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Mesa 25.2 RADV Merges Ray-Tracing Improvements For Radeon RX 9070 Series / RDNA4

Phoronix - Tue, 05/13/2025 - 16:00
Merged for the Mesa 25.2 release next quarter are some further enhancements to the Vulkan ray-tracing support with the RADV open-source driver for AMD's new RDNA4 graphics cards...

UFW Firewall: How to Install, Configure, and Use It on Ubuntu/Debian

Tecmint - Tue, 05/13/2025 - 15:00
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Since computers are connected to each other, services are growing rapidly, with examples such as email, social media, online shopping,

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NAK Compiler For Mesa's NVK Driver Adds Support For More NVIDIA Kepler GPUs

Phoronix - Tue, 05/13/2025 - 15:00
The Rust-written NAK shader compiler used by Mesa's NVK open-source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs has merged support for SM32 as the "KeplerB" / Kepler 2.0 graphics processors...

GNU Screen 5.0.1 Released Due To Several Security Vulnerabilities

Phoronix - Tue, 05/13/2025 - 12:26
GNU Screen 5.0.1 has been released to address several security issues...

Intel Releases Updated CPU Microcode Due To "Training Solo"

Phoronix - Tue, 05/13/2025 - 12:00
Following Monday's public disclosure of the "Training Solo" security disclosure for this set of issues affecting multiple generations of Intel processors, new Intel CPU microcode has been released for Linux users as part of the mitigation process...

Haiku OS Adds Support For More AMD Polaris GPUs & Other Changes In April

Phoronix - Tue, 05/13/2025 - 12:00
The BeOS-inspired Haiku open-source operating system project has published their April 2025 progress report...

Announcing the winners of the 19th annual Red Hat Innovation Awards

Red Hat News - Tue, 05/13/2025 - 08:00
For nearly two decades, the Red Hat Innovation Awards have celebrated the groundbreaking technological achievements of our customers worldwide. These organizations demonstrate visionary problem-solving, leveraging the power of open source to drive significant impact across industries and society. This year’s winners are Aramco, CAE, CalHEERS and the City of Vienna. A community-wide, online voting process will determine which customer is distinguished as the 2025 Red Hat Innovator of the Year. Voting is now open and will close at 9 a.m. ET on May 15. The winner will be announced on May 21, 20

Training Solo: New Set Of Serious Security Vulnerabilities Exposed For Intel & Arm CPUs

Phoronix - Tue, 05/13/2025 - 01:00
The VUSec security researchers are at it again... The embargo is now lifted on another set of of security vulnerabilities affecting Intel processors as well as Arm core designs. This new vulnerability is dubbed Training Solo...

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