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Ubuntu LTS Users Could Soon Get Frequent Intel GPU Updates

This week sees the (belated) release of Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS, the first point release update in the noble series to bring an updated hardware enablement (HWE) stack with it. Ubuntu’s HWE backports newer Linux kernel and Mesa GPU drivers to LTS user…

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Ubuntu Users Get Easier Access to Cutting-Edge Intel Drivers

Canonical and Intel have announced they’re making it easier for Ubuntu users to get cutting-edge drivers for Intel’s newest discrete GPUs. The effort brings “ray tracing and improved machine learning performance” for Intel Arc B…

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Intel’s NPU Driver for Linux is Now Available on the Snap Store

Canonical has put the official Linux Intel NPU driver on the Snap Store. The new Intel NPU Driver snap “bundles many components […] including device firmware, a user space driver and compiler, and an application to validate the user mode driver a…

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More on fwupd 1.9.25: Synaptics, Dell, and Intel Enhancements

The latest fwupd 1.9.25 firmware update daemon for Linux brings bug fixes and adds newly supported devices.
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This $60 Intel SBC is Cheaper & Faster than a Raspberry Pi 5

Love the idea of tinkering around with a small, single-board computer (SBC) but need something more powerful than most ARM-based offerings provide? If so, the Radxa X4 may be of interest. Powered by an Intel N100 processor with Intel UHD graphics, the …

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AlmaLinux 9.4 Released, Here’s What’s New

AlmaLinux 9.4 released, seamlessly compatible with RHEL, now available for Intel/AMD, ARM64, IBM PowerPC, and IBM Z architectures.
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System76 Refreshes Its Adder WS Linux Laptop With an HX-Class 14th Gen Intel CPU

It’s been almost a year since System76 refreshed the Adder WS laptop, which was the company’s first Linux notebook to feature the NVIDIA 40 GPU series, including the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070.
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System76 Refreshes Its Serval WS Linux Laptop With 14th Gen Intel CPU

Linux hardware vendor System76 announced a refresh to its powerful Serval WS Linux-powered laptop that’s now equipped with a high-end 14th-generation Intel Core processor.
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AI Audio Effects, Including Voice Transcription, Come to Audacity

Intel has released an array of AI effects for the open-source audio editor Audacity. Intel’s OpenVINO AI plugins for Audacity (to give them their official name) have been designed to work offline and locally, meaning no cloud servers, signups, or…

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AI Alliance for Open Innovation Formed By IBM and Meta With Intel, AMD, and More

All the members of this AI-focused alliance are set to collaborate with each other by being part of an open community that allows both developers and researchers to further “responsible innovation” in AI.
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Intel Fixes Microcode Bug that Could Expose Your Sensitive Data

It was discovered that a sequence of processor instructions for some Intel processors leads to unexpected behavior that could allow an authenticated local user to escalate privileges (CVE-2023-23583). This bug, dubbed “Reptar,” could expose…

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Fedora & Slimbook Announce a New Intel i7 Linux Ultrabook

Intel i7-12700H and NVIDIA RTX 3050Ti power the new Slimbook 16, additionally optimized for Fedora’s specific hardware configurations.
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Intel Updates its Popular Open Source Mono Font

Intel’s open-source monospace font (imaginatively titled ‘Intel One Mono’) has been updated. “You’re blogging about a frickin’ font update?!”, you scoff (justifiably perhaps). But hey: indulge me (if only so I …

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OBS Studio 30.0 Promises Intel QSV Support on Linux

OBS Studio 30.0 promises Intel QSV support on Linux, WHIP/WebRTC output, HDR playback support for DeckLink output, and more.
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New Steam Client Update Fixes UI Issues on Linux for Intel, AMD

The new Steam Client update appears to fix the window flashing and focus-stealing issues that occurred when closing a Steam window for Intel and AMD users.
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Blender 3.6 LTS Adds Light Trees Support on AMD GPUs, More

Highlights of Blender 3.6 LTS include a new add-on to easily create VDM brushes, support for importing and exporting the legacy 3DS format, and more.
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Intel’s New Open Source Mono Font is Pretty Decent

Between IBM Plex Mono, Hack, Fira Code, and JetBrains Mono I think we Linux users are spoilt for choice when it comes to open-source monospace fonts that look good and work great. Still, there’s always room for more, right? Intel thinks so, hence…

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Hardware Accelerated Chromium Snap Available to Test

If you run Ubuntu on a laptop or PC with 7th-generation Intel chips or later and you’re a fan of the Chromium browser, it’s your lucky day! Canonical has partnered with Intel to make a Chromium snap that boasts hardware accelerated video de…

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GPU Screen Recorder for Linux Adds Support for AMD, Intel GPUs

GPU Screen Recorder has been updated with AMD and Intel GPU support. Previously, it only worked on systems using an Nvidia graphics card.
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Canonical Partners With Intel to Support 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable CPUs

Canonical now says it fully supports Intel’s innovative new 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors with Intel vRAN Boost hardware platform family.
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