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Valve Submits VRAM Priority Patch for Linux, Targets Stutter on 8GB GPUs

Engineers from Valve have submitted a new GPU memory management patch to the Linux kernel, addressing a long-standing ...

A Valve engineer’s Linux patch makes 8GB AMD GPUs better at gaming

An independent contractor for Valve gave Linux a way to boost discrete GPU performance on budget cards with 8GB of memory or ...

Linux rules on using AI-generated code - Copilot is OK, but humans must take 'full responsibility for the contribution'

Linux developers are permitted to use AI assistance, but individual contributors are still wholly accountable for their work.

COSMIC desktop surprised me, because it's the Linux DE I've been waiting for

Discover the Linux desktop environment that's turning heads with its modern tech, superior performance, and unmatched user ...

The new rules for AI-assisted code in the Linux kernel: What every dev needs to know

The new rules for AI-assisted code in the Linux kernel: What every dev needs to know ...

You can soon turn this Android handheld into an ultra-powerful Linux handheld

The Odin 3 is one of the most powerful Android handhelds, but AYN just opened the door to making it a beefy Linux handheld.

Linux Mint’s next release won’t be until Christmas 2026

Linux Mint has confirmed it is switching to a longer development cycle, in order to give the team more time to 'fix bugs and improve the desktop'. As a

Linux Mint confirm longer release cycles, the next release is planned for Christmas 2026

The Linux Mint team have given a roadmap update, after previously suggesting they would be looking at longer development times to get things right.

You can try Linux 7.0 now on these distros - here's what's new

You can try Linux 7.0 now on these distros - here's what's new ...

Why Linux Just Works And No One Talks About It #shorts #linux #opensource #programming

Why Linux Just Works And No One Talks About It Your Queries :- why linux is so stable linus torvalds interview why developers ...

‘World’s first’ humanoid robot for real household chores launched with 16-hour battery

Chinese robotics firm UniX AI has unveiled Panther, touted as the world’s first service ...

UniX AI introduces Panther, the world's first service humanoid robot to enter real household deployment, powered by its differentiated wheeled dual-arm architecture

UniX AI has adopted a wheeled dual-arm architecture solution for its Panther humanoid robot rather than the current dominant ...

UniX AI Claims First Real-World Home Deployment of Mass-Produced Humanoid Robot Panther

This breakthrough marks Panther as the world’s first mass-producible, commercially viable service humanoid robot deployed in ...

Home robot cooks, cleans and organizes your life

UniX AI is testing its Panther robot in residential settings, where it cooks, organizes and cleans while navigating the ...

“World’s first” home humanoid robot in China begins cooking, cleaning duties

A new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered robot built to take over daily household tasks — for instance, waking users, ...

Beyond prototypes: UniX AI debuts Panther as a mass-production humanoid robot for real-world operations

While most humanoid robots remain confined to laboratory demonstrations or highly structured scenarios, UniX AI’s thir ...

This humanoid robot does all your housework for you — and its makers say it's ready for your home

Panther has been filmed doing basic household chores, like making the bed and cooking breakfast.

Show HN: Linear RNN/Reservoir hybrid generative model, one C file (no deps.)

I just noticed it takes literally ~5 minutes to train millions parameters on slow CPU...but before you call Yudkowsky that "it's over", an important note: the main bottleneck is the corpus size, params are just 'cleverness' but given limited info it's powerless.Anyway, here is the project:https://github.com/bggb7781-collab/lrnnsmdds/tree/maincouple of notes:1. single C file, no dependencies. Below are literally all the "dependencie

Run Linux desktop on any recent Google Pixel phone/tablet

Hi,We make a Linux desktop distribution that runs as an application on top of any Android phone or tablet. The only requirement is that the Android device needs to be rooted and use Google's standardized GKI kernel. We only support phones with HDMI output capability and we run Linux desktop on the secondary screen. Here is video of Linux desktop running on a Google Pixel 8 phone: https://youtu.be/qO_ItjI2qCY?si=CXiVRZShmAtYFWB-The Google Pixel devices are great for testing mo

Show HN: SmolVM – open-source sandbox for coding and computer-use agents

SmolVM is an open-source local sandbox for AI agents on macOS and Linux.I started building it because agent workflows need more than isolated code execution. They need a reusable environment: write files in one step, come back later, snapshot state, pause/resume, and increasingly interact with browsers or full desktop environments.Right now SmolVM is a Python SDK and CLI focused on local developer experience.Current features include: - local sandbox environments - macOS and Linux support -