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Bcachefs Gets "Bad@$$" Snapshots, Still Aiming For Mainline Linux Kernel Integration

Phoronix - Sat, 11/06/2021 - 04:06
Kent Overstreet who has been working relentlessly on Bcachefs for over a half-decade now issued his latest status update on this Linux file-system born out of the kernel's block cache code...

Intel UHD Graphics 770 / Alder Lake GT1 Linux Graphics Performance

Phoronix - Sat, 11/06/2021 - 00:43
Published yesterday was the Core i5 12600K / Core i9 12900K Linux review looking at the exciting performance uplift provided by Alder Lake. One of the areas only talked about briefly in yesterday's article were the UHD Graphics 770 found with these new desktop processors, due to time constraints with only having a few days so far for carrying out tests. Today the initial batch of UHD Graphics 770 / ADL-S GT1 Linux graphics/gaming benchmarks have wrapped up to show how the Intel graphics performance compares to prior generation Rocket Lake as well as AMD's Ryzen 7 5700G.

Nintendo Switch Controller Driver, Sony PS5 Controller Improvements Come For Linux 5.16

Phoronix - Fri, 11/05/2021 - 21:21
The HID subsystem updates have been sent in for the ongoing Linux 5.16 merge window with some notable improvements for Linux gamers...

LXQt 1.0 Released For Lightweight Qt5 Desktop

Phoronix - Fri, 11/05/2021 - 21:06
After eight years in development, the LXQt desktop that was created by the merging of the LXDE and Razor-qt open-source desktop projects is celebrating its v1.0 release...

RADV Seeing Early Experimenting With Vulkan Video Capabilities

Phoronix - Fri, 11/05/2021 - 18:30
As another "first on RADV" for this Mesa Radeon Vulkan open-source driver compared to AMD's official Vulkan Linux driver options, there is an early branch providing primitive, experimental support for Vulkan Video acceleration...

Linux 5.16 Drops Support For MIPS Netlogic SoCs

Phoronix - Fri, 11/05/2021 - 18:09
The Linux 5.16 kernel is doing away with hardware support for the MIPS-based Netlogic Microsystems SoCs, the network processors developed prior to being acquired by Broadcom a decade ago...

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