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Microsoft's WSL2 Transitions To Linux 6.6 LTS Kernel

Phoronix - Tue, 07/02/2024 - 18:47
The kernel powering Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2) has long been using the Linux 5.15 LTS kernel while finally it's now upgraded past that aging long-term support kernel and onto the current Linux 6.6 LTS series...

Vulkan 1.3.289 Further Helps Out With Layered Driver Implementations

Phoronix - Tue, 07/02/2024 - 18:23
Vulkan 1.3.289 was released at the end of last week with a handful of clarifications/corrections to the Vulkan API specification plus one new maintenance extension...

Intel's VA-API 2.22 Library Adds VVC/H.266 Video Decode Interface

Phoronix - Tue, 07/02/2024 - 17:59
Intel engineers today released version 2.22 of libva, the driver-agnostic library for the Video Acceleration API (VA-API). Most notable with libva 2.22 is adding a new interface for Versatile Video Coding (VVC / H.266)...

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