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Tow-Boot 2023.07 U-Boot Distribution Released With New Board Support

Phoronix - Fri, 04/19/2024 - 20:45
It's been nearly one year since the last Tow-Boot release while debuting on Thursday was Tow-Boot 2023.07-007 for this open-source project derived from the U-Boot bootloader...

Rockchip NPU Open-Source Driver Taking Shape, Will Aim For Upstream Accel Driver

Phoronix - Fri, 04/19/2024 - 18:36
It was just one month ago that open-source developer Tomeu Vizoso was beginning work on reverse-engineering and writing a Rockchip NPU driver following his work on the Vivante NPU IP open-source driver support. He quickly began seeing the driver working and with very viable performance and now today he's shared another update on this Rockchip open-source NPU driver effort...

Intel oneVPL GPU Runtime 2024Q1 Brings VP9 Fix & AV1 Refinements

Phoronix - Fri, 04/19/2024 - 18:23
Overnight Intel released their oneVPL GPU Runtime 2024Q1 release for this media stack component to their oneAPI software collection...

5 Must-Try AI Tools for Linux Users in 2024

Tecmint - Fri, 04/19/2024 - 13:46
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It goes without saying that artificial intelligence and AI-powered chatbots, such as ChatGPT, are revolutionizing all aspects of our lives. While AI-based technology is becoming

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Fedora Linux 40 Cleared For Release Next Week

Phoronix - Fri, 04/19/2024 - 02:39
After not being ready in time for this week's early release target date, it's now been determined today that Fedora 40 is ready for release next week...

Rust-Written LAVD Kernel Scheduler Shows Promising Results For Linux Gaming

Phoronix - Fri, 04/19/2024 - 01:35
Changwoo Min with Igalia presented yesterday at Open-Source Summit North America on optimizing the kernel's scheduler for Linux gaming. Of course, the motivation is around Valve's Steam Deck but for Linux gaming at large to benefit too from this scheduler work to ideally yield less stuttering during gameplay...

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