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GNU Debugger Adds Support For Debugging AMD ROCm / HIP Code

Phoronix - Thu, 02/02/2023 - 23:38
The GNU Debugger "GDB" has landed initial support for being able to debug AMDGPU/ROCm platform code with a preliminary focus on HIP programs...

RPM Lands Support For x86_64 Microarchitecture Feature Levels

Phoronix - Thu, 02/02/2023 - 20:30
The RPM package manager code has added support for the x86_64 micro-architecture feature levels that allow for newer baseline targets than conventional x86_64. This support in RPM allows for installing RPMs built for newer feature levels on capable hardware...

More Of Valve's RADV Optimizations Around Fast-Linking Reach Mesa 23.1

Phoronix - Thu, 02/02/2023 - 19:57
The work on the Mesa Radeon Vulkan driver "RADV" around fast-linking with the graphics pipeline library (GPL) extension continues as the Linux graphics driver developers at Valve continue making remarkable progress...

LibreOffice 7.5 Released With Improved Dark Mode, Better PDF Exporting

Phoronix - Thu, 02/02/2023 - 19:28
LibreOffice 7.5 released on-schedule this morning as the newest version of this cross-platform, free software office suite to rival Microsoft Office...

Microsoft CBL-Mariner 2.0 Update Adds New PipeWire, Other Changes

Phoronix - Thu, 02/02/2023 - 19:14
Microsoft on Wednesday released CBL-Mariner 2.0.20230126-2.0 as the newest version of this in-house Linux distribution used for a variety of use-cases from within Azure infrastructure over to WSL purposes...

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