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KVM Preps For New Intel CPU Instructions With Linux 6.2

Phoronix - Fri, 12/16/2022 - 13:00
The initial batch of feature updates for the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) have been submitted for the Linux 6.2 merge window...

exFAT With Linux 6.2 Allows Creating Files & Directories Much Faster

Phoronix - Fri, 12/16/2022 - 08:30
For those relying on Microsoft's exFAT file-system for your SD cards or USB flash drives, the kernel driver with Linux 6.2 is capable of handling much faster file and directory creation than on prior versions...

Radeon ROCm 5.4.1 Released

Phoronix - Fri, 12/16/2022 - 07:41
AMD today capped off their busy week by releasing ROCm 5.4.1 as the newest version of their open-source compute stack...

VKD3D-Proton 2.8 Brings Many Improvements For Direct3D 12 On Vulkan

Phoronix - Fri, 12/16/2022 - 03:09
VKD3D-Proton 2.8 has been released as a nice Christmas gift to Linux gamers for advancing this Direct3D 12 on Vulkan implementation that is part of Valve's Steam Play (Proton) for enjoying Windows games on Linux...

openSUSE Is Still Looking For Users To Step Up And Maintain 32-bit x86 Support

Phoronix - Fri, 12/16/2022 - 02:48
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed is transitioning to x86-64-v2 CPU requirements and for the x86 32-bit realm they are working to carve-out their i586 packages into a separate "openSUSE:Factory:LegacyX86" archive. But so far no one has stepped up to maintain these 32-bit packages and thus jeopardizing its future...

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