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LACT Linux GPU Control Panel Adds Support For Intel Graphics

Phoronix - Wed, 01/15/2025 - 16:00
In development for several years has been LACT as a Linux GPU Control Application to allow adjusting various GPU/driver settings via a convenient graphical application. AMD and NVIDIA graphics have been supported to date while now Intel graphics are also supported with the brand new LACT 0.7...

A Beginner’s Guide to Artificial Intelligence for Linux Users

Tecmint - Wed, 01/15/2025 - 14:20
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a term that’s been buzzing around for a while now, from self-driving cars to voice assistants

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Intel "Performance Tips" Published For Optimal Linux Graphics

Phoronix - Wed, 01/15/2025 - 13:00
Added today to the Mesa documentation for the open-source Intel OpenGL/Vulkan drivers used on Linux systems is a set of "performance tips" for ensuring an optimal Intel Linux graphics 3D accelerated experience...

Rsync 3.4 Released Due To Multiple, Significant Security Vulnerabilities

Phoronix - Wed, 01/15/2025 - 09:40
Rsync 3.4 is out today for this widely-used utility for incrementally transferring and synchronizing files between systems. Rsync is widely-used especially for backing up Linux servers in an incremental manner and unfortunately this v3.4 release isn't some cheery news...

Intel Arc B580 Linux Graphics Driver Performance One Month After Launch

Phoronix - Wed, 01/15/2025 - 04:47
Yesterday I looked at how the Intel OpenCL GPU compute performance evolved for the Arc Graphics B580 in the one month since that first Battlemage graphics card premiered. There were nice Intel GPU compute optimizations merged over the past month to improve the experience. Here are some Linux graphics/gaming benchmarks for the Intel Arc B580 comparing the prior launch day Linux driver performance to where the Mesa performance is at now...

GNOME 48 Desktop Introducing An Official Audio Player: Decibels

Phoronix - Wed, 01/15/2025 - 01:19
The modern GNOME desktop hasn't had a core application to playback audio files although many different audio/multimedia players exist. But now for the upcoming GNOME 48 desktop release, there is now a promoted core app for audio playback: Decibels...

GCC Developers Consider Deprecating ARM64 ILP32 Support

Phoronix - Wed, 01/15/2025 - 00:01
ARM64 ILP32 is the Armv8 architecture with a 32-bit ABI rather than 64-bit -- akin to the "x32" x86 effort that never really took off on Linux. ARM64 ILP32 support never ended up making it into the mainline Linux kernel or GNU C Library but did appear within the GNU Compiler Collection. But years later and little use, GCC developers are consider deprecating ILP32 support ahead of its eventual removal...

Intel IPU6 Web Camera Support Still Poses A Challenge For Linux Laptops

Phoronix - Tue, 01/14/2025 - 23:11
Back in 2022 there were Linux kernel developers like Linux's second-in-command Greg Kroah-Hartman recommending that Intel Alder Lake laptops be avoided. This was due to the Intel web camera support in those new-at-the-time laptops yet to be properly upstreamed and relying on binary bits. Over time that Intel IPU6 MIPI camera support has seen portions of the code upstreamed into the mainline Linux kernel and distributions like Fedora taking extra steps to make them work but still in 2025 those with newer Intel laptops boasting the latest web camera technology are often facing a challenging experience...

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