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xf86-video-modesetting TearFree Gets Fixed Up For A/V De-Synchronization Issue

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 1 March, 2023

A few months back the generic xf86-video-modesetting X.Org driver added TearFree page-flipping support. The option eliminates screen tearing without the use of a compositor and was seen as a win by many for this generic DDX driver that works atop the modern DRM/KMS kernel drivers. But a rather annoying issue was discovered that could lead to audio/video synchronization problems was uncovered and is now fixed in the latest driver code...

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LoongArch With Linux 6.3 Enhances Security With KASLR

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 1 March, 2023

Loongson engineers continue working to improve their MIPS64-derived, RISC-V-inspired LoongArch CPU architecture code. With the in-development Linux 6.3 kernel are yet more improvements, including now supporting Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization (KASLR) for better security...

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Linux 6.3 Now Suggests The BFQ I/O Scheduler When Building MMC/SD Support

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 1 March, 2023

The BFQ I/O scheduler has long been suited well for MMC/SD card storage devices with a single queue now finally with Linux 6.3 the Kconfig setup will suggest/imply that I/O scheduler to help ensure it gets built...

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Linux 6.2, Linux 6.3 Developments, KDE Plasma 5.27 & More Made For An Exciting Month

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 1 March, 2023

While a short month there still were 243 original news articles on Phoronix written by your's truly about various open-source and Linux topics. There were also nine additional Linux hardware reviews looking at the Ryzen 9 7950X3D, the long-awaited NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080/4090 Linux performance results, and more. Here is a look back at what excited open-source/Linux enthusiasts in February...

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Incomplete Fedora 38 Changes Pushed Back, Including Dropping Legacy X.Org Drivers

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 28 February, 2023

With the Fedora Linux change completion deadline passed, the Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) has been eyeing up their approved list to see what didn't make the cut for Fedora 38 that is due out in April...

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Intel Releases Quantum SDK 1.0

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 28 February, 2023

After publishing their initial Quantum software development kit beta last year, Intel today released the Quantum SDK 1.0 version to help grow the developer ecosystem for quantum computing...

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NVIDIA 530.30.02 Linux Beta Driver Released

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 28 February, 2023

NVIDIA today released their first beta driver in the R530 driver series for Linux users...

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F2FS Brings Minor Improvements With Linux 6.3

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 28 February, 2023

While in recent days there has been much talk around the new, experimental and currently out-of-tree SSDFS file-system for NVMe ZNS drives, when it comes to a modern flash-optimized Linux file-system today, the Flash-Friendly File-System (F2FS) continues handling that space well and has been battle-tested via deployment on Android devices and more. With Linux 6.3, F2FS continues to be refined with more fixes and other minor enhancements...

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HP Dev One Production Ends For One Of The Most Interesting Linux Developer Laptops

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 28 February, 2023

The HP Dev One Linux laptop is now sold-out and the production on it has ended. The HP Dev One that launched last year was the very interesting collaboration between HP and System76 for coming out with a Linux laptop catering to developers and running Pop!_OS...