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Linux Looking To Retire A Number Of Old ARM Platforms In Early 2027

Phoronix - Thu, 07/02/2026 - 18:18
It's not only old x86 i486 CPU support being removed from the Linux kernel but a number of older ARM platforms and features are on the chopping block too. A proposal has been laid out for deprecating and then removing a number of outdated ARM platforms and features from the Linux kernel in early 2027...

FFmpeg Introduces Vulkan APV Encoder

Phoronix - Thu, 07/02/2026 - 18:04
Back in May the FFmpeg project introduced Vulkan-accelerated decoding for the APV video format. The Advanced Professional Video (APV) codec was being handled using Vulkan shaders in a similar way to how FFmpeg implemented Vulkan acceleration for Apple ProRes. Now there is Vulkan-accelerated APV encoding too...

Rusticl OpenCL Driver Improving Hardware Utilization In Mesa 26.2

Phoronix - Thu, 07/02/2026 - 17:54
Red Hat engineer Karol Herbst has landed his latest optimization work to Rusticl in Mesa 26.2. The latest effort for this Rust-based OpenCL driver that works across Gallium3D drivers is around better hardware utilization...

JPEG-XL libjxl 0.12 Brings More Performance Optimizations

Phoronix - Thu, 07/02/2026 - 17:44
A new release of libjxl is now available for this reference implementation of the JPEG-XL image format, including both image encode and decode support...

Box3D Debuts As New Open-Source 3D Physics Engine

Phoronix - Thu, 07/02/2026 - 17:35
Erin Catto who has been developing the Box2D 2D physics engine for games announced the release of Box3D. Box3D is now providing a new open-source 3D physics engine that is forked off from the Box2D code...

Fedora Council Seeks To Shutdown Current Discussions Over AI Developer Desktop

Phoronix - Thu, 07/02/2026 - 09:40
Stemming from the widely varying views over the recent Fedora proposal for an "AI Developer Desktop" catering to running local AI and machine learning workloads in pre-configured environments with a seamless hardware-accelerated experience, the Fedora Council issued a statement this evening to effectively shutdown discussions for now over a Fedora AI Developer Desktop and to pause the Fedora Community Initiatives process...

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