu development: lots of AI features.
D7VK v1.8 Continues Improving Legacy Direct3D Atop The Vulkan API
([Linux Gaming] 27 April 12:00 AM EDT
D7VK 1.8)
D7VK as what began as an implementation of the Direct3D 7 API on top of the Vulkan API, based off DXVK as part of Steam Play (Proton) for D3D8 through D3D11 support, continues enhancing its legacy D3D API support that over time has stretched now from D3D7 to D3D3.
Linux 7.1-rc1 Released With New NTFS Driver, FRED By Default & Much More
([Linux Kernel] 26 April 05:37 PM EDT
Linux 7.1)
The Linux 7.1-rc1 kernel was just released for concluding the Linux 7.1 merge window. A lot of new features are in tow for this next kernel version that will then be out as stable in mid-June.
CachyOS Introduces New Default GUI Package Manager, Kyber For NVMe I/O Scheduler
([Arch Linux] 26 April 12:50 PM EDT
CachyOS April 2026)
The April 2026 ISO refresh of the Arch Linux based CachyOS is now available with a variety of refinements, new hardware support, and other polishing.
The Linux Kernel Tree About To Hit 40 Million Lines, AMD Driver Above 6 Million Lines
([Linux Kernel] 26 April 10:48 AM EDT
Nearly 40 Million Lines)
Ahead of the Linux 7.1-rc1 kernel release due out later today for closing the Linux 7.1 merge window, I was curious if all the code removals would lead to a negative change in line count over Linux 7.0. The removals were not enough and Linux 7.1 Git is fast approaching 40 million lines.
The New Linux Kernel AI Bot Uncovering Bugs Is A Local LLM On Framework Desktop + AMD Ryzen AI Max
([AI] 26 April 07:00 AM EDT
gregkh_clanker_t1000)
Earlier this month on Phoronix we were the first to draw attention to a new fuzzing tool / AI bot uncovering kernel bugs by Greg Kroah-Hartman, the "second in command" for Linux kernel development and stable maintainer. Greg has now shared more light on the "gregkh_clanker_t1000" for this tool that has been uncovering more Linux kernel bugs the past few weeks.
Apple M3 Support On Asahi Linux Is Approaching The Original Alpha Quality Of The M1
([Apple] 26 April 06:40 AM EDT
Apple M3 Linux Support)
A new progress report from the Asahi Linux project is now published that highlights recent upstreaming work for the Linux 7.0 kernel release as well as the latest additions to the downstream Asahi Linux code. The Asahi Linux project also pushed out their first updated Asahi installer in nearly two years.
Legacy NVIDIA xf86-video-nv Driver Sees First Release In Years
([NVIDIA] 26 April 06:10 AM EDT
xf86-video-nv)
The legacy xf86-video-nv driver for user-space mode-setting on old NVIDIA GPUs is out with a rather rare release and the first in over two years with a collection of different bug fixes.
LACT 0.9 Released With UI Updates, Voltage-Frequency Curve Editor For NVIDIA
([Free Software] 25 April 04:10 PM EDT
LACT 0.9)
LACT, one of the leading open-source solutions to provide a graphics card management GUI that works across AMD / NVIDIA / Intel graphics hardware on Linux, is out with a major update this weekend.
Niri 26.04 Wayland Compositor Adds Much Sought After Blur Support
([Wayland] 25 April 12:59 PM EDT
Niri 26.04)
Niri 26.04 is out today as the latest feature update to this scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor.
Microsoft Reportedly Looking At Rebasing Azure Linux On Fedora
([Operating Systems] 25 April 09:53 AM EDT
Fedora-Based Azure Linux)
Microsoft's in-house Azure Linux operating system used within Azure and for WSL and other purposes is reportedly pursuing an overhaul where it would be derived from Fedora Linux.
Linux 7.1 Brings Audio Support For The Line6 POD HD PRO & NexiGo N930W Webcam
([Multimedia] 25 April 09:30 AM EDT
Linux 7.1 Sound)
Following last week's Linux 7.1 sound subsystem feature pull that added bus keeper support in working toward better Apple Silicon support along with a variety of other new audio hardware support, a secondary set of sound updates were merged as we approach the end of the Linux 7.1 merge window.
New NTFS Driver Sees A Number Of Fixes Ahead Of Linux 7.1-rc1
([Linux Storage] 25 April 07:26 AM EDT
NTFS Improvements)
With the Linux 7.1-rc1 kernel release due out tomorrow to cap off the Linux 7.1 merge window, one of the most notable additions this cycle is the introduction of the new NTFS driver that aims to provide better performance and more modern features than the existing NTFS3 in-kernel driver that was originally contributed by Paragon Software.
Fedora 44 Releasing Next Week
([Fedora] 25 April 07:08 AM EDT
Fedora 44 Next Week)
After being deemed not ready for debuting this week as an early release target, Fedora stakeholders have decided that Fedora 44 will be ready to officially debut next Tuesday.
LoongArch Improvements Land In Linux 7.1
([Hardware] 25 April 06:54 AM EDT
LoongArch)
Merged for the nearly-over Linux 7.1 merge window are a number of enhancements to the LoongArch architecture support for that Chinese CPU architecture inspired by MIPS and RISC-V.
Godot 4.7 Reaches Beta With HDR Output, Ray-Tracing Improvements & Editor Enhancements
([Linux Gaming] 25 April 06:42 AM EDT
Godot 4.7)
Godot 4.7 reached its beta milestone on Friday for this leading open-source, cross-platform game engine.
KDE Plasma 6.7 Enables Overlay Planes For Intel Graphics, More Performance/Efficiency
([KDE] 25 April 06:25 AM EDT
Plasma 6.7)
KDE developers continued to land more feature changes for the upcoming Plasma 6.7 desktop release. It's a busy spring of fixes, optimizations, and shiny new features for Plasma 6.7.
Farewell ISDN, Ham Radio & Old Network Drivers: Linus Torvalds Merges 138k L.O.C. Removal
([Linux Networking] 24 April 02:49 PM EDT
Linux 7.1 Drops Old Networking)
Linus Torvalds did it! He merged the pull request to rid the Linux kernel of the old Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) subsystem and various other old network drivers largely for PCMCIA era network adapters. This was the code suggested for removal given the recent influx of AI/LLM-generated bug reports against this dated code that likely has no active upstream users remaining.
GCC Establishes Working Group To Decide On AI/LLM Policy
([GNU] 24 April 01:17 PM EDT
GCC + LLMs?)
The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) now has a working group established by their steering committee to study the use of AI and large language models (LLMs) within the context of GCC compiler development.