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Install Latest HPLIP for HP Printing & Scanning on Ubuntu

Tecmint - Tue, 07/16/2024 - 14:19
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HP printers and scanners are widely used, but getting them to work seamlessly on Ubuntu can sometimes be challenging. The

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Solus Linux Dropping Support For AppArmor & Phasing Out Snaps

Phoronix - Tue, 07/16/2024 - 08:57
The Solus Linux project announced today they will be dropping the AppArmor patches carried by their kernels. In turn this means their Snap packaging support will only run with partial confinement...

New "SCALE" Software Allows Natively Compiling CUDA Apps For AMD GPUs

Phoronix - Tue, 07/16/2024 - 02:28
While there have been various efforts like HIPIFY to help in translating CUDA source code to portable C++ code for AMD GPUs and then the previously-AMD-funded ZLUDA to allow CUDA binaries to run on AMD GPUs via a drop-in replacement to CUDA libraries, there's a new contender in town: SCALE. SCALE is now public as a GPGPU toolchain for allowing CUDA programs to be natively run on AMD graphics processors...

Linux 6.10 released - BetaNews

Google News - Tue, 07/16/2024 - 02:16
Linux 6.10 released  BetaNews

GNU Linux-libre 6.10 Takes Aim At Intel IPU6, Panthor & Other Drivers With Blobs

Phoronix - Mon, 07/15/2024 - 22:00
Following last night's release of the Linux 6.10 kernel, the FSF LA developers have released GNU Linux-libre 6.10-gnu as their downstream kernel flavor that strips out the ability to load binary-only kernel modules and the ability to load non-free firmware/microcode into open-source drivers, among other alterations in the name of software freedom...

AMD Zen 5 Overview With Ryzen 9000 Series & Ryzen AI 300

Phoronix - Mon, 07/15/2024 - 21:00
Last week I had the pleasure to be out in Los Angeles for the AMD Tech Day focused on their new Ryzen 9000 "Granite Ridge" and Ryzen AI 300 "Strix Point" processors. This was an exciting event with many new details shared around Zen 5 CPU cores and the RDNA 3.5 integrated graphics found with the upcoming Ryzen AI 300 series mobile processors. The embargo concerning those architectural details have now expired while the review/benchmarking embargo isn't until a later date.

AMD Unified AI Software Stack Has The Potential To Be A Very Big Deal

Phoronix - Mon, 07/15/2024 - 21:00
Alongside all of the exciting Ryzen 9000 and Ryzen AI 300 series details shared last week at the AMD Tech Day in Los Angeles, what I also found to be very interesting was AMD sharing a bit more about a "Unified AI Software Stack" they are working to release in the coming quarters...

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