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Linux 5.10.20 Released - Fixes The Erroneous Record-Breaking AMD Clock Frequencies
Recent kernel point releases have reported erroneous maximum frequencies on AMD Zen 2 / Zen 3 CPUs in the area of 6GHz+ while now with the latest stable releases that is being fixed...
VCN-Less Navi 12 SKU, RX 6000 Series BACO Runtime PM Are Extras For Linux 5.12
A set of "fixes" to the AMDGPU kernel driver were mailed out today that include a few notable changes for some post merge window alterations...
VCN-Less Navi 12 SKU, RX 6000 Series BACO Runtime PM Are Extras For Linux 5.12
A set of "fixes" to the AMDGPU kernel driver were mailed out today that include a few notable changes for some post merge window alterations...
Microsoft Sends Out Patches For Hyper-V "Isolation VMs" With Linux
With the forthcoming Linux 5.12 kernel there is a big Redmond victory with Linux being able to boot as the root partition on Microsoft's hypervisor while moving forward the company still has more in store for the ongoing years long effort of Linux on Hyper-V...
Microsoft Sends Out Patches For Hyper-V "Isolation VMs" With Linux
With the forthcoming Linux 5.12 kernel there is a big Redmond victory with Linux being able to boot as the root partition on Microsoft's hypervisor while moving forward the company still has more in store for the ongoing years long effort of Linux on Hyper-V...
Chrome 89 vs. Firefox 86 Performance Benchmarks On AMD Ryzen + Ubuntu Linux
Given this week's launch of Chrome 89 and the recent Firefox 86 debut, here are some quick benchmarks for those curious about the current performance when using Ubuntu Linux with a AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and Radeon graphics...
Chrome 89 vs. Firefox 86 Performance Benchmarks On AMD Ryzen + Ubuntu Linux
Given this week's launch of Chrome 89 and the recent Firefox 86 debut, here are some quick benchmarks for those curious about the current performance when using Ubuntu Linux with a AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and Radeon graphics...
Zstd 1.4.9 Released With ~2x Faster Performance For Long Mode
Zstd 1.4.9 is out today as the latest version of this implementation for the Facebook-led Zstandard lossless data compression algorithm. With Zstd 1.4.9 comes a very sizable speed-up when running in its long distance mode...
Zstd 1.4.9 Released With ~2x Faster Performance For Long Mode
Zstd 1.4.9 is out today as the latest version of this implementation for the Facebook-led Zstandard lossless data compression algorithm. With Zstd 1.4.9 comes a very sizable speed-up when running in its long distance mode...
Intel Sends Out KVM SGX Virtualization Patches For Linux
Intel SGX support finally landed in Linux 5.11 after going through 40+ rounds of review that took years for bringing up Software Guard Extensions in the mainline kernel. But that trek isn't yet over as Intel is now working on KVM SGX virtualization support to be upstreamed...
Intel Sends Out KVM SGX Virtualization Patches For Linux
Intel SGX support finally landed in Linux 5.11 after going through 40+ rounds of review that took years for bringing up Software Guard Extensions in the mainline kernel. But that trek isn't yet over as Intel is now working on KVM SGX virtualization support to be upstreamed...
NomadBSD 1.4 Released With GUI For Easier Chrome / Brave / Vivaldi Browser Installation
NomadBSD 1.4 is out today as the latest feature update to this operating system that is one of the BSD-based desktop initiatives...
NomadBSD 1.4 Released With GUI For Easier Chrome / Brave / Vivaldi Browser Installation
NomadBSD 1.4 is out today as the latest feature update to this operating system that is one of the BSD-based desktop initiatives...
AMD Announces The Radeon RX 6700 XT For $479
AMD today announced the Radeon RX 6700 XT as the newest RDNA 2 graphics card to begin shipping later this month...
AMD Announces The Radeon RX 6700 XT For $479
AMD today announced the Radeon RX 6700 XT as the newest RDNA 2 graphics card to begin shipping later this month...
openSUSE Leap 15.3 Beta Begins
OpenSUSE Leap 15.3 Alpha started rolling out in December while today the beta builds have begun for this next openSUSE Leap installment...
openSUSE Leap 15.3 Beta Begins
OpenSUSE Leap 15.3 Alpha started rolling out in December while today the beta builds have begun for this next openSUSE Leap installment...
Linux 5.12 Lands Fix For File-System Corruption Caused By Swapfile Issue
For those wanting to help in testing out the Linux 5.12 kernel, at least it should no longer eat your data now if you rely on a swapfile...
Linux 5.12 Lands Fix For File-System Corruption Caused By Swapfile Issue
For those wanting to help in testing out the Linux 5.12 kernel, at least it should no longer eat your data now if you rely on a swapfile...
Radeon R600 Gallium3D Flips On OpenGL 4.5 For NIR Backend
The experimental NIR back-end for the R600 Gallium3D driver as an alternative to the default TGSI code-path has now enabled OpenGL 4.5 support for capable GPUs...