Merged recently to the latest LLVM/Clang compiler development tree is the Arm C1-Ultra scheduling model for helping with delivering optimal binaries for that flagship next-gen Arm mobile CPU.

The Arm C1-Ultra is the flagship model of Arm's C1 CPUs announced last September . Now for going beyond the basic compiler enablement for the Arm C1 that previously landed into the LLVM 22 codebase , a proper scheduling model is now in place for the C1-Ultra.

The C1-Ultra

It was just days ago we reported on a proposal to drop old network drivers due to AI-driven bug reports becoming a burden on upstream kernel developers. Last night that culminated with an initial pull request to clear out some old, unused networking drivers plus also clearing out the entire ISDN subsystem and more.

Due to AI / large language models (LLMs) generating more and more bug reports against all areas of the kernel -- including drivers that haven't been touched in years or even decades and likely not seeing

While the AMDGPU open-source driver has struggled with HDMI 2.1 support due to the HDMI Forum blocking open-source implementations, HDMI Fixed Rate Link (FRL) as a feature of the HDMI 2.1 specification is enjoying success now with the open-source Nouveau graphics driver on Linux for NVIDIA GPUs.

Thanks to the NVIDIA GPU System Processor (GSP) firmware handling much of the HDMI FRL responsibilities, it's possible to implement this functionality in the open-source kernel graphics driver without running into troubles

Last month Opera released the Opera GX gaming-focused web browser for Linux . It rolled out in RPM and Debian package format support while now for those interested is also available via Flatpak and Snap sandboxed app formats.

Opera shared today that Flatpak and Snap versions of the Opera GX gaming-focused web browser are now available, complete with availability on Flathub and the Snap Store, respectively.

In addition to some network drivers on the chopping block due to AI bug reports for obsolete hardware/drivers and Linux 7.1 dropping various drivers for Russia's Baikal CPUs , the Linux 7.1 kernel as of today also dropped some obsolete PCMCIA host controller drivers.

For years there have been efforts to remove obsolete PCMCIA WiFi cards , PCMCIA to USB drivers , and other steps to phase out obsolete PCMCIA card support. For Linux 7.1, it's a few obsolete host controller drivers being removed that

Oracle announced today they are going to be reducing the frequency of software updates for Solaris 11.4 and their ZFS Storage Appliance software.

Currently Oracle ships a new SRU each month for Oracle Solaris 11.4 and ZFS Storage Appliance for three releases per quarter. But moving forward they will be only shipping two planned updates per quarter.

Oracle will align their Solaris Critical Patch Update micro-release with the Oracle quarterly security release cycle and then follow-up with a support repository update around six weeks later for any

The official release ISOs of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Ubuntu Server 26.04 LTS, and the various other Ubuntu flavors are now available for download.

Ubuntu 26.04 is Canonical's newest Long Term Support (LTS) release and is powered by the very fresh Linux 7.0 kernel. GNOME 50 provides the default desktop environment on Ubuntu 26.04, GCC 15.2 is the default system compiler, the desktop and server installers have seen a

The upcoming Godor 4.7 open-source, cross-platform game engine release is rolling out support for high dynamic range (HDR).

The Godot 4.7 game engine will feature support for HDR output as a long sought after feature. With Godot 4.7, HDR output is being supported on Windows, macOS, iOS, visionOS, and Linux with Wayland.

Ubuntu LTS releases on the desktop have automatically installed OEM vendor kernels where needed and hardware enablement "HWE" kernels in later point releases by default. This provides a better out-of-the-box experience for Ubuntu desktop users and one less chore post-install if desiring a newer/better kernel. With Ubuntu Server 26.04 LTS, the server installer is finally doing the same.

With today's Subiquity 26.04 release announcement as the server installer for Ubuntu Linux, the Ubuntu