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Intel "Performance Tips" Published For Optimal Linux Graphics  Phoronix

Added today to the Mesa documentation for the open-source Intel OpenGL/Vulkan drivers used on Linux systems is a set of "performance tips" for ensuring an optimal Intel Linux graphics 3D accelerated experience...

Rsync 3.4 is out today for this widely-used utility for incrementally transferring and synchronizing files between systems. Rsync is widely-used especially for backing up Linux servers in an incremental manner and unfortunately this v3.4 release isn't some cheery news...

Yesterday I looked at how the Intel OpenCL GPU compute performance evolved for the Arc Graphics B580 in the one month since that first Battlemage graphics card premiered. There were nice Intel GPU compute optimizations merged over the past month to improve the experience. Here are some Linux graphics/gaming benchmarks for the Intel Arc B580 comparing the prior launch day Linux driver performance to where the Mesa performance is at now...

Intel Arc B580 Linux Graphics Driver Performance One Month After Launch  Phoronix

Linux Mint 22.1 “Xia” Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New  9to5Linux

Linux Mint 22.1 “Xia” Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New  9to5Linux

Mecha Comet is a modular open source handheld computer that reminds me of the Indian PDA that may have inspired the iPhone  TechRadar

Parallels Desktop gains “really slow” support for x86 OSes on Apple Silicon  Ars Technica

The modern GNOME desktop hasn't had a core application to playback audio files although many different audio/multimedia players exist. But now for the upcoming GNOME 48 desktop release, there is now a promoted core app for audio playback: Decibels...

Android and Linux-based Smart TFT displays simplify embedded development  EE Journal

The Beginners’ Guide to Using the Linux Terminal  Make Tech Easier

Android vs Linux for gaming handhelds: Here are my thoughts after trying both  Android Authority

ARM64 ILP32 is the Armv8 architecture with a 32-bit ABI rather than 64-bit -- akin to the "x32" x86 effort that never really took off on Linux. ARM64 ILP32 support never ended up making it into the mainline Linux kernel or GNU C Library but did appear within the GNU Compiler Collection. But years later and little use, GCC developers are consider deprecating ILP32 support ahead of its eventual removal...

Back in 2022 there were Linux kernel developers like Linux's second-in-command Greg Kroah-Hartman recommending that Intel Alder Lake laptops be avoided. This was due to the Intel web camera support in those new-at-the-time laptops yet to be properly upstreamed and relying on binary bits. Over time that Intel IPU6 MIPI camera support has seen portions of the code upstreamed into the mainline Linux kernel and distributions like Fedora taking extra steps to make them work but still in 2025 those with newer Intel laptops boasting the latest web camera technology are often facing a challenging experience...

MX Linux 23.5 launches with Xfce 4.20 and updated kernel options  Notebookcheck.net

Intel and AMD engineers rush to save Linux 6.13 after dodgy Microsoft tweak  The Register

Ubuntu Studio: Why you need this open-source Adobe alternative  Creative Bloq

It's not only the Intel GPU compute stack seeing some nice improvements recently but over with the Mesa 25.0-devel code for the Intel "ANV" open-source Vulkan driver there have been some new performance optimizations arriving this week...

Intel's Vulkan Linux Driver Lands More Performance Optimizations Ahead Of The B570  Phoronix