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Intel Ivybridge + Haswell Require Security Mitigation For Graphics Hardware Flaw

Phoronix - Wed, 01/15/2020 - 09:23
Earlier today we were first to report on an Intel graphics driver patch mitigating a "Gen9" graphics hardware vulnerability. Details on that new security disclosure are coming to light and it turns out older Intel "Gen" graphics are also affected...

Canonical Is Working On A New Desktop Theme For Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Phoronix - Wed, 01/15/2020 - 07:12
With Ubuntu 20.04 to see installation on many desktops (and servers) given its Long-Term Support status, Canonical and the Yaru community team have begun working on a successor to the Yaru theme for this Linux distribution release due out in April...

Valve's Proton 4.11-12 Released With DXVK 1.5.1, Updated SDKs

Phoronix - Wed, 01/15/2020 - 05:48
The Wine-downstream Proton that powers Valve's Steam Play is up to version 4.11-12 following a release today by a CodeWeavers developer...

GCC 10 Introduces A Static Analyzer - Static Analysis On C Code With "-fanalyzer" Option

Phoronix - Wed, 01/15/2020 - 04:52
Within GCC's newly minted Git repository is a big last minute feature for the GCC 10 release: a long-awaited static analyzer...

Tesla Is Making Use Of The Open-Source Coreboot Within Their Electric Vehicles

Phoronix - Wed, 01/15/2020 - 03:00
Not only is Linux increasingly used within automobiles but it turns out at least one automobile manufacturer is even using Coreboot within their vehicles...

Intel's Linux Graphics Driver Gets Patched For A Gen9 Graphics Vulnerability

Phoronix - Wed, 01/15/2020 - 02:29
On top of the Intel graphics driver patches back from November for denial of service and privilege escalation bugs, the Linux kernel received a new patch today for "CVE-2019-14615" regarding a possible data disclosure with Gen9 graphics hardware...

The Time Namespace Appears To Finally Be On-Deck For The Mainline Linux Kernel

Phoronix - Wed, 01/15/2020 - 00:32
Back in 2018 a time namespace was proposed for the Linux kernel and now in 2020 it looks like this kernel functionality will be merged for mainline, likely with the upcoming Linux 5.6 cycle...

CoreAVI VkCoreGL SC1 Hits Compliance For Ushering Vulkan Into Safety Critical Systems

Phoronix - Tue, 01/14/2020 - 23:42
Vulkan could soon be used indirectly on safety critical military and aerospace displays thanks to CoreAVI's VkCoreGL SC1...

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