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Linux 6.10-rc4 Released With Another Week Worth Of Driver Fixes

Phoronix - Mon, 06/17/2024 - 04:56
Linus Torvalds as the father of the Linux kernel set aside some time this Father's Day to release Linux 6.10-rc4...

IceWM 3.6 Released With A Few New Features & Fixes

Phoronix - Sun, 06/16/2024 - 21:15
IceWM 3.6 is out today as the newest version of this lightweight X11 window manager...

Linux's New DRM Panic "Blue Screen of Death" In Action

Phoronix - Sun, 06/16/2024 - 18:48
After being talked about for years of DRM panic handling and coming with a "Blue Screen of Death" solution for DRM/KMS drivers, Linux 6.10 is introducing a new DRM panic handler infrastructure for being able to display a message when a panic occurs. This is especially important for those building a kernel without VT/FBCON support where otherwise viewing the kernel panic message isn't otherwise easily available...

VMware Hypercall API To Likely Land In Linux 6.11

Phoronix - Sun, 06/16/2024 - 18:36
For months Broadcom has been working on the VMware Hypercall API for the Linux kernel. This "vmware_hyperscall" is a new family of functions for use by the VMware guest code and virtual device drivers in an architecture-independent manner...

Fedora Making Strides On Enabling Greater AI Use, Easier AMD ROCm PyTorch Acceleration

Phoronix - Sun, 06/16/2024 - 18:23
Christian Schaller of Red Hat shared an update on Friday around the ongoing enhancements to Fedora Workstation. Given the current industry trends, ongoing Fedora Workstation development is seeing a lot of attention around... AI, AI, AI...

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