Radeon RADV Vulkan Driver Is On The Verge Of Another Big Ray-Tracing Performance Gain
https://www.phoronix.com/news/RADV-More-RT-Performance-2026
https://www.phoronix.com/news/RADV-More-RT-Performance-2026
Next-Gen AMD Server SoCs To Enjoy Firmware-Agnostic Platform Configuration Approach
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-OSFC-2025-FIrmware-Config
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-OSFC-2025-FIrmware-Config
Phoronix
Next-Gen AMD Server SoCs To Enjoy Firmware-Agnostic Platform Configuration Approach
Next-generation AMD server SoCs -- presumably the AMD EPYC 'Venice' on Zen 6 -- is poised to introduce a firmware-agnostic platform configuration platform configuration change method/format
Dell Pro Max GB10 vs. AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Framework Desktop For Llama.cpp, OpenCL & Vulkan Compute
https://www.phoronix.com/review/dell-pro-max-gb10-llama-cpp
https://www.phoronix.com/review/dell-pro-max-gb10-llama-cpp
Phoronix
Dell Pro Max GB10 vs. AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Framework Desktop For Llama.cpp, OpenCL & Vulkan Compute
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Intel FSP Improvements With Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake"
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-FSP-Panther-Lake
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-FSP-Panther-Lake
Phoronix
Intel FSP Improvements With Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake"
While for years open-source firmware enthusiasts have been after an open-source Firmware Support Package 'FSP' for Intel CPUs and back during Raja Koduri's tenure at Intel it sounded like it might happen, it has yet to happen
AMD Linux GPU Driver Improvement Coming For DP-HDMI Dongles
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-DP-HDMI-Dongle-340MHz
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-DP-HDMI-Dongle-340MHz
Phoronix
AMD Linux GPU Driver Improvement Coming For DP-HDMI Dongles
For those using a DisplayPort to HDMI dongle currently with the AMDGPU Linux kernel graphics driver may find some higher resolutions / modes unavailable
FEX 2601 Brings Various Fixes, Improvements For Wine & DXVK/VKD3D-Proton
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FEX-Emu-2601
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FEX-Emu-2601
Phoronix
FEX 2601 Brings Various Fixes, Improvements For Wine & DXVK/VKD3D-Proton
FEX, the open-source emulator for running x86 and x86_64 binaries on AArch64 (ARM64) Linux and that is sponsored by Valve and to be used by the Steam Frame, is out with a new monthly feature release.
A data model for Git (and other docs updates)
https://jvns.ca/blog/2026/01/08/a-data-model-for-git/
https://jvns.ca/blog/2026/01/08/a-data-model-for-git/
Julia Evans
A data model for Git (and other docs updates)
Hello! This past fall, I decided to take some time to work on Git’s documentation. I’ve been thinking about working on open source docs for a long time – usually if I think the documentation for something could be improved, I’ll write a blog post or a zine…
Etnaviv Driver Wires Up PPU Flop Reset Support Needed By Some Vivante Hardware
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Etnaviv-PPU-Flop-Reset
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Etnaviv-PPU-Flop-Reset
Phoronix
Etnaviv Driver Wires Up PPU Flop Reset Support Needed By Some Vivante Hardware
Sent out today was the latest batch of drm-misc-next changes to DRM-Next for staging ahead of the upcoming Linux 6.20~7.0 kernel cycle
Linux Patches Enable Intel GPU Firmware Updating From Non-x86 Systems
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-dGPU-Firmware-Non-x86
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-dGPU-Firmware-Non-x86
Phoronix
Linux Patches Enable Intel GPU Firmware Updating From Non-x86 Systems
The modern Intel Xe kernel graphics driver was designed from the start to be more broadly compatible with non-x86 architectures given their discrete graphics processors being front and center, unlike the legacy i915 kernel graphics driver being very x86 minded
Linus Torvalds: "The AI Slop Issue Is *NOT* Going To Be Solved With Documentation"
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Torvalds-Linux-Kernel-AI-Slop
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Torvalds-Linux-Kernel-AI-Slop
Phoronix
Linus Torvalds: "The AI Slop Issue Is *NOT* Going To Be Solved With Documentation"
The Linux kernel developers for months now have been debating proposed guidelines for tool-generated submissions to the Linux kernel
NVIDIA Optimizes Printing Of Linux Memory Stats For 11% System Time Savings
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Optimize-Printf-Memcg
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Optimize-Printf-Memcg
Phoronix
NVIDIA Optimizes Printing Of Linux Memory Stats For 11% System Time Savings
A NVIDIA engineer restructuring some of the printf-related code within the memory resource controller 'memcg' statistics printing code to reduce the system time by 11% for dumping those stats.
Intel Panther Lake Laptops For Pre-Order Scarce So Far
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Core-Ultra-3-Pre-Order
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Core-Ultra-3-Pre-Order
Phoronix
Intel Panther Lake Laptops For Pre-Order Scarce So Far
On Monday at CES Intel announced Panther Lake as Core Ultra Series 3 with the initial laptop designs to be available for pre-order starting the following day, 6 January, while global availability is expected around 27 January