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Linux Kernel Developers Plan To Remove "Assisted-By" Tag Requirement For AI/LLM Usage

([Linux Kernel] 13 October 09:28 AM EDT Assisted-By: LLMs)

Currently there is a policy requirement for Linux kernel patches where AI tools contributed, they should be documented with an "Assisted-by:" tag to make clear AI was used in the creation of said patch. But Linux kernel developers are now looking at dropping this requirement amid the rampant use of AI/LLMs.


Firefox 159 Beta Released With Fix For Tabs On Wayland

([Mozilla] 13 October 09:14 AM EDT Firefox 159 Beta)

With Firefox 158 released, Firefox 159 is now in beta ahead of its official release in two weeks.


Linux Mint 27 Continues Working Toward Christmas Release With Many Features

([Operating Systems] 13 October 07:58 AM EDT Linux Mint 27)

Linux Mint developers continue enjoying their relaxed release schedule in moving from a six to twelve month release cycle. Linux Mint 27 "Adrien" continues tracking for a Christmas release.


ONLYOFFICE 10.0 Released With AI Features, 1,000+ Bug Fixes

([Free Software] 13 October 07:43 AM EDT ONLYOFFICE 10)

ONLYOFFICE 10.0 is now available for this open-source office suite alternative to the likes of LibreOffice.


NVIDIA's Nova Driver Continues Leading The Way For Linux Rust GPU Drivers

([NVIDIA] 13 October 06:28 AM EDT NVIDIA Nova)

The DRM Rust changes targeting the Linux 7.4 merge window have been submitted for pulling into DRM-Next ahead of that cycle kicking off (hopefully) next week. The NVIDIA Nova driver continues leading the way for the development of in-kernel Rust GPU drivers and in the process building out the Rust Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) infrastructure.


Asterinas 0.19.0 Brings Up X.Org & Other Improvements To This Rust-Written OS

([Operating Systems] 13 October 06:14 AM EDT Asterinas 0.19)

Asterinas is the open-source project developing a Rust-based, memory-safe Linux alternative OS while striving for Linux software compatibility. Out now is Asterinas 0.19 as the project continues advancing on its goals.


IREE 3.12 Introduces Rolls Out Rewritten Vulkan Driver, Experimental AMD HSA HAL

([Programming] 13 October 06:00 AM EDT IREE 3.12)

Rolling out last week was a new version of IREE as the Intermediate Representation Execution Environment for MLIR-based end-to-end compiler and run-time for lowering machine learning models into a unified IR and working across different hardware/driver stacks. Making IREE 3.12 notable is a rewrite to its Vulkan code.


FreeType 2.15 Released With Apple HVF Driver, ISO Open Font Format Edition 5

([Free Software] 12 October 08:24 PM EDT FreeType 2.15)

FreeType 2.15 is now available for this widely-used font rendering library used across many different operating systems and software applications.


Intel Announces The GPU D Series For Crescent Island

([Intel] 12 October 04:53 PM EDT Intel GPU D270)

Intel announced today the GPU D Series for the enterprise-focused, inference-optimized GPU accelerators known to now as Crescent Island.


Ubuntu's Myna Speech-To-Text Now Available In Tech Preview

([Ubuntu] 12 October 01:31 PM EDT Myna)

A few months ago Canonical announced Myna as a speech-to-text solution for Ubuntu 26.10 as part of their effort for building a context-aware desktop. Myna as of today is available in "tech preview" form not only for Ubuntu 26.10 but also the LTS releases.


ROCm 10 OpenCL vs. Mesa 26.3-dev Rusticl Performance On AMD Strix Halo

([Display Drivers] 12 October 12:32 PM EDT 14 Comments)

With all the recent progress on Mesa's Rusticl driver as a Rust-based OpenCL driver working across the different Mesa Gallium3D hardware drivers, a Phoronix Premium supporter inquired about seeing some fresh benchmarks of this open-source OpenCL solution. Here is a look at how the Mesa 26.3 Rusticl driver is looking against AMD's official OpenCL driver within ROCm 10.


Firefox 158 Now Available With JPEG-XL Support By Default

([Mozilla] 12 October 08:25 AM EDT Firefox 158)

With Mozilla's bi-weekly release cycle for Firefox, the Firefox 158 release binaries are now available. Making Firefox 158 particularly notable is finally having JPEG-XL support enabled by default.


Linux 7.4 To Upstream Support For Three Snapdragon X2 Elite Laptops

([Hardware] 12 October 07:16 AM EDT ASUS UX3407NA)

For those looking to run Linux on new Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 hardware, there are laptops from ASUS, HP, and Lenovo that are powered by the X2 Elite and will be supported with the mainline Linux 7.4 kernel.


Linus Torvalds "Did What I Preach", Used AI To Make Code Decipherable & Uncovered More Bugs

([Linux Kernel] 12 October 06:03 AM EDT assoc_array library)

After using Claude Code to draft code to help make a fundamental improvement to the Linux kernel, Linux creator Linus Torvalds continued using AI this weekend and talking up its benefits. Beyond generating initial patches and a test program for that noted I/O enhancement, he separately talked up using AI/LLMs for making patches more decipherable to understand in the process the AI noted more long-standing bugs within the Linux kernel.


Intel Posts Updated Linux Driver Code For HDMI 2.1 FRL On Meteor Lake & Newer

([Intel] 12 October 05:44 AM EDT Intel + HDMI FRL)

Following AMD completing their HDMI 2.1 implementation for the open-source AMDGPU Linux driver after beginning with HDMI FRL patches earlier in the year, Intel's open-source driver developers are following in their footsteps.


EXT4 Introducing IOmap Buffered I/O Path With Some Performance Gains

([Linux Storage] 12 October 05:27 AM EDT EXT4 IOmap Buffered I/O)

EXT4 with the upcoming Linux 7.4 kernel looks like it will introduce opt-in support for IOmap buffered I/O in replacing the file-system's buffer_head usage with IOmap.


Linux 7.3-rc7 Released With Linux 7.3 Hopefully Out Next Weekend

([Linux Kernel] 12 October 04:44 AM EDT Linux 7.3-rc7)

Linus Torvalds has made available what is hopefully the final release candidate before Linux 7.3 is ideally minted next Sunday.


Linus Torvalds Working On A Hefty Linux Kernel Improvement With Claude Code

([Linux Kernel] 11 October 08:16 PM EDT Linus Torvalds + LLMs)

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has been known to use AI to help with kernel debugging and outside of the kernel tree has also done some vibe coding with Google's Antigravity. He has previously said he views AI as a useful tool. It turns out he's even now using Claude Code for working on new Linux kernel features.


Linux Landing Kernel Workaround For AMD TLBI Erratum #1718

([AMD] 11 October 09:20 AM EDT AMD TLBI Erratum #1718)

AMD TLBI Erratum #1718 was worked around in CPU microcode for addressing a defect in certain Zen CPUs where the Translation Lookaside Buffer Invalidate Instruction use could lead to to stale translation entries. But for those on affected AMD CPUs and not running the updated microcode, a kernel workaround is being introduced with today's Linux 7.3-rc7 kernel and to be back-ported to prior kernel versions.


Microsoft Contributes Para-Virtualized IOMMU Hyper-V Driver For Linux

([Microsoft] 11 October 08:00 AM EDT HYPERV_PVIOMMU)

Microsoft is contributing a new kernel driver for the upcoming Linux 7.4 cycle. Queued up into the IOMMU subsystem's "-next" branch is a new para-virtualized IOMMU driver for benefiting Linux guest VMs running on Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization platform.


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I sent a letter to the fish, I said it very loud and clear,
I told them, "This is what I wish." I went and shouted in his ear.
The little fishes of the sea, But he was very stiff and proud,
They sent an answer back to me. He said "You needn't shout so loud."
The little fishes' answer was And he was very proud and stiff,
"We cannot do it, sir, because..." He said "I'll go and wake them if..."
I sent a letter back to say I took a kettle from the shelf,
It would be better to obey. I went to wake them up myself.
But someone came to me and said But when I found the door was locked
"The little fishes are in bed." I pulled and pushed and kicked and
knocked,
I said to him, and I said it plain And when I found the door was shut,
"Then you must wake them up again." I tried to turn the handle, But...

"Is that all?" asked Alice.
"That is all." said Humpty Dumpty. "Goodbye."