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More DRM Display/Graphics Driver Changes Readied For Linux 5.18

Phoronix - Thu, 02/24/2022 - 13:00
In addition to the big AMDGPU updates and equally significant changes to the Intel DRM driver, various other Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) graphics/display drivers saw updates intended for Linux 5.18 submitted on Wednesday by way of DRM-Misc-Next...

AMDGPU X.Org 22.0 Driver Released With AsyncFlipSecondaries, GLAMOR Fixes

Phoronix - Thu, 02/24/2022 - 08:09
For those relying upon the open-source AMD Linux graphics driver stack and continuing to use an X.Org Server rather than Wayland and not using the generic xf86-video-modesetting DDX driver, xf86-video-amdgpu 22.0 is out today to improve the X.Org experience for Radeon graphics...

Intel Vulkan Driver Lands Fix Allowing More Newer & Notable Games To Correctly Render

Phoronix - Thu, 02/24/2022 - 02:27
Landing in Mesa 22.1-devel today for the Intel open-source "ANV" Vulkan driver is a fix allowing more modern Windows games running under Steam Play (Proton) to now render correctly with the Intel graphics...

Intel Ramps Up Linux Investment By Acquiring Linutronix

Phoronix - Wed, 02/23/2022 - 22:31
Intel has a very exciting acquisition to announce this morning - not another hardware company, but they have acquired Linutronix to ramp up their investment in Linux/open-source engineering...

An Early Look At GCC 12 Compiler Performance On The Core i9 12900K

Phoronix - Wed, 02/23/2022 - 21:30
With GCC 12 now onto stage four meaning that the major feature work is over, I've slowly begun running more tests on the GCC 12 compiler that is due for its stable introduction around April. First up is a look at the Core i9 12900K "Alder Lake" performance on GCC 12 in its near-final form compared to GCC 11.2 as the current stable release from last year.

Levente Polyak Re-Elected Arch Linux Project Leader

Phoronix - Wed, 02/23/2022 - 20:28
Arch Linux has re-elected its current project leader...

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