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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Release Schedule Published

Phoronix - Fri, 08/27/2021 - 12:00
While Ubuntu 21.10 isn't being released for another two months, the release schedule for Ubuntu 22.04 has been published that is rather notable in being the next bi-annual long-term support (LTS) release...

PipeWire 0.3.34 Released With Yet More Improvements, Fixes

Phoronix - Fri, 08/27/2021 - 08:06
PipeWire, for managing audio/video streams on Linux and proving itself to be a viable replacement to PulseAudio and JACK, is out with a new update...

Chrome 94 Beta Released With WebCodecs API Promoted, WebGPU Origin Trial

Phoronix - Fri, 08/27/2021 - 03:30
Google promoted Chrome 94 to beta status today with some exciting changes...

NetBSD Continues Long Overdue Push To Modernize Their WiFi Drivers

Phoronix - Fri, 08/27/2021 - 02:30
Started back in 2018 was an effort by the NetBSD project to update their operating system WiFi drivers by re-syncing more code from FreeBSD and making various improvements. Three years later the work has yet to be merged but after stalling for some time is back to being worked on by interested developers...

LLVM Clang 13 Performance Is In Great Shape For Intel Xeon "Ice Lake"

Phoronix - Thu, 08/26/2021 - 21:20
Earlier this month was a look at the LLVM Clang 13 performance on EPYC 7003 showing this forthcoming compiler update to be in good shape for AMD Zen 3, but how is the performance looking on the Intel side? This round of benchmarking is looking at the LLVM Clang 11 / 12 / 13 compiler performance on Intel's flagship Xeon Platinum 8380 "Ice Lake" 2P server configuration.

Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS Released With Fixes, Newer Hardware Enablement Stack

Phoronix - Thu, 08/26/2021 - 21:16
After a slight delay, Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS is available today as the newest point release for the current Ubuntu Linux long-term support release...

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