AMD Fixes Linux HDMI 2.1 DSC Limitation; 4K 240Hz Steam Machines Within Reach by Chris Harper — Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 01:48 PM EDT A well-known gap in AMD's GPU drive support on Linux was the absence of HDMI 2.1 and Display Stream Compression DSC , but fortunately AMD open source software engineer… …
Torvalds Tightens Linux Kernel Rules To Reject Deluge Of Low-Value AI Fixes by Chris Harper — Monday, May 25, 2026, 11:02 AM EDT For about the past week, Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds has been voicing complaints about "the continued flood of AI reports" making the list of security fixes unman… …
… This is because kernel mode drivers cannot be emulated on Windows on Arm, so any drivers or software reliant on those drivers must be compiled natively for Arm64 architectures. …
… So what about Linux? Unfortunately, you probably won't be able to put Linux on an RTX Spark laptop, at least not initially or officially. …