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Introduced back in 2023 with Vulkan 1.3.258 was VK_EXT_host_image_copy to copy data between host memory and images on the host processor without needing to stage the data through a CPU-accessible buffer. This direct CPU-to-GPU image data transfer path can reduce memory usage during asset loads and all around more efficiency and performance. Finally now the RADV open-source Radeon driver is enabling support by default...

RADV Driver Enables Host Image Copy By Default For RDNA2 & Newer  Phoronix

Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust unveils tokenization standard lab  ledgerinsights.com

Canonical Brings Ubuntu 24.04 LTS to MediaTek's Genio 520, 720  Hackster.io

Linux Kernel 7.0 is Out  StorageNewsletter

Gentlemen RaaS Attacking Windows, Linux With additional locker written in C for ESXi  CyberSecurityNews

Streaming or recording on Linux? Check out the audio management tool Pipeweaver  GamingOnLinux

CoolerControl 4.2 adds auto detection of new devices, stress-testing and more  GamingOnLinux

Linux is developing a new NTFS driver for kernel 7.1  Techzine Global

Your Linux desktop is frozen, but your work isn't lost—here's how to save it  How-To Geek

llama.cpp is becoming the Linux of large language models and the cloud AI giants should be paying attention  Startup Fortune

I tested four Linux tiling window managers and one of them clearly won me over  MakeUseOf

Merged yesterday to the Linux 7.1 kernel is a workaround for an Arm C1-Pro CPU hardware bug around its Scalable Matrix Extension implementation...

Linux 7.1 Lands Workaround For Arm C1-Pro Erratum  Phoronix

Recently sent out on the Linux kernel mailing list was the initial patches for implementing the Smart Data Accelerator Interface (SDXI) as a vendor-neutral architecture for memory-to-memory data movement offload...

Initial Linux Driver Patches For Smart Data Accelerator Interface "SDXI"  Phoronix

Over the weekend Greg Kroah-Hartman sent out his various pull requests for the areas of the kernel he oversees. Among those is the staging area where this time around the notable activity isn't too much about feature work but many developers making some of their first contributions to the upstream kernel...

Valve fix stops Linux from chucking your game off the GPU  Fudzilla.com

Arch Linux Now Ships a Reproducible Docker Image  Linuxiac

This Engineer Got a Tesla To Play Rick Astley From a Retro Floppy Disk  hypebeast.com