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Git 2.42 Released With Less Warnings For SHA-256 Usage

Phoronix - Tue, 08/22/2023 - 02:53
Git 2.42 is out today as the newest feature update for this dominant open-source distributed revision control system...

Several HID Driver Improvements Ready For Linux 6.6

Phoronix - Tue, 08/22/2023 - 02:10
In recent days a number of feature patches were queued in HID-next to provide new driver features and hardware support within the Human Interface Device subsystem...

Coreboot's amdfwtool Updated For EPYC Genoa

Phoronix - Mon, 08/21/2023 - 23:22
The amdfwtool utility living within the Coreboot repository for dealing with AMD platform firmware files has now added support for EPYC 9004 "Genoa" processors...

Linux 6.6 AMDGPU Driver To Expose Current & Average Power For Capable GPUs

Phoronix - Mon, 08/21/2023 - 22:46
On Friday AMD sent out another pull request of AMDGPU/AMDKFD driver changes for the upcoming Linux 6.6 merge window. With the Linux 6.5 release due out likely in one week and the cut-off having passed for new "feature" code for DRM-Next, this latest AMDGPU pull request was centered around bug-fixes but also with a few minor additions...

Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen4 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U Linux Tests Forthcoming

Phoronix - Mon, 08/21/2023 - 22:09
For those that have been eyeing an AMD Ryzen 7 7040 "Phoenix" series laptop for Linux use, over the coming weeks ahead there will be benchmarks and a review on the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen4 with AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U laptop. With this 8-core / 16-thread Zen 4 mobile processor clocking up to 5.1GHz, 64GB of LPDDR5x-6400 memory, 1TB NVMe SSD, and 2.8K OLED display it should be a real treat if the Linux support is all in good shape...

AMD Color Management Improvements For Linux & The Steam Deck Continue

Phoronix - Mon, 08/21/2023 - 21:40
Melissa Wen with consulting firm Igalia continues working with AMD and Valve engineers on supporting AMD driver-specific color management properties for Linux to benefit the Steam Deck but ultimately to benefit all AMD Linux users as well...

LibreOffice 7.6 Now Available For This Best Free Software Office Suite

Phoronix - Mon, 08/21/2023 - 20:04
LibreOffice 7.6 is now available as the latest major release to this leading open-source office suite that is widely used on the Linux desktop and elsewhere...

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