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AMD Versal EDAC Driver Submitted For Linux 6.7

Phoronix - Sun, 10/29/2023 - 18:54
While the Linux 6.6 kernel isn't set to be released until later today, over the weekend a number of early pull requests were submitted of new material for the Linux 6.7 merge window. Among those early PRs were for the Error Detection and Correction (EDAC) area of the kernel...

Some Of The Features You Can Expect With Linux 6.7

Phoronix - Sun, 10/29/2023 - 03:45
With Linux 6.6 expected to be released tomorrow as stable, the Linux 6.7 merge window in turn will be opened. Here's a preview of some of the changes expected for this next kernel cycle...

Intel's Mesa Drivers Enable "TBMIR" Tile-Based Rendering

Phoronix - Sun, 10/29/2023 - 00:29
A shiny feature landed on Friday for the Intel open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers within Mesa 24.0: Tile-Based Immediate Mode Rendering (TBIMR)...

Six Great Features With The Upcoming Linux 6.6 Kernel

Phoronix - Sat, 10/28/2023 - 21:19
Tomorrow the Linux 6.6 kernel is expected to be released as stable unless Linus Torvalds has last minute reservations and decides to extend the cycle by an extra week. While there were many last minute fixes this week, the changes don't appear to be too scary or invasive. In any event the Linux 6.6 kernel is bringing some exciting features...

KDE Desktop Cube Effect Returns & Plasma Wayland Per-Screen Color Management

Phoronix - Sat, 10/28/2023 - 19:01
KDE developer Nate Graham is out with his usual weekly recap highlighting all of the interesting accomplishments for this open-source desktop for the past week. But with not having posted last weekend, this edition highlights the many achievements made by the KDE camp over the past two weeks...

Linux Patches Speed-Up Kernel Crypto Functions With RISC-V Vector Extensions

Phoronix - Sat, 10/28/2023 - 18:40
Patches posted this week by SiFive for the Linux kernel provide cryptographic implementations of various functions inside the Linux kernel using the processor ISA's vector crypto extensions...

Mesa Turns To Hawkmoth For Improving Documentation

Phoronix - Sat, 10/28/2023 - 18:02
With Mesa 24.0 the developers have switched from using Doxygen and Breathe for building documentation comments from source to instead use the newer but less heard of Hawkmoth...

How to Install Oracle Database 23c in RHEL 8

Tecmint - Sat, 10/28/2023 - 12:52
The post How to Install Oracle Database 23c in RHEL 8 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Oracle has again proved why it’s a leading player in the database market by releasing its latest version, Oracle Database 23c (code-named “App Simple”), for

The post How to Install Oracle Database 23c in RHEL 8 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

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