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NVK Vulkan Driver Lands DRM Format Modifiers Support

Phoronix - Tue, 05/14/2024 - 20:18
After the 22 patches were under review for the past eight months, merged today is the NVK Vulkan driver support for the VK_EXT_image_drm_format_modifier extension for handling DRM format modifiers...

Zone Write Plugging Comes To Linux 6.10 For Better Performance

Phoronix - Tue, 05/14/2024 - 18:45
Along with the IO_uring improvements for Linux 6.10, the block subsystem changes have also been merged for this new kernel version...

Qualcomm Talks Up Their Linux Support For The Snapdragon X Elite

Phoronix - Tue, 05/14/2024 - 18:34
While much of the emphasis for Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite laptop SoC has been around Windows on Arm PCs, Qualcomm has also been working to have upstream Linux support for this high-end SoC and everything is coming together for said support...

Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT+ Now Available For $12 To Connect NVMe Drives & More

Phoronix - Tue, 05/14/2024 - 18:27
The Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT+ has finally launched for allowing M.2 devices like NVMe drives, WiFi adapters, accelerators, and more to be connected to the Raspberry Pi 5...

Manjaro 24.0 Released: Powered By Linux 6.9 & The Latest Desktops

Phoronix - Tue, 05/14/2024 - 18:14
Manjaro 24.0 has been released today as the newest version of this Arch Linux derived desktop OS. Manjaro 24.0 ships with the latest the newly-released Linux 6.9 kernel and a slew of other updated packages...

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