Framework 13 With AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series "Strix Point" Makes For A Great Linux Laptop Today the review embargo lifts on the Framework 13 with AMD Ryzen AI 300 "Strix Point" SoCs: wow, what an upgrade! I've spent the past week testing out the Framework 13 with the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and it's been terrific. Framework 13's modularity continues to pay off and allows easily upgrading to the new Strix Point bearing motherboard with AMD…

Framework 13 With AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series "Strix Point" Makes For A Great Linux Laptop Review - Phoronix

Today the review embargo lifts on the Framework 13 with AMD Ryzen AI 300 'Strix Point' SoCs: wow, what an upgrade! I've spent the pa...

GCC 15 Compiler Branched Ahead Of GCC 15.1 Stable Release The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) code was branched today to the releases/gcc-15 branch and GCC 16.0.0 is now the version on the main development branch...

GCC 15 Compiler Branched Ahead Of GCC 15.1 Stable Release - Phoronix

The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) code was branched today to the releases/gcc-15 branch and GCC 16.0.0 is now the version on the main development b...

Mesa's Old OpenCL "Clover" Driver Removed For Mesa 25.2 Now that Mesa 25.1 is branched for this quarter's Mesa 3D feature release, Mesa 25.2 has entered development on the main Git branch. One of the first merged changes for Mesa 25.2 is removing the old OpenCL Gallium3D "Clover" driver...

Mesa's Old OpenCL "Clover" Driver Removed For Mesa 25.2 - Phoronix

Now that Mesa 25.1 is branched for this quarter's Mesa 3D feature release, Mesa 25.2 has entered development on the main Git branch

Mesa 25.1-rc1 Released With AMD RDNA4 Improvements, Lots Of RADV & Intel ANV Additions Eric Engestrom is once again stepping up to manage the next quarterly Mesa driver feature release and thus today we have the on-time branching of Mesa 25.1 from Mesa Git and already the release of Mesa 25.1-rc1. This release brings many improvements to the collection of open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers that should be ready for their stable debut in Ma…

Mesa 25.1-rc1 Released With AMD RDNA4 Improvements, Lots Of RADV & Intel ANV Additions - Phoronix

Eric Engestrom is once again stepping up to manage the next quarterly Mesa driver feature release and thus today we have the on-time branching of M...

NVIDIA 575.51.02 Linux Driver Beta Released With Smooth Motion Support With today's launch of the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti graphics card, NVIDIA has also introduced their first Linux driver beta in the R575 driver series...

NVIDIA 575.51.02 Linux Driver Beta Released With Smooth Motion Support - Phoronix

With today's launch of the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti graphics card, NVIDIA has also introduced their first Linux driver beta in the R575 driver series.

GCC 15 Squeezes In Some Last Minute Adjustments For AMD Zen 5 "znver5" The GCC 15.1 compiler release is expected in the coming weeks as the first stable version of GCC 15 as this annual GNU Compiler Collection release. As we approach the finish line, some last minute changes were merged for the AMD Zen 5 "znver5" CPU target...

GCC 15 Squeezes In Some Last Minute Adjustments For AMD Zen 5 "znver5" - Phoronix

The GCC 15.1 compiler release is expected in the coming weeks as the first stable version of GCC 15 as this annual GNU Compiler Collection release

Mesa 25.1 Panfrost & PanVK Begin Supporting Newer Arm Mali 5th Gen Graphics With the newest Mesa 25.1-devel Git code merged today the Panfrost Gallium3D and PanVK Vulkan drivers for Arm Mali open-source graphics are supporting Mali 5th Gen gen 1 (v12) and gen 2 (v13) devices...

Mesa 25.1 Panfrost & PanVK Begin Supporting Newer Arm Mali 5th Gen Graphics - Phoronix

With the newest Mesa 25.1-devel Git code merged today the Panfrost Gallium3D and PanVK Vulkan drivers for Arm Mali open-source graphics are support...

Fedora 42 Released As A Fantastic Update To This Leading-Edge Linux Distribution Fedora 42 is out today as a fabulous update to this prominent leading-edge Linux distribution sponsored by Red Hat. I've been running Fedora 42 on several systems already -- including upgrading my main production system to it -- and it's been working out very well. Fedora 42 is packed full of new features and software updates making it a great H1'2025 Linux operatin…

Fedora 42 Released As A Fantastic Update To This Leading-Edge Linux Distribution - Phoronix

Fedora 42 is out today as a fabulous update to this prominent leading-edge Linux distribution sponsored by Red Hat

Manjaro 25.0 Released With Upgrades To Linux 6.12 Plus GNOME 48 & KDE Plasma 6.3 In addition to yesterday's alpha release of the semi-immutable Majaro Summit distribution, Manjaro Linux has now resolved Manjaro 25.0 as the newest version of this (non-immutable) Arch Linux based desktop operating system...

Manjaro 25.0 Released With Upgrades To Linux 6.12 Plus GNOME 48 & KDE Plasma 6.3 - Phoronix

In addition to yesterday's alpha release of the semi-immutable Majaro Summit distribution, Manjaro Linux has now resolved Manjaro 25.0 as the ...

Manjaro Summit Now In Alpha For Semi-Immutable, Atomically Updated Arch Linux Distro For fans of the Arch-based Manjaro Linux distribution, the distribution team announced the public alpha release of Manjaro Summit: a new semi-immutable flavor along similar lines to Fedora Silverblue, Nitrux, Aeryn OS, openSUSE Aeon, and others...

Manjaro Summit Now In Alpha For Semi-Immutable, Atomically Updated Arch Linux Distro - Phoronix

For fans of the Arch-based Manjaro Linux distribution, the distribution team announced the public alpha release of Manjaro Summit: a new semi-immut...