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Linux 6.8 To Support Next-Gen Intel Accelerators (QAT 420xx): More Engines, More Algos

Phoronix - Tue, 01/02/2024 - 22:11
Queued in the kernel's crypto subsystem development tree ahead of the upcoming Linux 6.8 merge window is introducing support for next-gen Intel QAT accelerators. The Intel QAT 420xx devices will support more acceleration engines as well as additional algorithms for next-generation QuickAssist Technology...

systemd In 2023 Added Windows-Inspired "Blue Screen Of Death" & macOS-Inspired T.D.M.

Phoronix - Tue, 01/02/2024 - 21:48
As part of our various year-end articles, here is a look back at the most popular systemd stories on Phoronix for the past year...

Mesa 24.0 Receives Further TGSI-To-NIR Conversion Work For AMD RadeonSI

Phoronix - Tue, 01/02/2024 - 19:54
The third merge request in the series addressing ongoing TGSI to NIR intermediate representation conversions has landed in Mesa 24.0-devel for the AMD RadeonSI Gallium3D driver...

Bcachefs Prepares Last Minute Fixes For Linux 6.7

Phoronix - Tue, 01/02/2024 - 19:43
Ahead of Linux 6.7 releasing next weekend, there's another set of Bcachefs file-system driver fixes on their way to the mainline kernel...

Steam On Linux At Nearly 2% For Ending Out 2023

Phoronix - Tue, 01/02/2024 - 19:24
The Steam Survey results are out for December 2023 and the Linux gaming marketshare is at nearly 2%...

SDL Lands Rumble Support For Valve's Steam Deck

Phoronix - Tue, 01/02/2024 - 19:05
The SDL3 library commonly used by cross-platform games and heavily relied upon by Steam continues to be under heavy development at the start of 2024...

Intel's Open-Source Contributions & Upstream Performance Optimizations Top 2023

Phoronix - Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:25
After looking earlier today at the most viewed AMD Linux/open-source stories of 2023, here's a look at the other side of the table with the most popular Intel content on Phoronix for the past year with my daily open-source and Linux focused coverage...

Wayland Enjoyed Many Successes In 2023

Phoronix - Mon, 01/01/2024 - 22:11
The Wayland ecosystem had a phenomenal year from much better NVIDIA proprietary driver support, Firefox ending out the year shipping with Wayland support enabled by default, KDE Plasma 6.0 will default to Wayland following many improvements on the KDE side, the Wine Wayland driver upstreamed in its initial form, XWayland continuing to be enhanced, and a lot of other software from desktop environments to apps continuing to embrace Wayland...

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