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Fwupd 2.0.14 Brings New Framework & SteelSeries Hardware Support

Phoronix - Fri, 08/29/2025 - 20:12
Fwupd 2.0.14 is out today as the newest version of this open-source firmware updating utility that is widely-used on Linux systems for BIOS/system firmware updates as well as an ever increasing array of different peripheral devices...

Switching From i915 To Xe Linux Drivers Can Yield Some Big Gains For Intel Arc A-Series

Phoronix - Fri, 08/29/2025 - 18:36
For those using Intel Arc A-Series graphics cards on Linux, the i915 kernel driver remains the default but switching over to the Xe driver can yield some incremental performance benefits. For OpenCL / GPU compute workloads especially, switching to the Xe kernel driver can be rather dramatic.

Qualcomm Packet Processing Engine "PPE" Going Upstream For Linux 6.18

Phoronix - Fri, 08/29/2025 - 16:51
Recently queued into the Linux networking subsystem's net-next branch ahead of the Linux 6.18 merge window is the Qualcomm PPE driver to support their Packet Processing Engine on select SoCs...

Genode OS 25.08 Introduces New Kernel Scheduler, Updates Linux Drivers

Phoronix - Fri, 08/29/2025 - 16:32
Version 25.08 of the Genode OS Framework has been released for this open-source operating system framework designed for software safety and security...

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