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There is a Linux kernel scheduler patch now queued via TIP's sched/core branch that can help with task scheduling on AMD processors sporting multiple last-level caches (LLCs / L3 cache) per die. This minor improvement came after a discovery by a Linux kernel developer on his AMD Zen 2 desktop...

Linux 6.5 Scheduler Patch Will To Help AMD Systems With Multiple LLCs Per Die  Phoronix

System76 Is Upgrading the Thin Galago Pro Linux Laptop  How-To Geek

Chinese hardware vendor Loongson is working on extending the open-source, reverse-engineered Etnaviv Linux kernel graphics driver so it has PCI device support and in turn will work with their hardware based on the Vivante graphics IP...

Kali Linux 2023.2 Release Adds a New Hyper-V Image and ...  It's FOSS News

Intel engineer Peter Zijlstra on Wednesday posted the latest patches for the EEVDF scheduler, the Earliest Eligible Virtual Deadline First approach that is based on a research paper from the late 90's. Ultimately the hope is for EEVDF to replace the existing CFS scheduler code...

Updated EEVDF Linux CPU Scheduler Patches Posted That Plan To Replace CFS  Phoronix

For those interested in GPU overclocking, AMD has posted the patches for implementing the "legacy" OverDrive overclocking infrastructure for newer SMU13-based Radeon RX 7000 series graphics cards with the AMDGPU open-source Linux kernel driver...

In case you missed any of the Phoronix articles in May due to holidays or other factors, here is a look back at the most popular open-source and Linux content among the 239 original articles published on Phoronix during the past month...

AMD RX 7600, Intel X86-S & Other Exciting Linux/Open-Source ...  Phoronix

Humble has an awesome metroidvania bundle not to be missed  GamingOnLinux

Intel has released a major update to its wonderful, open-source OpenVINO toolkit for optimizing and deploying AI inference. OpenVINO continues working out great for optimizing and running AI models on a variety of hardware and continues to introduce new features...

Proton Experimental update fixes "many" games on Steam Deck and ...  GamingOnLinux

Steam Deck OS update brings graphics driver fixes - ready up for ...  GamingOnLinux

Red Hat simplifies management for Red Hat Enterprise Linux across the hybrid cloud  ZAWYA

Secure and energy-efficient edge device family expands Linux ...  Electropages

NXP's New, Secure, Energy-Efficient i.MX 91 Family Expands Linux ...  EE Journal

The Best Linux File Managers for Managing Your Files  ITPro Today

NixOS 23.05 Released with GNOME 44, KDE Plasma 5.27 LTS, and Linux 6.1 LTS  9to5Linux

Linux Foundation Research Finds Open Source Crucial to Realizing ...  Longview News-Journal