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Better ASUS ROG Ally X support on Linux is coming with a big kernel patch


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If you were hoping to see better ASUS ROG Ally X support on Linux, you're in for a treat here, as there's a big patch that's been sent in.

Linux kernel 6.10 is out now


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Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux kernel 6.10 and with it, plenty of new hardware support and improvements to existing hardware. You know the drill.

NVIDIA exploring ways to support an upstream kernel mode GPU driver


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Time to get your popcorn out, as it seems NVIDIA are continuing their steps to further improve their Linux support on their GPUs.

Linux kernel 6.8 is out now with lots of new features


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Linux kernel 6.8 has been released now by Linus Torvalds and as usual, there's absolutely tons of changes and new features.

AMDGPU driver for Linux 6.7 enforces lower power limits from vBIOS


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Starting with Linux kernel 6.7, users of the AMDGPU driver are not be able to set power limits below the recommended values advised by the AMD Engineering team on the hardware itself. The new low-power limits are intentionally enforced and set based on each card vBIOS specification.

Proposed Windows NT sync driver brings big Wine / Proton performance improvements


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Zeb Figura of CodeWeavers has proposed a Windows NT synchronization primitive driver to help performance of running games and applications designed for Windows on Linux with Wine / Proton.

Linux kernel 6.7 is out now and it's one of the largest releases ever


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Linus Torvalds announced the release of the Linux kernel 6.7 on Sunday, 7th January 2024 and as it turns out it's one of the largest releases ever.

Linux updates tease Valve 'Galileo' and 'Sephiroth' - Steam Deck refresh? Or new VR?


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Here's something that could be exciting but also could be a whole lot of nothing. So keep expectations firmly in check, but work submitted for Linux kernel 6.6 show something interesting from Valve. Potentially a Steam Deck refresh or their new VR headset perhaps?

Linux kernel 6.5 released


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Here it is, on August 27th the latest work by a great many developers was released with Linus Torvalds announcing the Linux kernel 6.5.

Linux kernel gets an AMD Zenbleed fix for the Steam Deck APU


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One security issue I somehow missed back in July was Zenbleed, an issue with AMD CPUs that's getting patched up in the Linux kernel and now the Steam Deck is getting a kernel fix for it too.

Linux kernel 6.4 is out now


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Linus Torvalds has announced the release of the Linux kernel 6.4 and with it, lots and lots of new features and fixes.

HDR and Colour Management for AMD / Steam Deck and KDE Plasma coming along


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With all the work going on right now to get Linux to properly support HDR, another patch set has landed to hopefully get some of it hooked up.

Linux kernel 6.3 is out now here's some quick highlights


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Linus Torvalds announced the full release of Linux kernel 6.3, and with it plenty of the usual improvements everywhere.

Linux kernel 6.2 is out now, here's a feature highlight


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You can have a little Linux kernel update, as a treat. The Linux kernel 6.2 is officially out now so here's some notes on some of what's new.

Linux kernel 6.1 is out now


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Linus Torvalds has officially released the Linux kernel 6.1, and as usual there's absolutely tons of new features and fixes.

Better Linux support for OneXPlayer coming, likely for SteamOS like Steam Deck


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We already know that OneXPlayer have it in their plans to put SteamOS on their devices, and perhaps this Linux kernel work is a step towards it.

Linux kernel 6.0 is out now


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The latest and great version of the Linux kernel has been released with Linux 6.0 out now. Linus Torvalds was also given an award from Intel recently.

Linux 5.19 is out now, Torvalds released it using an Apple silicon MacBook


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The latest kernel release is out with Linux 5.19 and showing just how far Linux support for the newer Apple silicon MacBooks has come, Linus Torvalds did the release on one!

Linux kernel 5.18 is out now


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Linus Torvalds has announced the release of the latest Linux kernel version 5.18, bringing with it the usual masses of improvements and new hardware support.

Linux 5.17 is out now with new AMD P-State driver


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Linus Torvalds has announced the release of the Linux Kernel version 5.17, with one of the most prominent features being the new AMD P-State driver for modern CPUs.
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