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X.Org's Xvidtune Sees New Release After A Decade

Phoronix - Sun, 02/05/2023 - 19:21
In marking ten years since the prior release, Xvidtune 1.0.4 was released on Saturday with all the patches that have buult up over the past decade...

Cairo 1.17.8 Released - OpenGL/GLES Drawing Removed, Better macOS & Windows Support

Phoronix - Sun, 02/05/2023 - 19:00
Cairo 1.17.8 was released this week as a new development snapshot of this 2D vector graphics library that over the years has seen widespread use by a multitude of desktop software...

A Detailed Explanation On Intel's DOIT Mode, Possible Options For Linux's Handling

Phoronix - Sun, 02/05/2023 - 05:24
Following last week's article about Linux developers eyeing a new "DOITM" security mitigation for latest Intel CPUs based on guidance from Intel around Data Operand Independent Timing (DOIT) instructions and then it coming to light that the DOIT mode shouldn't always be on, a lengthier statement from one of Intel's Linux engineers has been published summing up the current beliefs and Linux kernel possibilities around DOIT(M)...

Asahi Gallium3D Driver Enables Mesa Shader Disk Cache Support

Phoronix - Sat, 02/04/2023 - 20:46
A number of patches were merged this week to Mesa 23.1 around the Asahi "AGX" Gallium3D driver that continues progressing on open-source OpenGL support for Apple Silicon M1/M2 graphics...

AMD Makes Progress On Their RDNA3 User-Mode Queues For Linux Driver

Phoronix - Sat, 02/04/2023 - 20:14
Just prior to Christmas there was a "request for comments" (RFC) patch series sent out working on RDNA3 user-mode queue support for their AMDGPU kernel driver. That work has now advanced post-RFC with an updated patch series having been sent out on Friday...

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