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Linux 6.2-rc2 Released Following The Holiday Slowdown

Phoronix - Mon, 01/02/2023 - 06:24
Linus Torvalds just released Linux 6.2-rc2 as the second weekly release candidate for Linux 6.2 following the merge window's closure last week on Christmas...

Linux 6.2 Lands S0ix Idle Change For AMD Ryzen "Rembrandt" Laptops & Newer

Phoronix - Mon, 01/02/2023 - 00:00
A change was merged this holiday weekend ahead of Linux 6.2-rc2 that adjusts the default behavior for AMD Ryzen 6000 series "Rembrandt" laptops and newer...

Radeon RX 7900 XT/XTX, EPYC Genoa & Linux 6.2 Developments Made For An Exciting Month

Phoronix - Sun, 01/01/2023 - 23:47
While there were various holidays in December, there continued to be daily and original content on Phoronix each and every day. During December there were 228 original news articles on Phoronix and 18 featured hardware reviews / multi-page benchmark articles. Here is a look back at all of the exciting Linux hardware content and software news for closing out 2022...

Allwinner D1/D1s Platform Support Moves Closer To Mainline Linux

Phoronix - Sun, 01/01/2023 - 23:00
The D1 is Allwinner's first SoC based on a RISC-V core design. While the Allwinner D1 isn't powerful at all, it's appearance in low-cost boards, RISC-V based design, and the Allwinner development community has made this an attractive entry-level RISC-V target. While various Linux distributions are already supporting D1-based boards, the mainline support for the D1/D1s platform looks like it will finally be merged in 2023...

Linux 6.1.2 Closed Out 2022 With Many Backported Fixes

Phoronix - Sun, 01/01/2023 - 22:36
On New Year's Eve, Greg Kroah-Hartman released a new set of stable kernels with Linux 6.1.2, 6.0.16, and 5.15.86 LTS being the new set...

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