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Linux 6.16 Now Enforces A Minimum Compiler Version Of GCC 8

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 31 May

To compile the Linux x86/x86_64 kernel has already enforced a minimum compiler version of GCC 8 while now with Linux 6.16 this requirement is in place for all other architectures. The GCC 8 and GNU Binutils 2.30 baseline for all Linux kernel architectures now allows removing a number of old workarounds from the codebase...

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Linux 6.16 Enabling Support For 11 More SoCs, Sophgo SG2044 & More Snapdragon X Laptops

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 31 May

All of the big SoC and DeviceTree board updates have been submitted for the Linux 6.16 kernel including support for a number of new Arm SoCs as well as a RISC-V server SoC. Plus many new board additions, including continued work on bettering the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite/Plus laptop support under Linux...

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AMD ROCm 7.0 To Align HIP C++ "Even More Closely With CUDA"

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 31 May

In a blog post dated for 28 May that was only made public on Friday night followed by a new ROCm build tag, AMD engineers have begun sharing more details publicly about changes coming for ROCm 7.0. In particular, the HIP 7.0 interface is going to be "aligning HIP C++ even more closely with CUDA."..

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Linux's Trusted Security Manager Sees First Updates In Over A Year

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 31 May

Merged back in late 2023 for Linux 6.7 was a cross-vendor solution for confidential computing attestation reports with the Linux Trusted Security Manager (TSM). In the succeeding kernel releases there weren't any further TSM updates issued but now for Linux 6.16 there finally is renewed work on this confidential computing code...

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CachyOS Improves NVIDIA Driver Loading, Better Handheld Device Support

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 31 May

The popular Arch Linux derived CachyOS operating system that is known for its nice out-of-the-box performance and other optimizations is out with a new build. CachyOS is closing out the month of May with some nice refinements in its newest ISO refresh of the year...

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A Few New Media Drivers Land In Linux 6.16

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 31 May

A few new media drivers have been introduced as part of the Linux 6.16 merge window...

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KDE Plasma 6.5 Will Help Reduce RAM Use By Keeping Less Wallpaper Copies Around

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 31 May

Along with this week bringing the Plasma 6.4 Beta 2 desktop, there's been other changes merged for Plasma 6.4 as well as some early feature work on Plasma 6.5...

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Intel PTC, Intel EAS & AMD Requested CPU Min Freq Features Merged For Linux 6.16

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 30 May

The many power management subsystem updates and related changes have been merged for the in-development Linux 6.16 kernel...

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Intel Prepping Linux Driver For Future Data Center GPUs Based On Battlemage

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 30 May

Intel engineers are preparing the Linux kernel for future Data Center GPUs. This work confirms new Intel Data Center GPUs coming based on Battlemage...