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Linux 5.17 Features From New AMD P-State To Xilinx Drivers, Lots Of New Hardware

Phoronix - Mon, 01/24/2022 - 01:29
This morning marked the release of Linux 5.17-rc1 that officially ends the merge window for this next stable kernel series. Linux 5.17 won't see its stable debut until around the end of March but there is a lot to get excited about for this open-source kernel in 2022.

Mold 1.0.2 Released For This High Performance Linker

Phoronix - Sun, 01/23/2022 - 19:22
For those interested in compilers, Mold as the "Modern Linker" is one of the interesting projects to watch in 2022...

Linux 5.17-rc1 Released A Little Bit Early But With Shiny New Features

Phoronix - Sun, 01/23/2022 - 18:01
Due to family travels Linus Torvalds has released Linux 5.17-rc1 a little bit early that marks the end of the Linux 5.17 merge window...

Cloud Hypervisor 21.0 Offers More Efficient Local Live Migration: 3s Down To 50ms

Phoronix - Sun, 01/23/2022 - 17:36
Cloud-Hypervisor 21.0 was released this past week as its first feature release since this open-source Intel project moved to the Linux Foundation with backing from Microsoft and Arm. Cloud-Hypervisor 21.0 brings new features and fixes to this Rust-written hypervisor...

How I use Linux accessibility settings

opensource.com - Sun, 01/23/2022 - 16:00

When I started using Linux in the 1990s, I was in my mid-40s and accessibility was not something I gave much thought to. Now, however, as I'm pushing 70, my needs have changed. A few years ago, I purchased a brand new Darter Pro from System76, and its default resolution is 1920x1080, and it's high DPI, too. The system came with Pop_OS!, which I found that I had to modify to be able to see the icons and text on the display. Thank goodness that Linux on the desktop has become much more accessible than in the 1990s.


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Sway 1.7 Released With VR Headset DRM Leasing, Renames "--my-next-gpu-wont-be-nvidia"

Phoronix - Sun, 01/23/2022 - 13:00
After working its way through the release candidate process, Sway 1.7 is out this weekend as the newest feature release for this i3-inspired, lightweight Wayland compositor...

Intel Releases SVT-AV1 0.9 For Quicker AV1 Video Encoding

Phoronix - Sun, 01/23/2022 - 01:15
Intel in cooperation with the Alliance for Open Media have released SVT-AV1 0.9 with nearly one year worth of changes to this high performance CPU-based AV1 video encoder. SVT-AV1 0.9 is now even faster as shown by our latest benchmarks.

Linux 5.17 Lands Fix For Hanging If Ejecting A Broken Floppy

Phoronix - Sun, 01/23/2022 - 00:11
If you are in the rare group of folks still relying upon floppy disks and doing so while running up-to-date software stacks, Linux 5.17 will be of interest to you...

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