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NetBSD 11.0 Released With RISC-V Support, Enhanced Linux System Call Compatibility - https://www.phoronix.com/news/NetBSD-11.0
NetBSD 11.0 Released With RISC-V Support, Enhanced Linux System Call CompatibilityNetBSD 11.0 officially shipped today as the nineteenth major release of this popular BSD operating system...www.phoronix.comMPEG-4 Patent Expiration, RADV On Windows, Open-Source AI & Other July Highlights - https://www.phoronix.com/news/July-2026-Highlights
MPEG-4 Patent Expiration, RADV On Windows, Open-Source AI & Other July HighlightsLast month on Phoronix there were 257 original Linux/open-source related news articles and another 20 featured Linux hardware reviews / multi-page benchmark articles. Following the recent 22nd birthday of Phoronix.com, this puts the overall tally at nearly 51k original news articles and more than 5,600 Linux hardware reviews. Here is a look back at what readers found most exciting during the course of July...www.phoronix.comProminent Arch Linux Developer Resigns After 10 Year Run - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-Foxboron
Prominent Arch Linux Developer Resigns After 10 Year RunArch Linux developer, security team member, AUR maintainer, and package maintainer Morten Linderud "Foxboron" announced today he is resigning from the project...www.phoronix.comLinux 7.2-rc6 Working Around Several Buggy Western Digital SATA Drives - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-rc6-ATA
Linux 7.2-rc6 Working Around Several Buggy Western Digital SATA DrivesMerged ahead of tomorrow's Linux 7.2-rc6 kernel test release are several ATA fixes that include a number of device-specific workarounds for some Western Digital SATA drives that have been failing to work on recent versions of the Linux kernel...www.phoronix.comGNOME Working To Establish An RFC Process, Battling Sloppy AI-Generated Extensions - https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-RFC-Process-AI-Extensions
GNOME Working To Establish An RFC Process, Battling Sloppy AI-Generated ExtensionsGNOME developers were quite busy in closing out the month of July from continued work on establishing a formal Request For Comments (RFC) process for the project to battling the continued flood of AI-generated GNOME Shell extensions...www.phoronix.comKDE Plasma 6.8 To Enjoy Huge Performance Gains For Multi-GPU/eGPU Performance - https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.8-Faster-eGPU
KDE Plasma 6.8 To Enjoy Huge Performance Gains For Multi-GPU/eGPU PerformanceIt's been a very exciting week in the KDE Plasma 6.8 development space particularly thanks to performance work on bettering KWin's multi-GPU / external GPU handling...www.phoronix.comPicolibc 1.8.12 Brings Latest Improvements To This Embedded-Focused C Library - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Picolibc-1.8.12-Released
Picolibc 1.8.12 Brings Latest Improvements To This Embedded-Focused C LibraryIf the recent release of the GNU C Library glibc 2.44 is too big for your embedded use-cases, Keith Packard continues hacking on Picolibc as his embedded-focused C library. Released overnight was Picolibc 1.8.12 with a variety of improvements for this embedded libc...www.phoronix.comAMD Begins Posting Display Core Next 6 "DCN6" Linux Patches For RDNA5 GPUs - https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-DCN6-Linux-Start
AMD Begins Posting Display Core Next 6 "DCN6" Linux Patches For RDNA5 GPUsAMD closed out the month of July by posting some new AMDGPU Display Core "DC" patches. Most notable with this weekly patch ritual is several patches beginning to establish the foundation for Display Core Next 6 "DCN6" as their next-generation display IP. The patches tie DCN6 to the AMD GFX13 graphics engine, which is anticipated to be for the next-generation RDNA5 graphics processors...www.phoronix.comAMD Publishes CDNA5 ISA Documentation For Instinct MI455X - https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-CDNA5-ISA-Documentation
AMD Publishes CDNA5 ISA Documentation For Instinct MI455XFollowing last week's launch of the AMD Instinct MI455X, AMD has now kept with tradition and provided ISA documentation concerning this latest CDNA5 architecture...www.phoronix.comThe First Open-Source Firmware Released For Modern AMD Ryzen AM5 Platform - https://www.phoronix.com/news/OSS-Firmware-MSI-B850-P-WIFI
The First Open-Source Firmware Released For Modern AMD Ryzen AM5 PlatformLast month 3mdeb released their open-source firmware for a modern AMD EPYC motherboard from Gigabyte that was built off the new AMD openSIL project and Coreboot. Today 3mdeb has delivered the first open-source firmware release for a modern AMD Ryzen desktop motherboard with having independently brought their openSIL+Coreboot powered Dasharo stack to the readily available MSI PRO B850-P WIFI...www.phoronix.comShotcut 26.7 Video Editor Released With Stock Asset Library - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Shotcut-26.7-Released
Shotcut 26.7 Video Editor Released With Stock Asset LibraryShotcut 26.7 is out today as the newest feature release to this open-source, cross-platform video editing solution...www.phoronix.comNouveau Preparing To Finally Enable Atomic Mode-Setting By Default - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Nouveau-Atomic-Mode-Setting-26
Nouveau Preparing To Finally Enable Atomic Mode-Setting By DefaultIn addition to the Nouveau kernel driver unblocking Vulkan Video H.264 support for the Mesa NVK driver, another feature change on the way is this open-source NVIDIA Linux driver finally preparing to enable atomic mode-setting by default...www.phoronix.comArch Linux AUR Under Another Wave Of Malicious Packages, Package Adoptions Halted - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-Adoptions-Halted
Arch Linux AUR Under Another Wave Of Malicious Packages, Package Adoptions HaltedLast month the Arch Linux User Repository "AUR" saw more than 1,500 malicious packages amid a sophisticated malware attack and then also seeing an influx of spam and profanities amid this community/user-maintained repository for the popular Arch Linux distribution. Unfortunately, there is another round of AUR troubles...www.phoronix.comLinux 7.3 To Allow Tuning AMD P-State Dynamic EPP With Per CPU Core Granularity - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-AMD-Per-Core-Dynamic
Linux 7.3 To Allow Tuning AMD P-State Dynamic EPP With Per CPU Core GranularitySent out last night was the last batch of planned AMD P-State driver feature improvements targeting the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window...www.phoronix.comServo 0.4 Browser Engine Gets More Websites Rendering Correctly - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-0.4-Released
Servo 0.4 Browser Engine Gets More Websites Rendering CorrectlyServo 0.4 was just released for closing out the month of July. This month the Servo browser engine with its servoshell demo browser began rendering more real-world websites correctly...www.phoronix.comNouveau Patch For Linux 7.3 Allows For NVK Vulkan Video Atop NVIDIA NVDEC - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-Nouveau-NVDEC
Nouveau Patch For Linux 7.3 Allows For NVK Vulkan Video Atop NVIDIA NVDECThis week's round of drm-misc-next patches for staging ahead of the Linux 7.3 kernel merge window bring an exciting change for the open-source NVIDIA "Nouveau" driver...www.phoronix.comNouveau Patch For Linux 7.3 Opens The Door For NVK Vulkan Video Atop NVIDIA NVDEC - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-Nouveau-NVDEC
Nouveau Patch For Linux 7.3 Allows For NVK Vulkan Video Atop NVIDIA NVDECThis week's round of drm-misc-next patches for staging ahead of the Linux 7.3 kernel merge window bring an exciting change for the open-source NVIDIA "Nouveau" driver...www.phoronix.comx86_64 Shadow Stack By Default Retargeted For Fedora 46 - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-46-Shadow-Stack-Plans
x86_64 Shadow Stack By Default Retargeted For Fedora 46In recent weeks there was a proposal to enable x86_64 Shadow Stack support by default with the upcoming Fedora Linux 45 release. That change has been approved now by the Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) but with the feature being punted off to Fedora 46 next year...www.phoronix.comVulkan 1.4.358 Released With New Image Tiling Control Extension - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vulkan-1.4.358
Vulkan 1.4.358 Released With New Image Tiling Control ExtensionAfter two weeks without any Vulkan spec update, Vulkan 1.4.358 was released overnight. Besides the usual assortment of minor clarifications/fixes, Vulkan 1.4.358 introduces one new extension: VK_EXT_image_tiling_control...www.phoronix.com