The Brutalist Report

Phoronix

• Gentoo Linux Made Progress On RISC-V, WSL, & More While Pulling In Just $12k USD [26d]
• All Fedora 44 KDE Variants To Use Plasma Login Manager Rather Than SDDM [26d]
• Redox OS Begins Developing Its Own Intel Graphics Driver [26d]
• Transparent Hugepage Performance On Linux 6.18 LTS: Madvise vs. Always [26d]
• Pre-Compiled Headers Being Debated For LLVM/Clang To Speed-Up Build By 1.5~2x [26d]
• Revised Steam Survey For December 2025 Puts Linux Gaming Marketshare At 3.58% [26d]
• Flatpak Exploring GPU Virtualization To Ease Driver Challenges [26d]
• Intel Core Ultra X7 358H + 32GB RAM Laptop Around ~$1300 USD [26d]
• AMD Releases GAIA 0.15 - Positioning It As A Framework/SDK For Building AI PC Agents [26d]
• GStreamer 1.28-RC1 Brings A Rust-Based GIF Decoder, Other New Rust Components [26d]
• AMD Announces Ryzen 7 9850X3D, New Strix Halo SKUs & Ryzen AI 400 Series [26d]