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AMDVLK 2023.Q3.2 Released With Quadbuffer Stereo, Quake 2 RTX Optimizations

Phoronix - Fri, 09/22/2023 - 18:44
AMD used to release new AMDVLK Vulkan driver updates on a near weekly basis for Linux users but that has slowed down for a while. We are approaching the end of Q3 and now AMDVLK 2023.Q3.2 has been published as their first new open-source driver release since early August...

Valve Is A Wonderful Upstream Contributor To Linux & The Open-Source Community

Phoronix - Fri, 09/22/2023 - 18:18
This shouldn't come as any surprise to any longtime Phoronix readers and dedicated open-source/Linux enthusiasts, but Valve with their work on the Steam Deck and SteamOS have been lifting the open-source ecosystem as a whole. A talk this week at the Linux Foundation Europe's Open-Source Summit highlighted some of the great and ongoing contributions by Valve and their partners...

Compute Runtime 23.30.26918.9 Released For Intel's Open-Source GPU Compute Stack

Phoronix - Fri, 09/22/2023 - 18:07
Intel engineers have published their Compoute Runtime 23.30.26918.9 that provides their open-source Level Zero and OpenCL support for use on Windows and Linux platforms with Intel integrated/discrete graphics hardware...

Ubuntu 23.10 Beta Released - Powered By Linux 6.5, GNOME 45 & Other Updates

Phoronix - Fri, 09/22/2023 - 17:54
The beta images of the Ubuntu 23.10 "Mantic Minotaur" release are now available for testing ahead of the planned official release in October...

Reminder: The 2023 Phoronix Premium Oktoberfest/Autumn Special

Phoronix - Fri, 09/22/2023 - 17:46
This is just a friendly reminder that if you wish to go ad-free on this site while supporting the ongoing Linux operations at Phoronix, enjoy native dark mode, and view multi-page articles on a single page, there remains an ongoing "Oktoberfest" sale for our Phoronix Premium subscription service...

Cloud Hypervisor 35 Released With Few New Features & Fixes

Phoronix - Fri, 09/22/2023 - 17:32
Cloud Hypervisor 35 was released on Thursday for this open-source, Rust-based VMM that was originally started by Intel software engineers before evolving into a multi-vendor initiative for secure and cloud focused workloads...

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