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Ubuntu 26.04 Benchmarks Show AMD Strix Point, RDNA 3.5 Graphics Performance Gains

Phoronix benchmarks released today indicate that the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 release delivers significant performance improvements for AMD APUs) featuring Ryzen AI processors.">Strix Point APUs, particularly for their integrated RDNA 3.5 gr...

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Opera GX Linux Now Available on Flathub and Snap Store

Opera GX, the web browser designed for gamers, is now officially available through the Canonical Snap Store and Flathub. This move simplifies the installation process for Linux users, as the browser p...

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AMD ROCm 7.2.2 Delivers Optimization Guide for Ryzen AI / RDNA 3.5 Hardware

AMD today released ROCm 7.2.2, a minor point update to its open-source GPU compute stack. The new version, available April 15, 2026, includes several code changes, but its most significant addition is...

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Servo 0.1.0 LTS Released, Introduces First Long-Term Support Version

The Servo project yesterday announced the release of version 0.1.0, marking its inaugural Long Term Support (LTS) version. This release makes a tech demo available, highlighting the project's progress...

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PCSX2 v2.7.250 Integrates RetroAchievements into Qt Setup Wizard

PCSX2, the open-source PlayStation 2 emulator, released version 2.7.250 today, April 14, 2026. This update introduces the integration of RetroAchievements directly into the emulator's Qt Setup Wizard....

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Ollama v0.20.8-rc0 Updates ROCm to 7.2.1 on Linux

Ollama announced its v0.20.8-rc0 pre-release candidate recently, introducing several updates with a key focus on improved hardware support. For Linux users, this version notably updates its AMD ROCm i...

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GreenBoost-Proton Debuts for NVIDIA Linux Gaming vRAM Augmentation

GreenBoost, an open-source memory tiering solution for NVIDIA GPUs, has introduced GreenBoost-Proton, an extension aimed at enhancing Linux gaming. The original GreenBoost project, showcased last mont...

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Collabora Highlights 227 Patches for Linux Kernel 7.0 Graphics, Media, SoC Support

Linux kernel 7.0 has been released, incorporating significant hardware enablement and performance updates. Collabora announced its contributions, totaling 227 patches from 24 developers, detailing the...

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Mainline Linux Gains Rockchip RK3588 Video Capture and Camera Hardware Support

Collabora announced today that mainline Linux now officially supports the Rockchip RK3588 system-on-chip's video capture and camera hardware. This development follows over five years of collaborative ...

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Linux Kernel Out-Of-Bounds Access Vulnerability Fixed For Unprivileged Users

A critical out-of-bounds access vulnerability within the Linux kernel has been patched. This flaw has been present in the kernel's mainline development for the past three years, posing a significant s...

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Linux 7.0 Stable Kernel Released: Faster Swap, Zen 3 Fix, Rockchip H/W Video

The stable Linux 7.0 kernel was released today, April 13, 2026, by Linus Torvalds. This new version includes a standardized filesystem error reporting system, faster swap performance, and hardware vid...

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Boiling Steam Reports 10 New Steam Deck Verified/Playable Titles, Reviews Noted

Boiling Steam reported on April 11, 2026, that ten new games achieved Steam Deck Verified or Playable status. These titles were released between April 4 and April 11, further expanding the platform's ...

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Steam Adds 61 Native Linux Titles April 1-8, Comprising 13.5% of New Releases

Boiling Steam reported that 61 new games with native Linux builds were released on the Steam platform between April 1st and April 8th. This represents approximately 13.5% of the total new releases on ...

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D7VK 1.7 Released, Enhances Direct3D 3-7 API Translation for Vulkan

The open-source D7VK project released version 1.7 today, April 12, 2026, bringing further improvements for running legacy Microsoft Direct3D APIs on top of Vulkan. D7VK, which started as a fork of DXV...

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AMD GPUOpen Releases MiniDXNN for Fast DX12 MLP Inference on RX 9000 Matrix Cores

AMD GPUOpen today announced the release of MiniDXNN, a new native HLSL and DirectX 12 library designed for machine learning inference. This library specifically targets rapid Multi-Layer Perceptron (M...

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