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As RHEL clones hit version 10, Rocky and Alma chart diverging paths

  • The Register (Posted by bob on Jun 15, 2025 4:12 AM CST)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
We take a quick look at the headline features – and the growing differences Rocky Linux 10 has caught up to the other high-profile RHELatives, but gaps between them are widening, both in tech and other ways.…

KDE Plasma 6.5 To Introduce Wayland Picture-In-Picture Support

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Jun 15, 2025 2:41 AM CST)
  • Groups: KDE; Story Type: News Story
While KDE Plasma 6.4 is set for release next week, there are already exciting feature improvements brewing for Plasma 6.5...

Discover Linux Mint 22: How Cinnamon Became the Sleek, Speedy Desktop Champion of 2025

In this article, we’ll take a look into what makes Linux Mint 22 with Cinnamon a standout — from under-the-hood performance boosts to user-facing enhancements that elevate daily computing.

Lyra Zero W Packs RK3506B and Wi-Fi 6 into Raspberry Pi Zero-Sized Board

Luckfox has just launched a new development board with a form factor similar to the Raspberry Pi Zero, but based on the Rockchip RK3506B system-on-chip. The Lyra Zero W is designed to offer a low-cost, compact solution for embedded Linux development, priced at $16.99. The Lyra Zero W uses the Rockchip RK3506B processor, which integrates […]

Linux Kernel API Specification Framework Proposed To Help Stabilize User-Space Interfaces

Sasha Levin just sent out an initial "request for comments" patch series for the Linux kernel in aiming to establish a Kernel API Specification Framework...

LibreOffice 25.8 Beta Released For Testing

LibreOffice 25.8 beta is now available for this popular open-source office suite. LibreOffice 25.8 has been baking many improvements for this popular Microsoft Office alternative and leading office suite option for the Linux desktop...

Danish department determined to dump Microsoft

Jutes revolt against Redmond: Minister for Digital Affairs aims the longboats away from Vinland Comment The boss of Denmark's Ministry for Digitalization says her department will move away from Microsoft – starting with LibreOffice.…

Wine 10.10 Brings Updated Mono, 38 Bug Fixes

Wine 10.10 is out today as the newest bi-weekly development release of this open-source software that allows running Windows games and applications on Linux and other platforms...

Ubuntu 25.10 and Fedora 43 to drop X11 in GNOME editions

Distros align with GNOME 49's move to make Wayland the only supported session Like any other distro with GNOME 49, the next interim release of Ubuntu will be Wayland-only – at least in its GNOME variant.…

(Updated) DFRobot Previews RISC-V-Based FireBeetle 2 with ESP32-P4, Targeting Image and Video Applications

  • LinuxGizmos.com (Posted by bob on Jun 13, 2025 7:05 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
The FireBeetle 2 ESP32-P4 is an upcoming compact development board designed for real-time image processing, video streaming, and wireless communication. It targets HMI applications such as digital photo frames, security systems, home control panels, and smart doorbells. The board is built around the ESP32-P4R32 microcontroller, which features a dual-core 400 MHz RISC-V processor for high-performance […]

Tria Expands Embedded Portfolio with Qualcomm SoMs Supporting Windows, Android, and Linux

Tria, an Avnet company focused on embedded compute platforms, has introduced a new lineup of Qualcomm-powered SoMs. Based on Snapdragon and QCS series processors, the modules support scalable designs using standards like OSM, SMARC, COM-HPC, and COM Express for applications in automation, edge AI, medical systems, and more. The MSC OSM-LF-IQ615 module adopts the OSM […]

PCI Express 7.0 Final Specification Published Along With PCIe Optical Interconnect

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Jun 13, 2025 4:02 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
PCI Express 7.0 was announced back in 2022 as coming in 2025 with 128 GT/s Since then draft specifications were published while today PCI-SIG is announcing the formal PCI Express 7.0 specification release along with a new PCIe Optical Interconnect Solution...

ST Nucleo Board Implements STM32N6 Series with Neural-ART Acceleration Support

  • LinuxGizmos.com (Posted by bob on Jun 12, 2025 11:27 PM CST)
  • Groups: ARM; Story Type: News Story
The Nucleo N657X0-Q is a development board from STMicroelectronics built around the STM32N657 microcontroller. Part of the Nucleo-144 family, it offers a compact form factor and a variety of expansion options for prototyping and evaluation across different power and performance needs. This board features the STM32N657X0 microcontroller, based on the Arm Cortex-M55 core operating at […]

Platform Profile Power/Performance Impact For ThinkPad T14s G6 + AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Jun 12, 2025 8:24 PM CST)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
Back in April I published Linux benchmarks of the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 with the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 SoC. Some follow-up benchmarks I did back then that I have been meaning to publish is looking at the ACPI Platform Profile impact on performance and power for this ThinkPad laptop under Linux. Here are those numbers...

HP ZBook Ultra G1a: An Incredible, Powerful Mobile Workstation Powered By AMD's Ryzen AI Max

Over the past month I have been testing out the HP ZBook Ultra G1a powered by AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO Strix Halo. Simply put: WOW! I don't remember the last time I have been so fascinated by a laptop SoC from its incredible performance generationally and even compared to existing AMD SoCs within the Ryzen AI 300 series and outright dominating against the Intel Lunar Lake for its Xe2 integrated graphics. The HP ZBook Ultra G1a thanks to AMD Strix Halo offers an incredibly potent integrated GPU and allowing up to 16 cores / 32 threads offers immense CPU performance too. HP packages Strix Halo up into a very well built, mobile workstation oriented laptop design to create an amazing laptop. It's a reliable laptop with captivating performance but does carry a high price tag but with good Linux support too except for one caveat.

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT Linux GPU Compute Performance

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Jun 12, 2025 2:18 PM CST)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
Following last week's AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT Linux graphics/gaming review for launch day, today's article is providing an initial look at the GPU compute performance for this new RDNA4-powered ~$349 graphics card on Linux with ROCm 6.4.1.

FusionTech MBM-T113 Delivers Compact ARM-Based Performance in Mobile-ITX Form Factor

The MBM-T113 is a 60x60mm Mobile-ITX embedded board from FusionTech, built around the Allwinner T113-S3 processor. It incorporates a dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 and a HiFi4 DSP, and is intended for use in compact embedded systems where multimedia capabilities and space efficiency are required. FusionTech notes that the Cortex-A7 cores operate at 1.2GHz. The board is […]

Linus Torvalds Rejects The Idea Of Enabling DAMON By Default In The Linux Kernel

DAMON is a nifty data access monitoring solution for the Linux kernel developed by Amazon and other parties for system monitoring and performance/efficiency optimizations and more. But it's not so ground-breaking that it's worth enabling by default in all Linux kernel builds, Linus Torvalds has decided...

Ubuntu 25.04 “Plucky Puffin�: A Bold Leap Forward with GNOME 48 and HDR Brilliance

Ubuntu has long stood as a bastion of accessibility, polish, and power in the Linux ecosystem. With the arrival of Ubuntu 25.04, codenamed “Plucky Puffin”, Canonical has once again demonstrated its commitment to delivering a modern, forward-thinking operating system. This release isn’t just a routine update — it’s a confident stride into a future where Linux desktops are visually stunning, developer-friendly, and brimming with potential.

Ultra Ethernet Consortium Publishes UEC 1.0 Specification

The Ultra Ethernet Consortium today published the UEC Specification 1.0 release. Nearly two years ago the Ultra Ethernet Consortium was started by Intel, AMD, Meta, HPE, and others and hosted by the Linux Foundation for open and high performance networking with an emphasis on AI and HPC...

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