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systemd 254-rc1 Deprecates SysV Scripts, Adds Soft Reboots & systemd-battery-check

Phoronix - Fri, 07/07/2023 - 05:11
Out today is the first release candidate of systemd 254. This systemd update is another big feature release with new settings, new components, and many additions to existing systemd components. Plus there is some deprecations and breakage ahead for future releases...

Fedora Workstation 40 Considering To Implement Privacy-Preserving Telemetry

Phoronix - Fri, 07/07/2023 - 02:44
If there wasn't enough Red Hat drama happening in recent weeks, the Red Hat Display Systems Team is now considering to implement privacy-preserving telemetry beginning with Fedora Workstation 40...

AMD Begins Sending "Family 26" Linux Patches For Apparent Zen 5 CPUs

Phoronix - Fri, 07/07/2023 - 01:54
It looks like the first patches have dropped today for early AMD bring-up around their next-generation "Zen 5" processors...

AMD Ryzen 7 7840U Performance Benchmarks On Linux: Great Uplift For Zen 4 Laptops

Phoronix - Thu, 07/06/2023 - 23:37
For weeks and weeks I've been eager to see how well the new AMD Zen 4 based "Phoenix" laptop SoCs function and perform under Linux. Recently I finally found an interesting AMD Ryzen 7 7840U laptop to test and today have some initial Linux benchmarks to share from this Acer Swift Edge 16 laptop with Ryzen 7 7840U SoC and a 3.2K 180Hz OLED display, among other interesting specs.

Imagination GPUs With PVR Vulkan + Zink Working Well For OpenGL 4.6

Phoronix - Thu, 07/06/2023 - 21:59
We've known since last year when Imagination published their open-source PowerVR Vulkan driver that they'd be focusing on a Vulkan hardware driver only and using the likes of the Zink compatibility layer for OpenGL support. Today Imagination formally announced OpenGL 4.6 for their GPUs via Zink...

Godot 4.1 Released With More Improvements To This Open-Source Game Engine

Phoronix - Thu, 07/06/2023 - 20:30
Following the release of Godot 4.0 earlier this year, Godot 4.1 has been released today as an incremental update to this incredibly powerful, open-source game engine...

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