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Mediatek Gains Stateless AV1/HEVC Codecs, Intel Atom ISP Driver Getting Fit

Phoronix - Fri, 07/07/2023 - 17:56
The Linux 6.5 media subsystem updates were merged this week for the merge window that is wrapping up this weekend...

GCC 10.5 Compiler Released To Close-Out The Series

Phoronix - Fri, 07/07/2023 - 17:37
For those on the three-year-old GCC 10 compiler series, it's really time to move to a newer GNU Compiler Collection release for enjoying the latest language support, new hardware features, various optimizations, enhanced diagnostics, and more. But for those still bound to GCC 10 for whatever reason, GCC 10.5 was released today as one final update in the branch...

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...

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