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GIMP 2.10.30 Released With Better Adobe PSD Support, Improved Portals Integration

Phoronix - Wed, 12/22/2021 - 02:42
GIMP 3.0 still isn't ready for release and won't be in 2021 but the GIMP 2.10.30 release is out today in time for working on your Christmas photos or holiday cards...

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U - Windows vs. Linux Performance

Phoronix - Tue, 12/21/2021 - 21:00
With the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen2 powered by the Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U prior to blowing the default Microsoft Windows installation on the device I ran some benchmarks for seeing how the performance stacks up against various Linux distributions. Going up against Windows 11 on this AMD Zen 3 laptop were Clear Linux, Fedora Workstation 35, Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS, Ubuntu 21.10, and Arch Linux.

Linux 5.17 Will Add Ethernet Support For AMD Yellow Carp (Rembrandt)

Phoronix - Tue, 12/21/2021 - 18:28
AMD's Yellow Carp enablement has been going back to early summer for this next-generation APU that is better known as Rembrandt for the Ryzen 6000 mobile series. While there has already been the graphics support to land, sensor support, and various other functionality, only coming now with the next kernel cycle will be Ethernet support...

Raspberry Pi "V3DV" Vulkan Driver Now Works On Android

Phoronix - Tue, 12/21/2021 - 18:02
The open-source Broadcom "V3DV" Vulkan driver within Mesa that is most notably used by the Raspberry Pi can now run on Android...

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