📰 Intel's Cache Aware Scheduling Inches Closer To Being Merged For Linux

I have been writing about the Cache Aware Scheduling work led by Intel engineers on the Linux kernel for more than a year. I've also tested out Cache Aware Scheduling on both Intel and AMD CPUs with the patched Linux kernel to great success. And thus very happy to see the Cache Aware Scheduling patches inching closer to the mainline Linux kernel...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Cache-Aware-Sched-Nears

#amd #intel #kernel #linux

📰 AMD announce FSR Upscaling 4.1 officially coming to RDNA 3 and RDNA 2

They sure took their sweet time didn't they. AMD have officially announced that FSR Upscaling 4.1 is officially coming to their older GPUs.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/amd-announce-fsr-upscaling-4-1-officially-coming-to-rdna-3-and-rdna-2/

#amd

📰 Fedora AI Desktop Initiative Blocked After Council Vote Reversal

Fedora’s AI Developer Desktop proposal is now blocked after two Council members reversed their initial approvals.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/fedora-ai-desktop-initiative-blocked-after-council-vote-reversal/

#fedora

📰 CachyOS skipped the Open Gaming Collective, and gamers rewarded it by making it the top Linux distro on Steam

The Open Gaming Collective wants to make Linux gaming better, but CachyOS is proving you can do that just fine with no strings attached.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/cachyos-skipped-open-gaming-initiative-gamers-rewarded-making-top-linux-distro-steam/

#distro #linux #steam

📰 MSI Claw Configuration Driver For Linux Coming Together With The Assistance Of AI

One of the latest Linux gaming handheld drivers being worked on is the MSI Claw Configuration Driver for controller configuration...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/MSI-Claw-Configuration-Driver

#linux

📰 MuseScore Studio 4.7 Notation App Adds New Guitar Features

MuseScore Studio 4.7 open-source notation app adds new engraving tools, guitar notation features, playback improvements, MP4 export, and more.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/musescore-studio-4-7-notation-app-adds-new-guitar-features/

#opensource

📰 AMD promises to bring improved, hardware-backed FSR 4 upscaling to older Radeon GPUs

FSR 4.1 running on RDNA3 or RDNA2 GPUs may take a bigger performance hit.

🔗 Source: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/05/amd-promises-to-bring-improved-hardware-backed-fsr-4-upscaling-to-older-radeon-gpus/

#amd

📰 KDE is finally killing X11, and I'm not as sad as I thought I'd be

The display server older than me is on its way out, and I'm okay with it.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/kde-dropping-x11-support/

#kde

📰 BleachBit’s new TUI lets you clean without a desktop environment

Open-source cleaning tool BleachBit has gained a text-based user interface (TUI) as an optional alternative to its standard graphical frontend. Unlike BleachBit’s existing CLI, which is intended for non-interactive use in scripts, the TUI is fully interactive, you navigate the interface with your keyboard (there’s limited mouse support) to select, preview and clean out cruft.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/bleachbit-tui

#opensource

📰 New AMD Dynamic EPP Feature Causing Some Problems With Linux 7.1

Dynamic EPP is one of the new AMD P-State features in Linux 7.1, but, unfortunately is causing some fallout in early usage of this power-savings related functionality...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Dynamic-EPP-Fallout

#amd #linux

📰 Ubuntu 25.10 Users Can Now Upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Here’s How

A step-by-step and easy-to-follow tutorial (with screenshots) on how to upgrade your Ubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka) installations to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon).

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-25-10-users-can-now-upgrade-to-ubuntu-26-04-lts-heres-how

#ubuntu

📰 Can You Run LLMs Locally Without a GPU? I Tested 8 Models on Linux

Want to run AI models locally without expensive hardware? I tested 8 LLMs on a CPU-only machine to find out what works and what doesn’t.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17341706/testing-local-llms-without-gpu

#linux

📰 Rocky Linux Adds Security Repo for Urgent Fixes

Rocky Linux introduces an opt-in Security Repository for urgent fixes when critical vulnerabilities need patches before upstream updates arrive.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/rocky-linux-adds-security-repo-for-urgent-fixes/

#linux