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PoCL-Remote Allows OpenCL To Be Transparently Used Across Networked Systems

Phoronix - Tue, 09/05/2023 - 20:25
PoCL began as an open-source project providing a CPU-based OpenCL implementation and over the years has added support for various LLVM back-ends such as for targeting AMD HSA, Intel Level Zero, and NVIDIA CUDA/PTX with its OpenCL implementation. The latest back-end merged ahead of Portable Computing Language 5.0 is a remote back-end that allows for OpenCL codes to be transparently utilized on networked systems for distributed computing...

Intel & Tower Semiconductor Reach Foundry Agreement

Phoronix - Tue, 09/05/2023 - 20:08
Following Intel's acquisition of Tower Semiconductor falling through due to failing to obtain all the necessary regulatory approvals, Intel and Tower today announced a foundry agreement...

Linux 6.6 Adds New Sound Support For AMD Van Gogh, Valve Galileo

Phoronix - Tue, 09/05/2023 - 18:45
The sound subsystem and audio driver updates were merged last week for the ongoing Linux 6.6 merge window. Interesting about the sound work this cycle is a fair amount of work around AMD Van Gogh platforms, which so far is just the APU that's known to power Valve's Steam Deck...

Hangover 8.15 Released With Box64 Integration As PE Library

Phoronix - Tue, 09/05/2023 - 18:15
Building off Friday's release of Wine 8.15 is a new version of Hangover, the Wine-based software that aims to ease the deployment of Wine with x86/x86_64 Windows software support atop AArch64 processors and other CPU architectures...

Some AMD CPUs To Benefit From New Micro-Optimization In Linux 6.6

Phoronix - Tue, 09/05/2023 - 17:50
One of the patches to be picked up by the Linux 6.6 kernel this week brings back REP MOSQ for user-access on CPUs without Enhanced REP MOVSB (ERMS) support. In turn this can equate to some performance benefits on AMD CPUs lacking ERMS...

Manjaro 23.0 Released With GNOME 44, KDE Plasma 5.27 & Xfce 4.18 Desktop Options

Phoronix - Tue, 09/05/2023 - 17:26
Manjaro 23.0 "Uranos" has been released as the latest version of this desktop-focused Linux distribution built atop Arch Linux...

10 Tools to Take or Capture Desktop Screenshots in Linux

Tecmint - Tue, 09/05/2023 - 13:48
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Most of the time we need to take screenshots of the whole screen or some part of the window on the screen. While on Android

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Linux Fix Incoming For Intel Fallout After The Kernel Disabled Buggy AMD fTPM RNG

Phoronix - Tue, 09/05/2023 - 07:58
The decision last month for the Linux kernel to disable random number generation (RNG) for all AMD fTPMs ended up having some unintended consequences on Intel systems that ended up breaking S3 suspend behavior...

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