📰 Features Coming For Linux 7.3 From Optimizing Intel Hybrid CPUs To Old AMD Athlon XPs

With Linux 7.2 expected to see its stable debut Sunday, here is a look at what I have been monitoring as changes expected to be submitted during the Linux 7.3 merge window that will open on Monday...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-Features-Preview

#amd #intel #linux

📰 Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.11 Adds Support for Multi-Frame Compressed Images

Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.11 flashing tool for Raspberry Pi devices is now available for download with support for newer multi-frame compressed images, more reliable writes to SD cards, and other changes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/raspberry-pi-imager-2-0-11-adds-support-for-multi-frame-compressed-images

#raspberry

📰 Add multiple picture widgets to your Ubuntu desktop

If you remember that desktop picture widget for GNOME I wrote about last year, but found it a bit too basic for your personalisation preferences, you weren’t alone. Another user felt it could lacked enough flexibility, so forked and improved it. Picture Desktop Widget Remake improves on the original. It lets add multiple picture widgets to your Ubuntu desktop, and assign each one a different folder to pull images from, at random.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/desktop-picture-frame-widget-ubuntu

#gnome #ubuntu

📰 Omarchy 4.0 Linux Distro Released With Desktop Shell Now Implemented Via Quickshell

Omarchy as the Arch Linux distribution developed by David Heinemeier Hansson "DHH" / Basecamp is out today with Omarchy 4.0 as the distro's biggest release to date...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Omarchy-4.0-Released

#arch #distro #linux

📰 Lemonade 11.6 Integrates Muse-Glimmer 30B, Experimental TheNoise ROCm Image Generation

For those dabbling with generative AI on the weekends, the AMD-led Lemonade SDK 11.6 is out today with its newest feature release of this open-source software for running local AI apps with optimized LLMs across CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Lemonade-SDK-11.6

#amd #opensource

📰 KDE Frameworks 6.29 Adds ZIP64 Writing, Expands HEIF Support

KDE Frameworks 6.29 arrives with ZIP64 archive writing, broader HEIF image support, KIO improvements, and numerous fixes across KDE’s core libraries.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/kde-frameworks-6-29-adds-zip64-writing-expands-heif-support/

#kde

📰 AMD Posts Massive 109 Patch Series For GFX 12.1 RAS Support On Friday Evening

AMD has a tendency to send out large feature patch series for their open-source Linux drivers on Friday afternoons/evenings. Today we were greeted by a set of 109 patches working on RAS support for the upcoming AMD GFX12.1 target...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-GFX12.1-RAS-Patch-Series

#amd #linux #opensource

📰 The Epic Games Launcher is coming to Linux, but the Heroic team isn't too worried

Heroic's home turf advantage may make it the winner of the two.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/the-epic-games-launcher-is-coming-to-linux-but-the-heroic-team-isnt-too-worried/

#linux

📰 Overshared to an AI? Proton's Tool Will Give You a Reality Check

Powered by Lumo, the tool turns your exported AI chat history into a personalized report of your privacy exposure.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17418931/proton-ai-paper-trail

#proton

📰 Canonical Certifies the Advantech AOM-2721 AIoT Board for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Canonical announces the availability of its Ubuntu 24.04 LTS operating system on the Advantech AOM-2721 AIoT development board.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/canonical-certifies-the-advantech-aom-2721-aiot-board-for-ubuntu-24-04-lts

#ubuntu

📰 Debian Developers Begin Voting Over LLM Usage Within The Project

Debian developers have been considering a general resolution over LLM usage within the project. After collecting a variety of proposals, voting has now commenced for Debian developers to decide how comfortable they are with AI / Large Language Model contributions in the project or not...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Votes-On-LLM-Usage

#debian

📰 Intel's Jay Graphics Shader Compiler Now Passing Vulkan CTS With Xe2/Xe3 Hardware

Last year Alyssa Rosenzweig joined Intel to work on their Linux graphics drivers after previously serving as a contractor for Valve on their graphics stack and also previously leading the Mesa driver work for the Asahi Linux Apple Silicon graphics support. Since joining Intel, she has been leading the development of Jay as a new SSA-based shader compiler for Intel graphics hardware to be used by the Mesa Iris Gallium3D and ANV Vulkan drivers...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Jay-Compiler-Xe2-Xe3-CTS

#intel #linux

📰 Late Sound Fixes For Linux 7.2 Bring More Device Quirks, Intel Nova Lake HDMI-In Capture

Ahead of the presumed Linux 7.2 stable kernel release tomorrow, some last minute sound fixes/quirks have been merged for this next kernel version...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Last-Sound-Fixes-Linux-7.2

#intel #kernel #linux

📰 Arch-Based Omarchy 4.0 “Quattro” Is Here with Its Biggest Desktop Overhaul Yet

Omarchy 4.0 “Quattro” arrives with a completely rewritten Quickshell-based desktop shell, faster installs, dual-boot support, and usability improvements.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/arch-based-omarchy-4-0-quattro-is-here-with-its-biggest-desktop-overhaul-yet/

#arch

📰 Marek Olšák's 19 Latest Patches Further Optimizing RADV & ACO

Legendary Mesa Radeon Gallium3D driver developer Marek Olšák who was a longtime AMD employee and then joined Valve's Linux graphics driver team earlier this year has continued his focus now on perfecting his art around the RADV Vulkan driver and ACO shader compiler...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/RADV-ACO-19-More-Patches-Valve

#amd #linux

📰 TUXEDO OS Debian-Based Open Beta Is Now Available for Testing

The first public beta of the redesigned TUXEDO OS is now available, marking the distro’s move away from Ubuntu to Debian Testing.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/tuxedo-os-debian-based-open-beta-is-now-available-for-testing/

#debian #distro #ubuntu