The libcamera project has released version 0.7, bringing early GPU acceleration to its software image signal processor. The update significantly boosts performance on Linux systems lacking dedicated hardware ISP support, marking a major step forward for open-source camera stacks.

Intel’s new Panther Lake laptops and Arc B390 integrated GPU show promising gains under Windows, but Linux users are still waiting for official benchmarks as testing and driver support progress.

Linux 6.19 introduces important USB2 and USB3 fixes for Apple Silicon Macs, along with broader hardware improvements, enhancing stability and usability for Linux users on M1 and M2 systems.