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Fair DRM Scheduler Looking Good For Better Fairness & Scheduling Of GPU Clients

Being worked on for a while has been a "Fair" DRM scheduler inspired by Linux's CFS scheduler and aiming for better performance and scheduling behavior between multiple GPU interactive clients sharing GPU resources...
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Fair DRM Scheduler Looking Good For Better Fairness & Scheduling Of GPU Clients

Being worked on for a while has been a 'Fair' DRM scheduler inspired by Linux's CFS scheduler and aiming for better performance and scheduling behavior between multiple GPU interactive clients sharing GPU resources.
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UEFI SBAT Support Coming Together Ahead Of Linux 6.17

Support for UEFI Secure Boot Advanced Targeting "SBAT" looks like it could be buttoned up in the mainline kernel for the upcoming Linux 6.17 cycle...
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UEFI SBAT Support Coming Together Ahead Of Linux 6.17

Support for UEFI Secure Boot Advanced Targeting 'SBAT' looks like it could be buttoned up in the mainline kernel for the upcoming Linux 6.17 cycle.
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ESPHome Updates Framework and Expands Chip Support in 2025.6.0 Release lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

ESPHome Updates Framework and Expands Chip Support in 2025.6.0 Release ESPHome Updates Framework and Expands Chip Support in 2025.6.0 Release

The June 2025 release of ESPHome (2025.6.0) introduces several technical updates, including a major framework upgrade, new device support, and foundational changes to ensure future compatibility and performance.
Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)

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RADV Driver Lands VK_EXT_shader_float8 Support

The Mesa Radeon Vulkan driver "RADV" is now the first Mesa in-tree driver supporting 8-bit floating point use within shaders via the new VK_EXT_shader_float8 extension...
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RADV Driver Lands VK_EXT_shader_float8 Support

The Mesa Radeon Vulkan driver 'RADV' is now the first Mesa in-tree driver supporting 8-bit floating point use within shaders via the new VK_EXT_shader_float8 extension.
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AMD GFX1250 Support Starts Being Built Up Within LLVM

Over the past three days the new AMD "GFX1250" GPU target has started being built out within the upstream LLVM compiler codebase for the AMDGPU LLVM shader compiler back-end...
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AMD GFX1250 Support Starts Being Built Up Within LLVM

Over the past three days the new AMD 'GFX1250' GPU target has started being built out within the upstream LLVM compiler codebase for the AMDGPU LLVM shader compiler back-end.
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More Intel TDX Code Merged For KVM In Linux 6.16

Merged minutes ago ahead of the Linux 6.16-rc3 release due out shortly was this week's batch of Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) updates. Beyond the usual KVM fixes merged for the week, a bit of feature code was pulled in by Linus Torvalds for this post-merge-window phase...
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More Intel TDX Code Merged For KVM In Linux 6.16

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Disabling Intel Graphics Security Mitigations Can Boost GPU Compute Performance By 20%

While not talked about as much as the Intel CPU security mitigations, Intel graphics security mitigations have added up over time that if disabling Intel graphics security mitigations for their GPU compute stack for OpenCL and Level Zero can yield a 20% performance boost. Ubuntu maker Canonical in cooperation with Intel is preparing to disable thes…
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Disabling Intel Graphics Security Mitigations Can Boost GPU Compute Performance By 20%

While not talked about as much as the Intel CPU security mitigations, Intel graphics security mitigations have added up over time that if disabling Intel graphics security mitigations for their GPU compute stack for OpenCL and Level Zero can yield a …
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3mdeb Carries Out Experimental Port Of AMD OpenSIL To Zen 1 Platform

The 3mdeb firmware consulting firm recently hosted another one of their virtual events about open-source firmware and beer. There they talked about AMD's ongoing work around OpenSIL for open-source CPU silicon initialization. In addition, they shared work on an experimental port of OpenSIL back to Zen 1 processors...
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3mdeb Carries Out Experimental Port Of AMD OpenSIL To Zen 1 Platform

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HackerBox 0115 Wispier Upgrades Wardriving with Dual-Band Wi-Fi and GPS lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

HackerBox 0115 Wispier Upgrades Wardriving with Dual-Band Wi-Fi and GPS HackerBox 0115 Wispier Upgrades Wardriving with Dual-Band Wi-Fi and GPS

HackerBox is a monthly subscription service offering development kits targeted at hobbyists, students, and electronics enthusiasts. HackerBox 0115, titled "Wispier," is a follow-up to the earlier Wispy kit (HackerBox 0089).
Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)

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KDE Plasma Remains Committed To A Wayland Future: 70%+ Already On Wayland lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

KDE Plasma Remains Committed To A Wayland Future: 70%+ Already On Wayland

Prominent KDE developer Nate Graham put out a blog post today reaffirming the KDE Plasma's intent that Wayland is their main focus and X11 support continues to be maintained but eventually it will go away
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KDE Plasma Remains Committed To A Wayland Future: 70%+ Already On Wayland

Prominent KDE developer Nate Graham put out a blog post today reaffirming the KDE Plasma's intent that Wayland is their main focus and X11 support continues to be maintained but eventually it will go away. Nate Graham also noted around 73% of KDE Plasma 6 users are already using the Wayland session...
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KDE Plasma Remains Committed To A Wayland Future: 70%+ Already On Wayland

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GNOME Fixes Years-Old Bug Of Trash Not Always Being Properly Emptied

This Week in GNOME is out with its latest issue that outlines some UI progress made as well as addressing an aging GNOME bug that could result in not all files/directories being properly removed when emptying the Trash from the GNOME desktop...
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GNOME Fixes Years-Old Bug Of Trash Not Always Being Properly Emptied

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KDE Plasma 6.4 Is Looking To Be In Good Shape, Fewer Bugs

KDE developer Nate Graham is out with his weekly blog post summarizing all of the interesting KDE Plasma developments for the past week. Notable this week was the debut of Plasma 6.4 stable and from early user feedback appears to be in good shape...
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KDE Plasma 6.4 Is Looking To Be In Good Shape, Fewer Bugs

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ASUS Broadens Its 3.5" SBC Lineup with New Intel Core Ultra Models lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

ASUS Broadens Its 3.5" SBC Lineup with New Intel Core Ultra Models ASUS Broadens Its 3.5" SBC Lineup with New Intel Core Ultra Models

ASUS IoT has introduced two new 3.5-inch single board computers, the C5153ES-IM-AA and C7156ES-IM-AA, both based on Intel Core Ultra processors.
Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
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