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Intel Begins Preparing Linux Graphics Driver Support For Xe HP As "Gen12.5"

Phoronix - Wed, 12/02/2020 - 04:18
Xe HP is Intel's discrete GPU aiming to compete against the latest-generation AMD and NVIDIA compute accelerators. Xe HP isn't scheduled to reach general availability until well into 2021 while now as they begin ramping up their sampling of Xe HP to potential customers, the Linux open-source driver support is preparing to roll-out...

SUSE Completes Its Acquisition Of Rancher Labs

Phoronix - Wed, 12/02/2020 - 01:28
Back in July SUSE announced its intention to acquire Rancher Labs. That deal has now closed for acquiring the Kubernetes focused cloud company...

Two More X.Org Server Security Advisories Issued - Possible Privilege Escalation

Phoronix - Tue, 12/01/2020 - 23:57
Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative has uncovered two more security issues with the aging X.Org Server that as we roll into 2021 is still powering most of the Linux desktops...

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Linux Performance Exceeds The RTX 2080 SUPER - Costs Just $399 USD

Phoronix - Tue, 12/01/2020 - 22:00
NVIDIA tomorrow is launching the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti with their Founder's Edition card and AIB variants are also expected. For about $400 USD, the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti offers performance comparable or slightly faster than the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER and especially much stronger performance for compute and RTX workloads. With the review embargo now lifted a day ahead of the launch, here are the initial Linux benchmarks of the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti under Ubuntu Linux.

Mesa Now 2~5x Faster For SPECViewPerf Following OpenGL Optimizations

Phoronix - Tue, 12/01/2020 - 21:03
Well known open-source AMD Linux graphics driver developer Marek Olšák has just merged one of his largest set of optimizations in recent times: 2~5x faster performance for SPECViewPerf...

Linux Mint Continues Developing Hypnotix As New Open-Source IPTV Player

Phoronix - Tue, 12/01/2020 - 20:52
Linux Mint recently began developing a new open-source Linux IPTV player. That project "Hypnotix" is moving ahead and will be integrated with Linux Mint 20.1 while is also available as a standalone Debian package...

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