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The Mold Linker Is Great & Set To Become Even Better

Phoronix - Wed, 02/07/2024 - 16:00
When it comes to open-source compiler toolchain components and more broadly often unsung heroes in the low-level open-source space, one of the most interesting successes in recent years has been the Mold linker that has proven itself a viable alternative to GNU ld and Gold or LLVM's lld linkers. Mold is already in great shape and typically proving itself well while moving ahead they are working toward kernel/embedded programming support as one of the last grounds to tackle...

AMD Updates Mesa Video Driver Code With Geometric Scaling & HLG

Phoronix - Wed, 02/07/2024 - 15:34
AMD has merged updated video processing engine "VPElib" code into their Mesa driver with their latest feature work...

15 Must-Know FFmpeg Commands for Video, Audio & Image Conversion

Tecmint - Wed, 02/07/2024 - 14:31
The post 15 Must-Know FFmpeg Commands for Video, Audio & Image Conversion first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

FFmpeg is a handy multimedia framework that helps you work with different kinds of media files like videos, audio, and images. It allows you to

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tuptime – Tracks Your Linux System’s Past and Future Uptime

Tecmint - Wed, 02/07/2024 - 13:00
The post tuptime – Tracks Your Linux System’s Past and Future Uptime first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Linux system administration involves many activities one of which is monitoring and checking for how long your system has been running. It is always a

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AMD Posts Linux Graphics Driver Patches For New IP Blocks - Presumably For RDNA4

Phoronix - Wed, 02/07/2024 - 13:00
AMD engineers on Monday posted a few new patch series for enabling some updated IP (intellectual property) blocks within their open-source AMDGPU Linux kernel graphics driver. This new IP is presumably part of the ongoing hardware enablement work for their next-generation RDNA4 graphics...

Intel Arrow Lake OpenGL & Vulkan Driver Support Merged For Mesa 24.1

Phoronix - Wed, 02/07/2024 - 08:46
Intel Arrow Lake platform support has been merged to Mesa 24.1 for providing the ANV Vulkan and Iris Gallium3D (OpenGL) open-source drivers with support for the next-generation Intel Core integrated graphics...

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