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Radeon ProRender SDK 3.1 Released - Finishes Transition From OpenCL To HIP

Phoronix - Sat, 03/11/2023 - 03:45
AMD today published Radeon ProRender SDK 3.1 as the newest version of this cross-platform and open-source physically-based rendering engine...

Linux 6.4 Slated To Start Removing Old, Unused & Unmaintained PCMCIA Drivers

Phoronix - Sat, 03/11/2023 - 02:00
Queued up ahead of the Linux 6.4 cycle this spring is removing all of the PCMCIA "char" drivers as part of a broader effort to remove PCMCIA socket and card driver code where there is no apparent users remaining...

Box86 v0.3 & Box64 v0.2.2 Released For Running Linux x86/x86_64 Programs On Arm

Phoronix - Sat, 03/11/2023 - 00:30
In addition to this week seeing new releases of FEX-Emu and Hangover for open-source projects aiming to run x86/x86_64 binaries on 64-bit Arm, the Box86 and related Box64 projects are out today with their own feature updates for helping to enable x86 and x86_64 Linux binaries on Arm systems...

OpenBSD Finally Adds Guided Disk Encryption To Its Installer

Phoronix - Fri, 03/10/2023 - 21:45
Full disk encryption is quite important in today's computing environment while some operating systems still sadly don't provide an easy and streamlined manner of setting up an encrypted disk at install-time. Thankfully with the next release of OpenBSD, they are introducing a guided disk encryption option to their installer...

Lenovo Begins Supporting LinuxBoot Firmware With ByteDance

Phoronix - Fri, 03/10/2023 - 21:30
This week TikTok-owner ByteDance hosted the CloudFW Open System Firmware Symposium to talk up their open-source firmware work, showcase their industry partnerships, and more. One interesting takeaway is that thanks to the weight of ByteDance, Lenovo is now supporting LinuxBoot in some capacity...

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