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Open-Source NVIDIA Linux Driver Usage About To Become Much More Reliable

Phoronix - Mon, 09/01/2025 - 18:38
For those using the upstream open-source NVIDIA Linux driver "Nouveau", with a pending fix coming for Linux 6.17 and existing kernel releases it should be a much more stable and reliable experience...

AMD Linux Testing Captured All Top 10 Spots For Our Most-Viewed Articles In August

Phoronix - Mon, 09/01/2025 - 18:24
Over the course of August on Phoronix were 267 original news articles and 17 featured Linux hardware reviews / multi-page benchmark articles. Coming somewhat as a surprise, AMD Linux testing articles and hardware reviews managed to capture all top 10 spots for the most viewed content... Something no single vendor has pulled off in the past 21 years of Phoronix. But with the launch of the Framework Desktop, AMD Krackan Point Linux testing for sub-$500 laptops, Threadripper 9000 series, and other hardware excitement, that feat happened in August...

Rusticl Driver Lands Support For OpenCL Semaphores

Phoronix - Mon, 09/01/2025 - 18:15
In addition to working on new OpenCL performance optimizations, Red Hat engineer Karol Herbst just landed another important feature into Rusticl: OpenCL semaphores...

New EC Driver Coming For The Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen6 With Snapdragon X Elite SoC

Phoronix - Mon, 09/01/2025 - 18:06
The Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen6 is one of the best supported Snapdragon X Elite laptops under Linux thus far. Thanks to active developer engagement and cooperation from Lenovo there are firmware files in upstream linux-firmware.git and Lenovo's generally robust Linux support make it one of the better choices for the Snapdragon X laptops currently out there. In further enhancing the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen6 on Linux, a new EC driver has been posted for supporting this Snapdragon powered laptop...

Linux Sensor Monitoring Coming For The ASUS Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE

Phoronix - Mon, 09/01/2025 - 17:55
For those looking at assembling an AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO workstation and interested in having working system sensor monitoring support, the ASUS EC Sensors hardware monitoring (HWMON) driver is in the process of introducing support for the Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE motherboard...

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