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Linux 6.3 Features Expected From AMD Auto IBRS To Pluton CRB TPM2 & Dropping Old Code

Phoronix - Mon, 01/23/2023 - 21:00
There still is another month to go until the Linux 6.2 kernel is released as stable and in turn kicking off the Linux 6.3 merge window. But from my monitoring in recent weeks, here is an early preview of some of the material expected for the v6.3 kernel based on what's been queuing in the various subsystem "-next" branches or otherwise looking like it should align for the next cycle...

Running The macOS-Inspired, FreeBSD-Powered helloSystem v0.8 On AMD Zen 4

Phoronix - Mon, 01/23/2023 - 20:00
With this weekend's release of helloSystem 0.8 as a macOS-inspired open-source desktop OS built atop FreeBSD, I decided to try out this new release on an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X desktop to see how it would go.

Arm Cortex-M85 Enablement Makes It Into GCC 13 With PACBTI Support

Phoronix - Mon, 01/23/2023 - 19:25
The Armv8.1-M based Cortex-M85 processor support has made it into the GCC 13 compiler for this highest performing Cortex-M processor use for MCUs and embedded applications...

Fwupd 1.8.10 Released With New Hardware Support, Faster Startup On ChromeOS

Phoronix - Mon, 01/23/2023 - 18:58
Fwupd 1.8.10 is out this morning to kickoff a new week and continuing to enhance the open-source firmware updating support on Linux systems...

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