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Linux 6.16 Features From NVIDIA Blackwell To Performance Improvements & Intel APX

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 9 June

Now that the Linux 6.16 kernel merge window closed this weekend, here is a convenient recap of all the interesting features coming in this next kernel release due out as stable around the end of July.

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Open-Source Linux Driver Preps For Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 GPU Support

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 9 June

When it comes to the Qualcomm Snapdragon X laptops on Linux it's been primarily focused on the Snapdragon X Elite support with the X Plus SoC support not being as well off yet. But recently there has been more patches surfacing around the Snapdragon X Plus support, including the Adreno X1-45 GPU used by that lower-tier SoC...

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Mold 2.40.1 Delivers More Performance - Including A New Algorithm Generated By ChatGPT

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 9 June

While a point release, Mold 2.40.1 is another notable step forward for this high-speed linker alternative to GNU LD/Gold and LLVM LLD. Mold 2.40.1 brings yet more performance improvements...

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NVIDIA VA-API Driver 0.0.14 Improves Compatibility & Fixes Various Issues

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 9 June

The open-source, unofficial VA-API driver implementation for NVIDIA GPUs is out with a new release. The NVIDIA-VAAPI-Driver project continues to build VA-API support atop NVIDIA's NVDEC interface to allow the NVIDIA proprietary driver stack to work with VA-API-only applications like the Mozilla Firefox web browser on Linux...

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Linux's Turbostat Updated For Intel Diamond Rapids & Bartlett Lake

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 9 June

The turbostat utility that lives within the Linux kernel source tree for reporting processor frequency and idle statistics along with other CPU information saw some last minute updates during the Linux 6.16 merge window...

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Sway 1.11 Released With New Wayland Protocols & More

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 9 June

Simon Ser announced the release of Sway 1.11 on Sunday as the newest feature update to this popular i3-inspired Wayland compositor from which the wlroots library was originally born...

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Linux 6.16-rc1 Released: New AMD & Intel Drivers, More Performance & Blackwell Support

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 8 June

Linux 6.16-rc1 was just released by Linus Torvalds. This first release candidate of Linux 6.16 marks the close of the two-week merge window where many new features and other changes were introduced...

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AMD Announces New Ryzen AI Z2 SoCs For Gaming Handhelds

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 8 June

AMD in cooperation with ASUS and Microsoft used the Xbox Games Showcase for announcing their new Ryzen AI Z2 series processors for gaming handhelds. The new Ryzen AI Z2 series is launching with the new ASUS ROG Xbox Ally / ROG Xbox Ally X handhelds running Microsoft Windows...

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Linux GPIB Drivers Maturing Into Good Shape 50+ Years After The Bus Was Introduced

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 8 June

Notable with the staging area updates for the in-development Linux 6.16 kernel is word that the GPIB driver code may be ready to leave the staging area in the next kernel cycle (Linux v6.17) in then being promoted to the main driver area in signifying the maturity of the code and being cleaned up to meet kernel coding standards. The GPIB drivers are for the General Purpose Interface Bus that was introduced back in 1972...