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Intel used SIGGRAPH today to announce OpenPGL as what they say is the industry's first open-source library for path guiding so renderer developers can integrate "start of the art" path-guiding methods...

Red Hat has been working on a web-based UI for its Anaconda operating system installer and for the Fedora 37 release this autumn they are planning to have an optional preview of this new installer interface...

Ready for the Linux 6.0 splashdown? Here are some of the highlights  The Register

1. Ready for the Linux 6.0 splashdown? Here are some of the highlights  The Register
2. Linux 6.0 SMB3 Client Code Brings Multi-Channel Performance Improvement  Phoronix
3. Linux 6.0’s Perf Tooling Ready For AMD Zen 4 IBS  Wccftech
4. Support for Intel Meteor Lake Processors Already Implemented in Linux 6.0 - Game News 24  Game News 24
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Get a DevOps and Linux education for just $15  TechRepublic

The Final Frontier Bundle has some fun space sci-fi available  GamingOnLinux

Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder releases September 15  GamingOnLinux

Sandbox voxel game and game engine Minetest 5.6.0 is out now  GamingOnLinux

Linux Mint 21 is out now and you can easily upgrade  GamingOnLinux

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX Performance On Linux Review  Phoronix

Earlier this year AMD announced the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 WX series but initially was limited to Lenovo workstations. Earlier this summer it was then announced the Threadripper PRO 5000 WX series would be heading to more system integrators and then the DIY market. Well, finally, these Zen 3 Threadripper chips are heading out to the DYI market and today the review embargo lifts. AMD recently sent over a Ryzen Threadripper PRO 565WX for my Linux testing at Phoronix and here is my initial review and performance benchmarks for this Zen 3 24-core / 48-thread HEDT chip.

Papirus Icon Theme’s August Update Adds 45+ New Icons  OMG! Ubuntu!

Upgrade path to Linux Mint 21 opens up with graphical upgrade tool  Neowin

Linux-compatible ELSA VELUGA G3 with NVIDIA RTX A5000  guru3d.com

AMD Automatic Mode Transition (AMT) is a new feature wired up for Ryzen-powered ThinkPad laptops that is being introduced with the Linux 6.0 kernel...

AMD "Automatic Mode Transition" Comes For Lenovo ThinkPad Laptops With Linux 6.0  Phoronix

The "char/misc" changes were merged a few days back for the Linux 6.0 kernel with this pull being the rather "random catch-all" area of the kernel for drivers not fitting within other subsystems. Most notable with the char/misc updates for Linux 6.0 is introducing support for Intel's Habana Labs Gaudi2...

Habana Labs Gaudi2 Support Leads The Linux 6.0 Char/Misc Changes  Phoronix

OpenBLAS as the high performance, open-source BLAS / LAPACK implementation debuted a new version on Sunday with more CPU optimizations and expanded processor coverage...

The IBM Power CPU architecture updates have been merged for the in-development Linux 6.0 kernel...