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Microsoft Posts Initial DRM Driver For Hyper-V Synthetic Video Device

Phoronix - Wed, 06/24/2020 - 07:47
Microsoft has posted their initial patch implementing a Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) driver for the synthetic video device exposed by their Hyper-V virtualization stack...

FGKASLR Revised For Better Linux Security Via Enhanced Address Space Randomization

Phoronix - Wed, 06/24/2020 - 06:57
One of many high profile features that didn't make it in time for Linux 5.8 is FGKASLR, Function Granular Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization...

It's Looking Unlikely KDE Will See Per-Screen Scaling On X11 This Year

Phoronix - Wed, 06/24/2020 - 04:53
At the start of 2020 well known KDE developer Nate Graham who publishes the weekly status reports on their desktop environment posted a 2020 KDE roadmap of sorts. Now being half-way through the year, here is a look at how that roadmap is looking with what items have been completed, what is still being tackled, and what is looking less likely to be accomplished...

NVIDIA Vulkan Beta Driver Finally Adds External Memory Host Support

Phoronix - Wed, 06/24/2020 - 01:50
NVIDIA today released a new Vulkan beta driver for Linux systems at version 440.66.17...

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