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Linux To Gain ML-DSA/Dilithium Post-Quantum Cryptography For Module Signing

Phoronix - Fri, 11/07/2025 - 22:06
New code likely to be submitted for the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel would introduce ML-DSA/Dilithium post-quantum cryptography to be initially used for dealing with kernel module signing...

Microsoft Contributing "RAMDAX" Driver For Upcoming Linux 6.19 Kernel

Phoronix - Fri, 11/07/2025 - 19:23
A new driver planned to be sent to the mainline Linux kernel for the upcoming Linux 6.19 merge window is yet another new contribution from Microsoft...

Vulkan 1.4.332 Brings A New Qualcomm Extension For AI / ML

Phoronix - Fri, 11/07/2025 - 19:01
Vulkan 1.4.332 is out today as the latest weekly update to this high performance graphics and compute API specification. Besides a number of documentation clarifications/corrections, there is one new extension this week in the name of AI / machine learning...

Mesa Lands Fixes For HDR With Vulkan Drivers

Phoronix - Fri, 11/07/2025 - 18:47
Merged overnight to Mesa 26.0-devel and likely to be back-ported for the upcoming Mesa 23.3 release are a few fixes around high dynamic range (HDR) support within the common Vulkan windowing system integration (WSI) / display code...

Ubuntu Server 25.10 Performance On AMD EPYC With "amd64v3" Optimized Packages

Phoronix - Fri, 11/07/2025 - 09:39
Last week Canonical announced Ubuntu "architecture variants" with initially supporting "amd64v3" optimized packages built using the x86_64-v3 micro-architecture feature level. For this initial debut in the Ubuntu 25.10 archive an initial subset of packages are built using that higher feature level that can assume AVX/AVX2 and other more recent CPU ISA additions. More details on that and some initial desktop benchmarks can be found within the Ubuntu 25.10 amd64v3 Benchmarks article. Complementing that are some Ubuntu Server 25.10 benchmarks carried out on an AMD EPYC "Turin" server of the base amd64 packages versus amd64v3...

Archinstall 3.0.13 Adds WiFi Connection Menu To Arch Linux Installer

Phoronix - Fri, 11/07/2025 - 03:26
Just days after the Archinstall 3.0.12 release for this text-based Arch Linux installer, Archinstall 3.0.13 is now available to deliver a new feature. That new feature is a text-based interface for being able to connect to a WiFi network within Archinstall...

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