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LLVM 20 Merges An Initial Telemetry Framework

Phoronix - Sun, 12/22/2024 - 19:49
Merged this week to the LLVM Git codebase ahead of next year's LLVM 20 release is a simple telemetry framework...

Linux Driver Posted For The EC Found On Most Snapdragon X1 Laptops

Phoronix - Sun, 12/22/2024 - 19:32
For those interested in making use of Linux on the Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 Elite laptops that have been appearing since earlier this year, there's a new embedded controller (EC) driver posted for the Linux kernel for this EC that's found on most of the X1 laptop models...

SysVinit 3.12 Brings Fixes & Better Documentation For Christmas

Phoronix - Sun, 12/22/2024 - 19:23
For devoted SysVinit users trying to avoid systemd still on Linux systems in 2025, SysVinit 3.12 has been released for the holidays with the latest fixes to this open-source init system...

Flatpak XDG-Desktop-Portal 1.19.1 Brings USB Portal & Notification v2 Portal

Phoronix - Sun, 12/22/2024 - 09:19
Debuting as a new development release today was XDG-Desktop-Portal 1.19.1 as this portal front-end service for Flatpak sandboxed apps and other desktop containment frameworks. The XDG-Desktop-Portal 1.19.1 milestone is exposing new and expanded portal capabilities for dealing with various hardware devices and APIs...

Darktable 5.0 Released With Many UI/UX Improvements

Phoronix - Sun, 12/22/2024 - 02:45
In time for editing any end-of-year/holiday photos, Darktable 5.0 is out today as a major update to this open-source RAW photography workflow application...

CachyOS Update Now Uses AutoFDO-Optimized Kernel, Rusticl Driver

Phoronix - Sat, 12/21/2024 - 23:21
The CachyOS December 2024 update is out today as the newest monthly release to this performance-optimized, Arch Linux based operating system...

Raspberry Pi HEVC Decoder Driver Posted For Linux Kernel Review

Phoronix - Sat, 12/21/2024 - 22:31
The latest work that Raspberry Pi is working to upstream to the mainline Linux kernel is a HEVC/H.265 video decode driver that works on Raspberry Pi 4 and Raspberry Pi 5 single board computers...

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