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Linux 6.11 Upstream Now Defaults To A Better SATA Link Power Management Policy

Phoronix - Wed, 07/24/2024 - 18:58
It's not too often that the ATA pull request for a new Linux kernel merge window has much worth mentioning. With Linux 6.11 there is a change to the kernel defaults worth noting over the default SATA link power management policy. In this case most Linux distributions have been setting a better default themselves and is now a case of the upstream kernel defaults catching up...

Mesa 24.3 Radeon VCN Adds HDR Metadata Support For AV1 Encoder

Phoronix - Wed, 07/24/2024 - 18:42
The latest video acceleration improvements to report on with the open-source AMD Radeon driver front is support in Mesa 24.3-devel for passing HDR metadata in the AV1 encoder...

Printk Patches For Linux 6.11 Further Work Toward Threaded Console Printing

Phoronix - Wed, 07/24/2024 - 18:35
The latest printk patches have been submitted and merged for the Linux 6.11 kernel. The printk updates take another step toward the long-in-development work around threaded console printing / non-blocking "NBCON" consoles as the last major step to allow the real-time "RT" kernel patches to land...

Intel OSPRay 3.2 Further Advances This Open-Source Ray-Tracing Engine

Phoronix - Wed, 07/24/2024 - 18:08
Intel's OSPRay ray-tracing engine as part of their oneAPI rendering toolkit continues to serve as a great, scalable and portable RT engine for high fidelity visualizations. With OSPRay 3.2 released today, they continue advancing this open-source engine further...

How to Hack Your Own Linux System

Tecmint - Wed, 07/24/2024 - 14:00
The post How to Hack Your Own Linux System first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Passwords are the primary criterion for system security in most systems. When it comes to Linux, knowing the root password

The post How to Hack Your Own Linux System first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Upstream Linux 6.11 Makes It Easy To Build A Pacman Kernel Package For Arch Linux

Phoronix - Wed, 07/24/2024 - 08:19
The upstream Linux 6.11 kernel is making it easier to build a Pacman package of the kernel for use on Arch Linux and other Arch derived distributions relying on Pacman...

Intel's Mesa Driver Upstreaming For Xe2 Support Appears Mostly Done

Phoronix - Wed, 07/24/2024 - 04:09
Ahead of launch for new discrete/integrated graphics backed by open-source Linux drivers, it can often be difficult to ascertain the level of support pre-launch given the complexity of today's GPUs, we are past the days of long monolithic patch series for new hardware enablement, and also not knowing about what features may be added for the next-generation hardware. But if latest Mesa developer comments hold, it looks like for Intel Xe2 graphics the open-source Vulkan driver at least has "most" of the code now in place...

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