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Raspberry Pi "V3DV" Vulkan Driver Now Supports Dynamic Rendering

Phoronix - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 22:22
Merged this week into Mesa 24.1 for the Broadcom VideoCore V3DV Vulkan driver that is most notably used by the latest Raspberry Pi boards is support for VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering...

Linux 6.9 Adds New Build-Time Control Whether To Authorize Attached USB Devices

Phoronix - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 22:02
The in-development Linux 6.9 kernel is introducing a new USB_DEFAULT_AUTHORIZATION_MODE Kconfig build-time switch to change the default authorization mode for how Linux should deal with attached USB devices...

KSMBD Now Implements Durable File Handles With Linux 6.9

Phoronix - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 18:56
The KSMBD in-kernel SMB3 server is gaining support for durable file handles in the Linux 6.9 kernel...

exFAT Driver Boasts Much Faster "dirsync" Performance With Linux 6.9

Phoronix - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 18:45
The latest file-system driver with notable mentions for Linux 6.9 is that for Microsoft's exFAT file-system...

Microsoft Better Seeds The RNG For Hyper-V VMs In Linux 6.9

Phoronix - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 18:30
Microsoft has submitted their various Hyper-V updates to the in-development Linux 6.9 kernel...

Get Started with Emacs: Mastering Text Editing in Linux

Tecmint - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 14:08
The post Get Started with Emacs: Mastering Text Editing in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

GNU Emacs is one of the oldest text editors. It was created by Richard Stallman, the founder of the Free Software movement and GNU project.

The post Get Started with Emacs: Mastering Text Editing in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

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