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Linux 5.12 Features Intel Xe VRR, Nintendo 64 Port + Clang LTO + Much More

Phoronix - Sun, 02/28/2021 - 23:30
The Linux 5.12 merge window was off to a rough start due to winter storms preventing Linus Torvalds from merging changes for nearly one week, but in any case he appears to have caught up and the Linux 5.12-rc1 kernel is expected later today to end out the merge window. Here is a look at the many exciting changes coming for Linux 5.12.

Vulkan Ray-Tracing Along With Other New/Updated Benchmarks For February

Phoronix - Sun, 02/28/2021 - 22:06
There have been plenty of new and updated benchmarks over the course of February ahead of upcoming CPU and GPU launches...

Linux Mint's Update Manager To Encourage Users To Apply Security Updates

Phoronix - Sun, 02/28/2021 - 21:52
Last week the Linux Mint project shared the troubling news how many of its users are behind on important security updates or in some cases even running end-of-life versions. In trying to help address the issue, Linux Mint is working on improvements to its Update Manager to encourage users to apply updates...

Xilinx Volleys Latest Open-Source Alveo Accelerator Driver Code

Phoronix - Sun, 02/28/2021 - 20:09
Back in March 2019 Xilinx announced they were looking to upstream their Alveo FPGA accelerator drivers into the mainline kernel code. They followed through with posting the initial kernel patches and then fast forward to the end of 2020 they posted a new iteration of the patches. This month the company, which is in the process of being acquired by AMD, posted the third iteration of their open-source Linux kernel driver patches...

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