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Newer RISC-V CPUs Vulnerable To Spectre V1 - Linux Mitigation Patches Posted

Phoronix - Fri, 12/19/2025 - 04:56
Spectre V1 mitigations in the Linux kernel are coming for RISC-V with newer RISC-V core designs being vulnerable to Spectre Variant One style attacks...

Kdenlive 25.12 Video Editor Brings New Docking System, Menu Restructuring

Phoronix - Fri, 12/19/2025 - 04:46
In addition to the release this week of OpenShot 3.4, released today is a major update to another popular open-source video editing application: Kdenlive. The Kdenlive 25.12 release brings many improvements to help with editing of any year-end / holiday videos...

Mesa NVK Driver Merges Compression Support For Better Performance

Phoronix - Fri, 12/19/2025 - 02:20
Merged today to the Mesa 26.0-devel code for the open-source NVIDIA "NVK" Vulkan driver is compression support for helping to deliver better performance...

NVIDIA 590.48.01 Linux Driver Brings R590 Series To Stable

Phoronix - Fri, 12/19/2025 - 01:09
NVIDIA has promoted their R590 driver series to stable with the release today of the NVIDIA 590.48.01 Linux driver as their latest new feature branch version...

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