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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-08 22:54:23)
Intel Sunsets Quantum Intrinsics & Other Open-Source Projects This Week

Intel has formally archived some more of their now-unmaintained open-source projects this week...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Ends-Quantum-Intrinsics
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-08 22:24:05)
AMD ZenDNN 6.0 Brings Many Improvements For Accelerating Inference On Ryzen/EPYC CPUs

AMD ZenDNN 6.0 released today as a significant update to this open-source deep neural network library for helping to accelerate inferencing on AMD Zen processors from Ryzen to EPYC...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-ZenDNN-6.0
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-08 21:39:19)
Wayland No Longer Considered Experimental For Linux Mint's Next Cinnamon Release

The Linux Mint distribution has published their June development summary that most notably includes work on Cinnamon's Wayland support where it's now ready to graduate...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/LinuxMint-Cinnamon-Wayland-Good
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-08 19:54:04)
Linux 7.3 To Make It Easier To Disable Syscall User Dispatch

Introduced to the Linux kernel nearly six years ago was the Syscall User Dispatch feature to help with Linux gaming. Specifically, Syscall User Dispatch was developed to help Windows games run on Linux more efficiently. While it was upstreamed in Linux 5.11 for more efficiently intercepting system calls from Windows software under Wine, now in the name of security there are patches working their way to the mai…
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Toggle-Syscall-User-Dispatch
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-08 10:54:05)
XWayland 24.1.13 Released To Fix Two More Security Issues In The X.Org Codebase

Two more security issues were made public today concerning the X.Org Server codebase and in turn XWayland also being affected...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/XWayland-24.1.13-Released
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-08 06:24:07)
Proton 11.0-1 Released To Advance Valve's Steam Play For The Best Linux Experience Yet

Proton 11.0-1 was just released as stable as the newest major version of this downstream of Wine that powers Valve's Steam Play to provide for a great Windows gaming experience across conventional Linux systems plus the popular Steam Deck and brand new Steam Machine...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Proton-11.0-1
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-08 06:09:07)
AMD Linux Graphics Driver Working To Clear Out All Of Its BUG()s

AMDGPU kernel driver maintainer Alex Deucher of AMD sent out a set of 30 patches today working on clearing out all of the BUG() usage within this Linux kernel graphics driver...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-Clearing-Out-BUGs
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-08 00:54:23)
NVIDIA Upstreams Initial Rigel CPU Support Into GCC Compiler

That didn't take long... Mere minutes after NVIDIA confirmed some basic Rosa CPU details and its "Rigel" CPU core, merged to the upstream GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) codebase is initial enablement on the NVIDIA Rigel core...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Rigel-Upstream-GCC
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-08 00:39:24)
NVIDIA Confirms Some Rosa CPU Details With Its Rigel Core

In a blog post today talking up the single threaded CPU performance of their Vera CPU with Olympus cores, NVIDIA confirmed a few basic details of their next-gen Rosa CPU featuring their "Rigel" core...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Rosa-CPU-Rigel-Core
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-08 00:09:02)
Razer Certifying Their First Laptop For Linux: Razer Blade 18 RZ09-0582

Razer is a brand synonymous with gaming and finally in 2026 they are in the process of certifying their first laptop for Ubuntu Linux. This laptop going through Ubuntu Linux certification is the Razer Blade 18 RZ09-0582 and it offers incredible performance with the Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus processor and GeForce RTX 5090 graphics but with that also comes a very high price tag.
https://www.phoronix.com/review/razer-blade-18-linux
Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-07 21:24:07)
TUXEDO Computers Switching TUXEDO OS From Ubuntu To Debian Testing

Bavarian Linux PC vendor TUXEDO Computers announced they are switching from Ubuntu to Debian as the base for their TUXEDO OS platform...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/TUXEDO-Computers-Goes-Debian
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-07 19:39:24)
AF_ALG "Nightmare" Being Further Limited In Linux 7.3 With New Sysctl Knob

The Linux kernel's AF_ALG interface was deprecated in Linux 7.2. This interface for letting user-space programs interact directly with the Linux kernel crypto API has proven to be a "massive attack surface" due to a variety of security concerns. With its deprecation in Linux 7.2, some AF_ALG features are already removed and for Linux 7.3 this interface is being further restrained...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AF-ALG-Restrict-Sysctl-Linux
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-07 19:24:04)
"I'll Make The Linux Kernel Mailing List Burn": Prominent LLVM Linux Developer Returns

One of the original developers behind the work to allow the Linux kernel to be compiled using LLVM/Clang as an alternative to the GCC compiler is now back in the saddle working on LLVM Linux support. LLVM/Clang support for building the Linux kernel has been important for improving code portability and addressing GCC'isms, making use of LLVM compiler features not yet found with the GNU…
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Nick-Desaulniers-LLVM-Linux
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-07 19:09:08)
EHEA 10Gb Ethernet Driver Being Retired By IBM As A Relic Of Outdated POWER Hardware

In 2026 it's not too surprising when seeing old PCMCIA and ISA drivers being removed from the mainline Linux kernel source tree and old very low-speed network interfaces, with arguably the most surprising fast being how long they lasted in the mainline kernel. Meanwhile for the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel, one of the first 10Gb Ethernet drivers is already set for retirement from the mainl…
https://www.phoronix.com/news/IBM-EHEA-Being-Retired
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-07 09:54:05)
Microsoft Lands Initial AV1 Encoding Using DirectX 12 + HMFT Within Mesa 26.2

The newest, unexpected addition to the Mesa codebase by Microsoft engineers is contributed accelerated AV1 video encoding on the GPU using a combination of DirectX 12 and the Hardware Media Foundation Transform (HMFT) support that is part of the Windows Media Foundation layer...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Microsoft-AV1-Encode-DX12-HMFT
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-07 06:24:06)
Vulkan Video H.264/H.265 Encode Now Working For Intel Alchemist GPUs On Linux

Earlier this year Vulkan Video encode was disabled on newer generations of Intel graphics hardware due to insufficient testing with the Intel ANV open-source driver. That impacted Gen12.5 graphics and newer - basically Alchemist and anything newer. Now at least Gen12.5 graphics with the likes of the Arc A-Series is seeing H.264 and H.265 encoding re-enabled...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-ANV-Gen125-H265-Encode
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-07 04:09:07)
Marek Olšák At Valve Lands RADV Code That Can "Double Performance" With Some VRS Cases

Longtime AMD Linux graphics driver expert Marek Olšák, who joined Valve earlier this year and now focusing more on RADV rather than the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver, has seen some of his latest work now merged for Mesa 26.2. Marek landed a big overhaul to the variable rate shading (VRS) code that in some cases can double the performance...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Marek-Double-VRS-RADV-Perf
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-07 00:09:03)
Ryzen AI Developer Platform: AMD's Own Linux Distribution Built Atop Debian

With the AMD Ryzen AI Halo developer platform there is the option of ordering this Ryzen AI Max+ mini PC with either Microsoft Windows 11 or "Linux OS". When receiving a AMD Ryzen AI Halo review sample last month, I fully expected it to just be an Ubuntu LTS install with ROCm preloaded. I was quite surprised when powering it up to find that it's an OS called the AMD Ryzen AI Developer Platform 1…
https://www.phoronix.com/review/ryzen-ai-linux-os
Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-07 00:09:02)
AMD Ryzen AI Halo Is An Excellent & Powerful Mini PC With Fully Open-Source Software

Earlier this year AMD announced the Ryzen AI Halo as their in-house mini PC offering built around their leading Ryzen AI Max+ "Strix Halo" platform. After pre-orders began last month, the Ryzen AI Halo is officially beginning to ship this week and over the past few weeks we have been testing it out at Phoronix.
https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-ryzen-ai-halo
Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-06 22:39:16)
Linux 7.3 Expected To "Flatten The Pick" For Better Scheduling While Gaming & More

Going back to early May there were patches for improving the Linux scheduler to help with gaming performance on old "potato" hardware by providing better cgroup scheduling. Those patches, referred to as the "flatten the pick" patch series, are now slated for introduction in the Linux 7.3 kernel...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-Flattens-The-Pick
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-06 21:54:06)
Intel i915 Driver Nearly Ready To "Work Well" With RT Linux Kernel Sans Display Support

When it comes to the real-time "RT" patches carried outside of the Linux kernel, a number of them pertain to adjustments around the Intel i915 kernel DRM graphics driver. The mainline Linux kernel and its RT support depend upon not building "PREEMPT_RT" for the i915 driver support while patches have been worked on recently for making this Intel kernel graphics driver code play nicely…
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-i915-RT-Linux-Kernel
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-06 19:39:27)
Canonical On Making Ubuntu For ARM64 "Truly A First-Class Architecture"

The Ubuntu Foundations Engineering Manager, Ravi Kant Sharma, with Canonical has provided an update regarding the current ARM64 state on Ubuntu Linux...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-ARM64-2026
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-06 19:09:09)
Pioneer DJM-S11 Professional DJ Mixer To Be Supported By Linux 7.3

The Pioneer DJM-S11 is a professional scratch style 2-channel DJ mixer that retails for $2,269 USD. But if currently connecting this expensive piece of kit to Linux, it does nothing and is unusable. With 87 new lines of code, it will begin to work with the Linux 7.3 kernel later this year...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Pioneer-DJ-DJM-S11-Linux
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-06 19:09:07)
Uniwill Laptop Driver Preparing A Number Of Features For Linux 7.3

The Unwill laptop driver on Linux for supporting various device-specific features by that major OEM/ODM will be seeing several new features with the Linux 7.3 cycle later this year. One of the most notable users of the Unwill driver is Bavarian Linux PC vendor TUXEDO Computers...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Uniwill-Improvements-Linux-7.3
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-06 13:24:19)
D7VK's Performance Gains Since Its Inception For Older Direct3D Versions On Linux

In addition to Sunday's release of DXVK 3.0.1, D7VK 1.12 was separately released as the latest version of this implementation for Direct3D 7 and older atop the Vulkan API...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/D7VK-1.12
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-06 10:24:05)
Linux 7.2-rc2 Released: "Things Look Very Normal"

Linux 7.2-rc2 is now available for testing in working toward the stable Linux 7.2 release in August...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-rc2-Released
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-06 08:24:05)
DXVK 3.0.1 Released With More Game Fixes, Other Improvements

Following the release of DXVK 3.0 from late June that brought several big changes, DXVK 3.0.1 is out today with shipping various game fixes and other improvements to this important piece of Valve's Steam Play (Proton) for Direct3D Windows games on Linux...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/DXVK-3.0.1-Released
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-05 19:54:11)
ReactOS "Open-Source Windows" Project Now Capable Of Running Half-Life 2

One month ago it was exciting to see the open-source ReactOS operating system running Valve's Half-Life game. Little to realize less than 30 days later it would also be running Half-Life 2...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Half-Life-2-ReactOS
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-05 19:39:38)
AMD Begins Staging Graphics Driver Changes For Linux 7.3

In addition to Intel beginning to volley graphics driver patches for Linux 7.3, this week AMD also began sending out their pull requests of "new stuff" to DRM-Next for the Linux 7.3 kernel cycle...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-AMDKFD-Start-Linux-7.3
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-07-05 19:39:37)
Intel Preparing Linux For IPU8 Web Camera Support With Nova Lake Laptops

More Linux kernel patches have been surfacing that confirm next-gen, high-end Nova Lake laptops will feature IPU8 image processing capabilities...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-IPU8-With-Nova-Lake
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