Linuxgram 🐧@linuxgram · Post #18295 · 03.04.2026 г., 13:25
📰 Snapdragon X2's Adreno X2-85 GPU Sees Driver Improvements For Linux 7.1
Rob Clark on Thursday sent out the batch of MSM DRM driver feature changes targeting the upcoming Linux 7.1 merge window. This new work for DRM-Next includes enhancements to the Adreno X2-85 GPU support as found within the new Snapdragon X2 laptop SoCs plus various enhancements to existing Qualcomm graphics/display hardware...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Qualcomm-MSM
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Linuxgram 🐧@linuxgram · Post #18294 · 03.04.2026 г., 13:09
📰 FreeBSD Laptop Project Hopes To Port Newer Linux Graphics Drivers This Year
Developers working on the FreeBSD laptop initiative to make the FreeBSD operating system more suitable for running on modern laptop hardware have drafted their road-map of further action items they hope to accomplish in 2026...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-Newer-GPU-Drivers-2026
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Linuxgram 🐧@linuxgram · Post #18277 · 02.04.2026 г., 06:21
📰 Running Mainline Linux, U-Boot, and Mesa on Rockchip: A year in review
Get the recap of Nicolas Frattaroli's FOSDEM talk detailing Rockchip’s mainline progress, including Vulkan 1.4 and NPU support as a vital path to sustainable, affordable hardware.
🔗 Source: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2026/03/02/running-mainline-linux-u-boot-and-mesa-on-rockchip-a-year-in-review/
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Linuxgram 🐧@linuxgram · Post #18275 · 01.04.2026 г., 19:57
📰 NVIDIA announce a preview of "DRM Per-Plane Color Pipeline API" support on Linux (good for HDR)
NVIDIA just announced something quite interesting, in the form of an upcoming update for their GPU drivers for Linux.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/nvidia-announce-a-preview-of-drm-per-plane-color-pipeline-api-support-on-linux-good-for-hdr/
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Linuxgram 🐧@linuxgram · Post #18261 · 31.03.2026 г., 15:41
📰 A Lot Of Rust Graphics Driver Changes For Linux 7.1, NVIDIA Nova Driver Additions
Sent out yesterday were the DRM Rust feature changes for DRM-Next ahead of the Linux 7.1 merge window coming in April. The Rust graphics/display driver code for Linux 7.1 includes more programming language abstractions and other Rust infrastructure work to make graphics drivers written in Rust more capable...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-DRM-For-Linux-7.1
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Linuxgram 🐧@linuxgram · Post #18256 · 31.03.2026 г., 13:49
📰 Axios Supply Chain Attack Pushes Cross-Platform RAT via Compromised npm Account
The popular HTTP client known as Axios has suffered a supply chain attack after two newly published versions of the npm package introduced a malicious dependency that delivers a trojan capable of targeting Windows, macOS, and Linux systems.Versions 1.14.1 and 0.30.4 of Axios have been found to inject "plain-crypto-js" version 4.2.1 as a fake dependency.According to StepSecurity, the two.
🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/axios-supply-chain-attack-pushes-cross.html
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Linuxgram 🐧@linuxgram · Post #18253 · 31.03.2026 г., 10:32
📰 The Next LVFS Actions Begin Tomorrow To Encourage More Hardware Vendors To Step Up
Last year the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) announced plans for major vendors to pay or contribute code to this project that makes it easy for deploying new system and device firmware on Linux systems. They are asking those with less than 99 employees to contribute $10k USD annually or those larger organizations to contribute $100k USD annually or to be employing engineer(s) to work full-time on LVFS/Fwupd.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/LVFS-April-2026-Actions
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Linuxgram 🐧@linuxgram · Post #18252 · 31.03.2026 г., 08:52
📰 Fastfetch 2.61 System Information Tool Drops Windows 7 and 8 Support
Fastfetch 2.61 drops Windows 7 and 8 support, introduces faster GPU detection, and transitions to a pure C build on Linux.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/fastfetch-2-61-system-information-tool-drops-windows-7-and-8-support/
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Linuxgram 🐧@linuxgram · Post #18240 · 30.03.2026 г., 09:18
📰 Linux 7.0-rc6 Released With The Fixes Still Coming In Heavy
Linux 7.0-rc6 was just released in quickly working toward the stable Linux 7.0 release in mid-April. This was another busy week with lots of bug fixes...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-rc6-Released
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Linuxgram 🐧@linuxgram · Post #18239 · 30.03.2026 г., 08:36
📰 I stopped guessing why my Linux PC was slow and used one command to find out
Your boot isn't slow for no reason, it just hasn't told you why yet.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/your-linux-pc-is-probably-booting-slower-than-it-should/
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Linuxgram 🐧@linuxgram · Post #18217 · 27.03.2026 г., 22:31
📰 Immutable Linux sounded bulletproof until I tried to use it
I thought this was supposed to make things easier for the user?
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/immutable-linux-sounded-bulletproof-until-i-tried-to-use-it/
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Linuxgram 🐧@linuxgram · Post #18206 · 26.03.2026 г., 22:28
📰 Stop using these 6 built-in Linux commands; I found something way better
These alternatives have replaced several default commands for me.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/built-in-linux-commands-better-alternatives/
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