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AMD Readies More Graphics Driver Improvements For Linux 6.15

Phoronix - Sat, 03/01/2025 - 21:45
Last week AMD sent out a big batch of new graphics driver code for Linux 6.15 including new GPU support, OEM i2c support for RGB lighting and other features, and other updates. Another round of AMDGPU/AMDKFD feature code targeting the upcoming Linux 6.15 merge window was sent out on Friday...

Intel Core 2 CPUs Have Been Affected By An Annoying Linux Kernel Bug For 5+ Years

Phoronix - Sat, 03/01/2025 - 19:41
A fix was merged to the Linux 6.14 kernel on Friday -- and also for back-porting to existing Linux stable kernels over the coming days -- for fixing an annoying problem with Intel Core 2 processors. The problem, which was introduced to the Linux kernel back in 2019, could lead to system stalls and boot delays for those still using Intel Core 2 CPUs with modern distributions...

NVIDIA Blackwell, Continued AMD Zen 5 Benchmarking & Rust Drama Dominated February

Phoronix - Sat, 03/01/2025 - 19:38
While a shorter month, there were still 263 original articles published on Phoronix during February. A lot of exciting hardware in the lab to notable open-source milestones and interesting kernel developments made for an interesting month besides the usual battle over ad-blockers and pressure on the web publishing industry...

GNOME's Mutter Now Supports The Wayland Cursor Shape Protocol

Phoronix - Sat, 03/01/2025 - 19:26
Racing toward the GNOME 48 finish line, developers have remained busy squeezing some remaining bits into place for this big open-source desktop release...

KDE Developers Begin More Feature Work On Plasma 6.4

Phoronix - Sat, 03/01/2025 - 19:12
With the Plasma 6.3 desktop settling down and the early bugs being addressed, KDE developers have begun spending more time on feature work toward the Plasma 6.4 release...

DeepSeek Develops Linux File-System For Better AI Training & Inference Performance

Phoronix - Sat, 03/01/2025 - 09:36
Chinese AI company DeepSeek made public this week 3FS, a Linux FUSE-based file-system intended for allowing better AI training and inference performance...

NVIDIA Vulkan Beta Driver Updated For Blackwell & New Extensions

Phoronix - Sat, 03/01/2025 - 06:47
NVIDIA engineers closed out February by releasing the NVIDIA 570.123.01 Vulkan beta driver for Linux and on the Windows side was the NVIDIA 572.63 driver release...

AMD Prepares Linux Driver Support For Image Signal Processor With New Laptops

Phoronix - Sat, 03/01/2025 - 01:40
Patches were posted today for the Linux kernel implementing new drivers for web camera image signal processing (ISP) for supporting new, unspecified AMD Ryzen laptops...

FreeDesktop.org Devises New Hosting Plan For GitLab Infrastructure

Phoronix - Sat, 03/01/2025 - 00:58
One month ago FreeDesktop.org/X.Org experienced a new cloud crisis with Equinix Metal shutting down and losing access to all the FreeDesktop.org cloud/hosting resources at the end of April. FreeDesktop.org GitLab powers not only the X.Org projects but also Mesa, Wayland, and countless other Linux desktop open-source projects. Fortunately, it looks like they will have a new solution in time...

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