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Intel Readies "PFRUT" For Linux 5.17 To Allow Updating System Firmware Without Rebooting

Phoronix - Wed, 12/29/2021 - 08:09
Intel open-source engineers have prepared "PFRUT" support for Platform Firmware Runtime Updates for allowing (U)EFI capsule updates to be performed on capable systems without rebooting the system in order to eliminate downtime...

Intel Alder Lake N Audio Support Queued Ahead Of Linux 5.17

Phoronix - Wed, 12/29/2021 - 03:15
Queued into the sound subsystem's "for-next" branch ahead of the Linux 5.17 cycle are some Alder Lake audio updates...

KDE/GNOME Wayland vs. X.Org Radeon Linux Gaming Performance

Phoronix - Tue, 12/28/2021 - 22:10
As we hit the end of 2021 for those wondering about the X.Org vs. (X)Wayland gaming performance difference for both GNOME Shell and KDE Plasma, here are some fresh benchmarks using the latest open-source Radeon graphics driver stack and desktops on Ubuntu 21.10.

Systemd Blasts Ahead With A Record Number Of Commits In 2021

Phoronix - Tue, 12/28/2021 - 20:09
With the continuously growing set of features and functionality provided by systemd, this year saw the project hitting record growth in terms of commit activity that easily surpassed prior years. Surprisingly, Lennart Poettering dropped from his spot as the one responsible for the most commits each year...

Microsoft's Mesa D3D12 Gallium3D Code Adds Support For OpenGL SSBOs

Phoronix - Tue, 12/28/2021 - 18:59
Microsoft continues improving the Gallium3D Direct3D 12 path within Mesa for getting more of OpenGL running atop it on Windows...

DragonFlyBSD Now Has Working Support For Intel Whiskey Lake Graphics

Phoronix - Tue, 12/28/2021 - 18:44
The BSDs continue to lag behind Linux when it comes to the graphics driver support, but this time the Intel Whiskey Lake graphics should have been in long ago -- and believed to be -- but adding the PCI IDs were forgotten...

Avidemux 2.8 Released For This Simple, Open-Source Video Editor

Phoronix - Tue, 12/28/2021 - 18:25
While not nearly as featureful as say OpenShot or Kdenlive, Avidemux is an open-source video editor that is simple to use and has been around for a long time. Avidemux 2.8 is now available as the latest feature release...

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