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How to Trigger and Fix a Linux Kernel Panic

Tecmint - Thu, 05/22/2025 - 14:00
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Imagine you’re happily working on your Linux system, maybe compiling a package, running updates, or just browsing and suddenly, your

The post How to Trigger and Fix a Linux Kernel Panic first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

AMD Releases ROCm 6.4.1 With RDNA4 GPU Support

Phoronix - Thu, 05/22/2025 - 03:30
Well, this is a pleasant surprise... Less than 24 hours after the AMD Computex 2025 keynote where better/more-timely ROCm support for client GPUs was brought up, AMD ROCm 6.4.1 is now officially released. With ROCm 6.4.1 there is formal support for RDNA4 GPUs, including the Radeon RX 9000 series consumer graphics cards...

libinput Preparing To Introduce A Lua-Based Plugin System For Modifying Devices/Events

Phoronix - Thu, 05/22/2025 - 02:30
The libinput input handling library that's used by both X11 and Wayland based environments on the Linux desktop is preparing to introduce a Lua-based plug-in system. Via Lua scripts it will be possible to modify evdev input events / input device behavior to deal with quirky/broken input devices and better workaround other problems that aren't currently easily addressable...

Linux Improvements Boost AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 Series Performance Since Launch

Phoronix - Thu, 05/22/2025 - 00:50
With the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series having just been announced at Computex, it's a good time to revisit the Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series performance ahead of those Zen 5 HEDT CPUs launching in July. In this article is a look at how the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X 32-core and 7980X 64-core HEDT processors have evolved on the same system with the software updates released since their late 2023 debut. Overall the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X and 7980X Linux performance is up by about 8% overall since launch day less than two years ago with the 64-core processor.

Fwupd 2.0.10 Brings Support For New Logitech & Lenovo Devices

Phoronix - Thu, 05/22/2025 - 00:20
Fwupd 2.0.10 is out today as the newest feature update to this open-source firmware updating solution built around the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS)...

AMD To Focus On Better ROCm Linux Experience In H2-2025, Day-One Client Support

Phoronix - Wed, 05/21/2025 - 21:55
At the AMD Computex keynote last night in addition to announcing the Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series, Radeon RX 9060 XT, and Ryzen AI PRO R9700, they also brief talked about the ROCm compute stack and their plans for the second half of 2025...

NVIDIA Outlines Current Wayland Limitations & Future Driver Plans

Phoronix - Wed, 05/21/2025 - 20:30
Last year NVIDIA began publicly outlining known Wayland limitations for their driver and future support plans. This week NVIDIA put out updated information concerning known gaps in Wayland support as well as their ongoing future driver plans for enhancing the feature compatibility under this X11 successor...

FreeBSD Continues Improving Hardware Support For Framework Laptops, WiFi Devices

Phoronix - Wed, 05/21/2025 - 20:01
The FreeBSD project today published their status report outlining their development happenings during Q1'2025. There's been a lot going on in the FreeBSD world, especially for improving laptop support and other modern hardware coverage for this BSD operating system...

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