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Google Chrome To Remove Theora Video Codec Support

Phoronix - Sun, 10/29/2023 - 21:21
The Xiph.Org-developed Theora lossy video compression format was once popular for open-source video compression but in an era of VP9 and AV1 its usage has waned. Google engineers are now working to remove Theora support from their Chrome/Chromium web browser...

NVIDIA Looking To Add OpenACC 3.3 Support To Upstream LLVM Clang

Phoronix - Sun, 10/29/2023 - 20:47
A NVIDIA compiler engineer last week laid out the company's plans for implementing OpenACC 3.3 offloading support within the LLVM Clang compiler...

Linux 6.7 Reworks PE Header Generation To Reduce Attack Area

Phoronix - Sun, 10/29/2023 - 20:35
One of the many early pull requests sent in for Linux 6.7 were the x86/boot changes that are headlined by a rework to the PE header generation in order to generate a modern, 4K-aligned kernel image view to ultimately aim for better system security...

AMD Versal EDAC Driver Submitted For Linux 6.7

Phoronix - Sun, 10/29/2023 - 18:54
While the Linux 6.6 kernel isn't set to be released until later today, over the weekend a number of early pull requests were submitted of new material for the Linux 6.7 merge window. Among those early PRs were for the Error Detection and Correction (EDAC) area of the kernel...

Some Of The Features You Can Expect With Linux 6.7

Phoronix - Sun, 10/29/2023 - 03:45
With Linux 6.6 expected to be released tomorrow as stable, the Linux 6.7 merge window in turn will be opened. Here's a preview of some of the changes expected for this next kernel cycle...

Intel's Mesa Drivers Enable "TBMIR" Tile-Based Rendering

Phoronix - Sun, 10/29/2023 - 00:29
A shiny feature landed on Friday for the Intel open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers within Mesa 24.0: Tile-Based Immediate Mode Rendering (TBIMR)...

Six Great Features With The Upcoming Linux 6.6 Kernel

Phoronix - Sat, 10/28/2023 - 21:19
Tomorrow the Linux 6.6 kernel is expected to be released as stable unless Linus Torvalds has last minute reservations and decides to extend the cycle by an extra week. While there were many last minute fixes this week, the changes don't appear to be too scary or invasive. In any event the Linux 6.6 kernel is bringing some exciting features...

KDE Desktop Cube Effect Returns & Plasma Wayland Per-Screen Color Management

Phoronix - Sat, 10/28/2023 - 19:01
KDE developer Nate Graham is out with his usual weekly recap highlighting all of the interesting accomplishments for this open-source desktop for the past week. But with not having posted last weekend, this edition highlights the many achievements made by the KDE camp over the past two weeks...

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