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AMDGPU ISP Firmware Upstreamed In linux-firmware.git

Phoronix - Mon, 05/20/2024 - 20:36
It was just earlier this month that AMD Linux kernel graphics driver patches appeared for introducing a new ISP hardware block for Image Signal Processing with new AMD APUs. Already the AMDGPU ISP firmware has appeared in linux-firmware.git indicating that this "ISP" block may be coming in hardware quite soon if not already quietly found within some products...

OCFS2 File-System Seeing Improved Write Performance On Linux 6.10

Phoronix - Mon, 05/20/2024 - 18:42
It's not often having anything to write about on the Oracle Cluster File-System v2 (OCFS2), but with Linux 6.10 it's seeing a rather significant performance optimization...

Linux 6.10 Will Print The Number Of Populated Memory Slots At Boot Time

Phoronix - Mon, 05/20/2024 - 18:24
As a small information heads up, the Linux 6.10 kernel will print the number of populated memory slots at boot time to the kernel log as a little helper...

Intel CR 24.17.29377.6 Offers Latest OpenCL & oneAPI Level Zero Support

Phoronix - Mon, 05/20/2024 - 18:04
Intel Compute Runtime 24.17.29377.6 is now available as the latest routine update to this open-source GPU compute stack used by the company's integrated and discrete graphics products for providing OpenCL and oneAPI Level Zero compute capabilities...

Fwupd 1.9.20 Released With Updated FPC Fingerprint Reader Support

Phoronix - Mon, 05/20/2024 - 17:51
While Fwupd developers are working toward the Fwupd 2.0 release, out this morning is Fwupd 1.9.20 as the newest point release for this open-source solution for firmware updating on Linux that pairs with the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS)...

Get Started with Ubuntu 24.04: Beginner-Friendly Installation & Tweaks

Tecmint - Mon, 05/20/2024 - 16:00
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, codename Noble Numbat, was released on April 25, 2024, and is now available for download from the official Ubuntu website and its

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5 Reasons Why I Hate GNU/Linux – Do You Hate (Love) Linux?

Tecmint - Mon, 05/20/2024 - 13:00
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There are aspects of Linux that I find frustrating, even though I don’t talk about them often. Here are five points that I encounter almost

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