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Ubuntu Touch OTA-18 Released - Still Using Ubuntu 16.04, 20.04 Migration Ongoing

Phoronix - Thu, 07/15/2021 - 01:26
The UBports folks have released Ubuntu Touch OTA-18 as their latest over-the-air update for this mobile Linux platform. Notable with this release is what isn't there - the Ubuntu 20.04 base. Ubuntu Touch OTA-18 continues using now the five year old Ubuntu 16.04 LTS base while the migration to 20.04 is still in progress...

"le9" Strives To Make Linux Very Usable On Systems With Small Amounts Of RAM

Phoronix - Wed, 07/14/2021 - 21:30
It's well known that the Linux desktop can be quite unbearable when under heavy memory pressure as has been showcased over the years and more attention these days turning to the likes of OOMD/systemd-oomd and other alternatives to better deal with Linux low/out-of-memory scenarios especially with today's desktop software and web browsers consuming increasing amounts of memory. Another effort coming to fruition for helping this scenario is the "le9" Linux kernel patches...

RADV Radeon Driver Lands NGG Culling Support As Another Performance Win

Phoronix - Wed, 07/14/2021 - 19:07
Mesa's open-source Radeon Vulkan driver "RADV" has landed support for Next-Gen Geometry (NGG) culling support as ultimately what should provide another performance win for some workloads...

Intel Posts Revised Linux Driver Patches For DG2 Graphics, Xe_HP SDV Accelerator

Phoronix - Wed, 07/14/2021 - 18:16
Now that the DG1 graphics support is beginning to get squared away and with Linux 5.15 will likely be able to boot to an accelerated desktop, bring-up on the DG2 graphics card has begun along with the Xe_HP software development vehicle...

More Than Five Years In The Making: Creating A New Linux Random Number Generator

Phoronix - Wed, 07/14/2021 - 17:48
The "Linux Random Number Generator" (LRNG) effort as a new drop-in replacement for /dev/random is now up to its 41st revision and in development for more than five years...

Adreno 660 + 635 Now Supported By The Open-Source OpenGL/Vulkan Drivers

Phoronix - Wed, 07/14/2021 - 17:30
For going along with the newly added support in the MSM DRM kernel driver, Mesa's Freedreno Gallium3D OpenGL and Turnip Vulkan drivers have landed support for the Adreno 660 and Adreno 635 graphics processors...

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