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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Leaning Toward Low-Latency Kernel Optimizations By Default

Phoronix - Wed, 02/07/2024 - 02:00
Last month it was noted on Phoronix that Canonical's kernel team is looking at folding their low-latency kernel optimizations into their generic kernel builds. Right now Ubuntu maintains a separate "lowlatency" kernel flavor with Kconfig tweaks in the name of low-latency responsiveness as an alternative to their "generic" kernel default, but for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS it continues looking like they'll move forward with this change of incorporating the changes into their default kernel build...

The Greenfield In-Browser Wayland Compositor Is Fast Enough For Gaming

Phoronix - Wed, 02/07/2024 - 00:21
While there are a lot of Wayland compositors out there that aren't too different from each other in terms of features, one of the more unique ones is Greenfield. The Greenfield Wayland compositor has been out there for a few years now as an in-browser HTML5-based solution that is continuing to prove itself capable and even fast enough for handling Linux gaming...

Mozilla's Latest Plan To Make Money Is Mozilla Monitor Plus

Phoronix - Tue, 02/06/2024 - 23:30
Mozilla's latest non-browser foray and attempt at generating additional revenue is Mozilla Monitor Plus, what formerly was known as the free service Firefox Monitor for monitoring of exposed personal information such as email addresses as part of security breaches to various web services...

AMD Announces Embedded+ Architecture For Ryzen Paired With Xilinx IP

Phoronix - Tue, 02/06/2024 - 22:00
With Ryzen AI found in the very newest Ryzen processors, AMD began making use of IP from their acquisition of Xilinx. Today though AMD is announcing their Embedded+ Architecture that is taking the marriage of AMD and Xilinx tech much further by combining the wares onto a single PCB for new embedded applications as an integrated compute platform.

The 2024 State Of Open-Source AMD Firmware

Phoronix - Tue, 02/06/2024 - 21:40
Last year at FOSDEM 2023 there was a presentation on the state of AMD open-source firmware and since then a lot has changed from the AMD openSIL announcement to new platforms being in the process of being enabled. At FOSDEM 2024 this past weekend in Brussels was a fresh look at the current state of AMD open-source firmware...

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