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📰Running Four Intel Graphics Cards Under Linux On Ubuntu 26.04 It's been nearly one year to the week since Intel introduced Project Battlematrix as their initiative for improving their Linux driver support for the Arc Pro B-Series with enhancements such as bettering the multi-GPU support in allowing up to eight Arc Pro GPUs per system as well as other open-source driver optimizations in the era of AI. 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-arc-pro-b70-four #intel#linux#opensource#ubuntu

📰 Intel's Vulkan Linux Driver Now Supports Device Generated Commands "DGC" Exciting yesterday in the land of Intel's open-source Vulkan driver "ANV" for Linux systems was introducing experimental support for descriptor heaps with the VK_EXT_descriptor_heap extension. Today there is another separate exciting development for this open-source Intel driver: Vulkan device generated commands are finally merged!... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-ANV-Vulkan-DGC #intel#linux#opensource

📰 Intel Media Driver 2026Q1 Continues Nova Lake S Enablement Intel today published their official quarterly feature release to their open-source Media Driver providing Video Acceleration API (VA-API) support on Linux... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Media-Driver-2026Q1 #intel#linux#opensource

📰 Jay: A New Open-Source Shader Compiler Being Developed For Intel GPUs Jay is a new open-source shader compiler being developed for Intel's open-source OpenGL and Vulkan Linux drivers. Ultimately this Jay shader compiler should help in delivering better Linux graphics performance with modern Intel hardware... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Jay-Mesa-Shader-Compiler #linux#opensource#intel

📰Canonical Unveils Ubuntu AI Strategy: Local Models, User Control, and Smarter Workflows by George WhittakerCanonical has officially revealed its long-anticipated plans to bring artificial intelligence features into Ubuntu, marking a significant shift for one of the world’s most widely used Linux distributions. Rather than rushing into the AI wave, Canonical is taking a measured, privacy-focused approach, one that aims to enhance the operating system without compromising its open-source values. 🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/canonical-unveils-ubuntu-ai-strategy-local-models-user-control-and-smarter-workflows #linux#opensource#ubuntu

📰 Ubuntu Still Figuring Out A Plan For Dealing With California's Digital Age Assurance Act The talk this week among open-source projects from Linux distributions to app stores like Flathub is how to deal with California's latest insanity: the Digital Age Assurance Act. California's AB 1043 state law is mandating that operating systems -- Linux included -- collect age information during account setup and exposing that age to eligible apps beginning on 1 January 2027. 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Digital-Age-Assurance #ubuntu#opensource#linux

📰 The Intel Lunar Lake CPU Performance Gains On Linux Over The Past Year Recently I ran benchmarks looking at the Xe2 graphics performance gains on Intel Lunar Lake over the past year with what's shipped by Ubuntu and comparing against our original tests of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition. With those Lunar Lake iGPU benchmarks out of the way, here is a look at how the Lunar Lake CPU performance has evolved on Linux since April 2025. 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-lunar-lake-ubuntu-2604 #intel#linux#ubuntu

📰 Linux MAINTAINERS Cleaning For Recently Departed Intel Devs, Altera Drivers Oprhaned The layoffs and restructuring at Intel in 2025 caused unfortunate hits to their Linux/open-source engineering including various driver maintainers leaving and even their CPU temperature driver being orphaned for lack of maintainers. Sent out today were a number of additional updates to the MAINTAINERS file for the Linux kernel to reflect other Intel departures in recent months. 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-MAINTAINERS-Intel-March #linux#opensource#intel#kernel

📰 Intel Begins Preparations For Xe3P Upstreaming To Open-Source OpenGL & Vulkan Drivers Following the mainline Linux kernel beginning to see Xe3P graphics enablement for upcoming Nova Lake integrated graphics as well as the Crescent Island AI inference accelerator, Intel's Mesa OpenGL "Iris" and Vulkan "ANV" drivers are preparing to begin laying out their Xe3P driver support... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Mesa-Xe3P-Start #linux#opensource#intel#kernel

Luau, a derivative scripting language for programmers, is now open source: https://luau-lang.org/2021/11/03/luau-goes-open-source.html #Linux#OpenSource

📰 Linux Foundation Launches Open Driver Initiative to Strengthen Hardware Support Across Linux by George WhittakerThe Linux Foundation has announced a new Open Driver Initiative, a collaborative effort aimed at improving the development, maintenance, and long-term sustainability of open-source hardware drivers across the Linux ecosystem.The initiative reflects growing demand for better hardware compatibility in areas ranging from desktops and gaming systems to cloud infrastructure, automotive platforms, AI hardware, and next-generation... 🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-foundation-launches-open-driver-initiative-strengthen-hardware-support-across-linux #linux#opensource

📰 Shotcut 26.4 Video Editor Adds Vulkan GPU to Speech to Text on Linux Shotcut 26.4 open-source video editor is now available for download with Vulkan GPU support for Speech to Text on Linux, 10-bit VP9 MP4 (E-AC-3) and 10-bit VP9 WebM (Opus) export presets, and more. 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/shotcut-26-4-video-editor-adds-vulkan-gpu-to-speech-to-text-on-linux #linux#opensource