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Today Marks 20 Years Since Starting Phoronix For Linux Hardware Reviews & News

Phoronix - Wed, 06/05/2024 - 12:00
Well, it's been a wild ride to say the least... Today marks twenty years since I started Phoronix.com devoted to reviewing Linux hardware and ultimately enriching the Linux hardware experience with more benchmarks, open-source/Linux hardware news, and more over the years...

AMD ROCm 6.1.2 Released With Fixes & Optimizations

Phoronix - Wed, 06/05/2024 - 08:17
ROCm 6.1.2 is out today as the newest update to AMD's open-source GPU compute stack for Linux systems and with growing support for Windows Subsystem for Linux...

Dell "PC Extras" Driver Slated For Linux 6.11 - Initially To Control Fan Modes

Phoronix - Wed, 06/05/2024 - 03:00
Queued into the x86 platform drivers' "for-next" branch ahead of the Linux 6.11 kernel cycle is the "Dell PC Extras" driver. Initially this new dell-pc driver is used for controlling fan modes via the Platform Profile setting on capable systems...

Intel's Open-Source Vulkan Driver Wires Up Mesh Shader Queries

Phoronix - Wed, 06/05/2024 - 02:22
Building atop the Intel "ANV" Vulkan driver's mesh shader support that's been enabled by default since last year, the newest Mesa 24.2-devel code as of today now adds support for mesh shader queries...

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