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Radeon RADV Driver Lands Vulkan Mesh Shader Support

Phoronix - Mon, 09/05/2022 - 21:57
Being merged a few minutes ago into Mesa 22.3 is the Radeon Vulkan driver "RADV" support for the recently ratified mesh shader extension...

The Still Very Early State Of Vulkan For Blender - No Active Developers Working On It

Phoronix - Mon, 09/05/2022 - 19:32
While there has been talk and plans for Vulkan API support within Blender, currently there are no active developers working on it and much work remains before it would be ready for end-users...

Linux May Flip On Indirect Branch Tracking By Default (IBT)

Phoronix - Mon, 09/05/2022 - 18:14
A new patch floated by a Google Chrome OS / Linux kernel engineer would enable support for the Intel-led Indirect Branch Tracking (IBT) by default as part of the standard kernel configuration for this security feature...

Ubuntu Talks Up Its GNOME Dynamic Triple Buffering Support In 22.04/22.10

Phoronix - Mon, 09/05/2022 - 18:05
Originally carried as a patch against Ubuntu 22.04 for its GNOME 42 desktop and continued to be maintained against GNOME 43 for the upcoming Ubuntu 22.10 is supporting dynamic triple buffering with the Mutter compositor. This has allowed Ubuntu's GNOME desktop environment to perform better for some systems albeit not upstream in GNOME...

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