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Nouveau vs. NVIDIA R595 Linux Driver For Workstation Graphics Performance  Phoronix

When having the HP Z6 G5 A workstation in the lab for benchmarking, one of the curiosity-driven tests was seeing how well the latest open-source and upstream Nouveau driver stack is competing against the latest official NVIDIA R595 driver for workstations. The official NVIDIA Linux driver stack remains the best positioned software solution for RTX (PRO) hardware but Nouveau continues evolving while awaiting the Nova kernel driver to reach the limelight.

ExpressVPN sharpens its desktop apps with faster controls and better accessibility — the updates are now live on Mac, Windows, and Linux  TechRadar

I tried these 5 command line tools on my Samsung phone—here's the ones that are worth using  How-To Geek

InstaMAT & InstaLOD Now Available For Linux  80 Level

I tried a hardened Linux kernel so you don't have to  How-To Geek

Exciting yesterday in the land of Intel's open-source Vulkan driver "ANV" for Linux systems was introducing experimental support for descriptor heaps with the VK_EXT_descriptor_heap extension. Today there is another separate exciting development for this open-source Intel driver: Vulkan device generated commands are finally merged!..

Intel's Vulkan Linux Driver Now Supports Device Generated Commands "DGC"  Phoronix

Yesterday was the OpenCL 3.1 release and today is another exciting development for The Khronos Group standards: the debut of the Vulkan SC SDK for safety-critical applications...

New Linux StarFighter laptop family debuts starting at $1,878 — Star Labs Systems' laptops arrive with spacious RAM, several options  Tom's Hardware

Dell & Lenovo Now Sponsoring The Linux Vendor Firmware Service  Phoronix

Dell and Lenovo have stepped up to become premier sponsors for the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) that provides for seamless system firmware and device/component firmware updating under Linux with the Fwupd client...

VKD3D-Proton 3.0.1 brings many Linux gaming enhancements for Direct3D 12 via Vulkan  GamingOnLinux

Linea Joins Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust  Cryptonews.net

Hans-Kristian Arntzen of Valve's Linux graphics driver team announced the release today of VKD3D-Proton 3.0.1 for Direct3D 12 over the Vulkan API...

CopyFail Bug Lets Attackers Seize Root on Almost Every Linux System  Technology Org

CopyFail in Linux: a critical vulnerability that gives full system control  hi-Tech.ua

Back in March AMD announced the open-source ROCDXG library for improved ROCm support on WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). The ROCDXG-based solution provides better ROCm compatibility within these Linux confines atop Windows 11 compared to their prior, now-legacy-based WSL support. A new ROCDXG release now available further expands the ROCm WSL2 support to more Ryzen hardware...

AMD Expands ROCm Support On Windows WSL To More Ryzen Hardware  Phoronix

New malware turns Linux systems into P2P attack networks  csoonline.com