In addition to AMD releasing the Ryzen AI Software 1.7 release on Friday, they also published a new version of their MLIR-AIE compiler toolchain for targeting AMD Ryzen AI NPU devices with this LLVM-based MLIR-focused stack. The MLIR-AIE compiler allows generating Python code for execution on the Ryzen AI NPU and ultimately opens the door … Read more
A proposal has been laid out for a new X.Org Server “main” Git branch to house their development going forward and cleaning up the development lapses over the past few years. Ultimately the hope is for having a new cleaned-up X.Org Server and XWayland Git branch for shipping new releases in 2026. Alan Coopersmith of … Read more
With the upcoming Linux 6.20~7.0 kernel cycle, the HP-WMI driver is slated to add manual fan control support for HP Victus S-Series gaming laptops as well as for some HP OMEN gaming laptops too. A patch queued now into the x86 platform drivers’ “for-next” Git branch introduces manual fan control support for the HP OMEN/Victus … Read more
The intel-speed-select tool that lives within the Linux kernel source tree for allowing some control over Intel Speed Select Technology (SST) and managing of clock frequencies / performance behavior will finally allow limited non-root usage. Ahead of the Linux 6.20~7.0 kernel cycle, a pull request to the x86 platform driver maintainers has been submitted with … Read more
With the Linux 6.19-rc6 kernel release due out later today there will be a number of sound fixes/workarounds to note from the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X gaming handheld to several newer laptops seeing fixes for their audio support. Merged on Friday was the latest batch of sound fixes for the in-development Linux 6.19 kernel. … Read more
Synex is a Linux distribution that’s been around for some months as a Debian-based, minimalistic Linux distribution out of Argentina focused on the needs of small and medium businesses. Making it a bit more intriguing for some now is that with their new release based on Debian 13 is a server edition and they have … Read more
On Friday AMD sent out another set of AMDGPU kernel graphics driver and AMDKFD kernel compute driver patches for queuing in DRM-Next ahead of the upcoming Linux 6.20~7.0 kernel cycle kicking off in February. Already queued in DRM-Next ahead of this next Linux kernel merge window is enabling new graphics IP for upcoming products, including … Read more
Valve just published the Steam Survey results for May 2025 with a nice increase for the Linux gaming marketshare. Valve’s monthly data for the Steam gaming client shows a nice 0.42% rise for Linux gaming use, now up to 2.69%. This is while macOS ended May at 1.85% and Windows was at 95.45%. While 2.69% … Read more
Wine 10.9 fell slightly off its bi-weekly Friday release rhythm with only debuting today, but in any event it’s now available for testing with the latest features for enjoying Windows games/applications on Linux and other platforms. Wine 10.9 pulls in the recently released VKD3D 1.16 and all of its features for the Direct3D 12 API … Read more
The Linux 6.15 merge window has been capped off with the Linux 6.15-rc1 test kernel having been just released. Linus Torvalds just announced the 6.15-rc1 kernel. He commented: “It’s been two weeks, and the merge window is now over. As expected, this was one of the bigger merge windows, almost certainly just because we had … Read more