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Linux's Turbostat Updated For Intel Diamond Rapids & Bartlett Lake

Phoronix - Mon, 06/09/2025 - 15:00
The turbostat utility that lives within the Linux kernel source tree for reporting processor frequency and idle statistics along with other CPU information saw some last minute updates during the Linux 6.16 merge window...

Sway 1.11 Released With New Wayland Protocols & More

Phoronix - Mon, 06/09/2025 - 12:00
Simon Ser announced the release of Sway 1.11 on Sunday as the newest feature update to this popular i3-inspired Wayland compositor from which the wlroots library was originally born...

Linux 6.16-rc1 Released: New AMD & Intel Drivers, More Performance & Blackwell Support

Phoronix - Mon, 06/09/2025 - 05:03
Linux 6.16-rc1 was just released by Linus Torvalds. This first release candidate of Linux 6.16 marks the close of the two-week merge window where many new features and other changes were introduced...

AMD Announces New Ryzen AI Z2 SoCs For Gaming Handhelds

Phoronix - Mon, 06/09/2025 - 02:30
AMD in cooperation with ASUS and Microsoft used the Xbox Games Showcase for announcing their new Ryzen AI Z2 series processors for gaming handhelds. The new Ryzen AI Z2 series is launching with the new ASUS ROG Xbox Ally / ROG Xbox Ally X handhelds running Microsoft Windows...

Linux GPIB Drivers Maturing Into Good Shape 50+ Years After The Bus Was Introduced

Phoronix - Sun, 06/08/2025 - 20:42
Notable with the staging area updates for the in-development Linux 6.16 kernel is word that the GPIB driver code may be ready to leave the staging area in the next kernel cycle (Linux v6.17) in then being promoted to the main driver area in signifying the maturity of the code and being cleaned up to meet kernel coding standards. The GPIB drivers are for the General Purpose Interface Bus that was introduced back in 1972...

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