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AMD Prepares Linux Driver Support For New APUs Still Relying On RDNA1 Graphics

It looks like AMD is preparing to introduce some new APUs/SoCs still relying on RDNA1-based graphics with open-source GPU driver patches posted this week extending the "Cyan Skillfish" support to some new APU devices...
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AMD Prepares Linux Driver Support For New APUs Still Relying On RDNA1 Graphics

It looks like AMD is preparing to introduce some new APUs/SoCs still relying on RDNA1-based graphics with open-source GPU driver patches posted this week extending the 'Cyan Skillfish' support to some new APU devices.
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Wayback Is An Experimental X11 Compatibility Layer For X11 Desktops Using Wayland

Wayback is a new open-source project working on providing an X11 compatibility layer for running full X11 desktop environments using Wayland components with a rootful XWayland server...
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Wayback Is An Experimental X11 Compatibility Layer For X11 Desktops Using Wayland

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GNOME Shell & Mutter 49 Alpha 1 Released With More Changes

Released earlier this month were various GNOME 49 Alpha 0 packages including for GNOME Shell and the Mutter compositor while out this weekend are the "Alpha 1" releases...
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GNOME Shell & Mutter 49 Alpha 1 Released With More Changes

Released earlier this month were various GNOME 49 Alpha 0 packages including for GNOME Shell and the Mutter compositor while out this weekend are the 'Alpha 1' releases.
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KDE Devs Add Wayland Session Management To Qt 6.10, Inertial Scrolling For Qt Quick Apps lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

KDE Devs Add Wayland Session Management To Qt 6.10, Inertial Scrolling For Qt Quick Apps

KDE developers this week have been busy with a mix of polishing the recent Plasma 6.4 release as well as taking on more feature development work for Plasma 6.5 coming later in the year.
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LACT 0.8 GPU Configuration & Monitoring Tool Introduces More Features lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

LACT 0.8 GPU Configuration & Monitoring Tool Introduces More Features

While a number of Linux desktop users have expressed disappointment over Intel and AMD not providing any GUI for their GPU driver settings and similar functionality like they do under Windows, there are a number of third-party open-source GUI program…
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Libre Computer Updates Alta and Solitude SBCs with New Firmware and Wake-on-LAN Support lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

Libre Computer Updates Alta and Solitude SBCs with New Firmware and Wake-on-LAN Support Libre Computer Updates Alta and Solitude SBCs with New Firmware and Wake-on-LAN Support

Libre Computer has released new firmware updates for its low-cost single-board computers, the AML-A311D-CC Alta and the AML-S905D3-CC Solitude.
Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)

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NVIDIA Engineer Now Co-Maintainer Of "NOVA" Open-Source Rust GPU Driver lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

NVIDIA Engineer Now Co-Maintainer Of "NOVA" Open-Source Rust GPU Driver

The NOVA-Core driver as the basis for a modern, Rust-written open-source NVIDIA GPU driver for the upstream Linux kernel and eventual successor to the reverse-engineered Nouveau DRM driver has a new co-maintainer.
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Linux 6.16 Extends Cleaner Shader Support To More AMD CDNA/GFX9 GPUs

The past number of months has seen work by AMD Linux driver engineers in enabling cleaner shader functionality for various generations of GPUs to help ensure user/application isolation. Being merged overnight as part of the AMDGPU "fixes" for Linux 6.16 is cleaner shader support for more AMD GFX9 / CDNA hardware, notably to benefit various Instinct accelerators with t…
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Linux 6.16 Extends Cleaner Shader Support To More AMD CDNA/GFX9 GPUs

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Unlocking system performance: A practical guide to tuning PCP on Fedora & RHEL lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

🔧 Unlocking system performance: A practical guide to tuning PCP on Fedora & RHEL - Fedora Magazine

This guide walks you through tuning PCP’s pmlogger service to better fit your needs—whether you're debugging performance issues or running on constrained hardware.
Suraj Rajendra Patil (Fedora Project)

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RADV Ray-Tracing Lands Pointer Flags Support For RDNA3 & Newer

The RADV Vulkan driver's ray-tracing performance has improved a lot over time such as shown within yesterday's RADV vs. AMDVLK performance comparison on Strix Point. Coincidentally, merged today is yet another ray-tracing optimization to benefit RDNA3 (GFX11) and newer AMD graphics processors...
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RADV Ray-Tracing Lands Pointer Flags Support For RDNA3 & Newer

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LACT 0.8 GPU Configuration & Monitoring Tool Introduces More Features

While a number of Linux desktop users have expressed disappointment over Intel and AMD not providing any GUI for their GPU driver settings and similar functionality like they do under Windows, there are a number of third-party open-source GUI programs for managing graphics driver settings. One of the most capable solutions is LACT for GPU configuration and monitoring. Out today…
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LACT 0.8 GPU Configuration & Monitoring Tool Introduces More Features

While a number of Linux desktop users have expressed disappointment over Intel and AMD not providing any GUI for their GPU driver settings and similar functionality like they do under Windows, there are a number of third-party open-source GUI program…
www.phoronix.com

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KDE Devs Add Wayland Session Management To Qt 6.10, Inertial Scrolling For Qt Quick Apps

KDE developers this week have been busy with a mix of polishing the recent Plasma 6.4 release as well as taking on more feature development work for Plasma 6.5 coming later in the year...
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KDE Devs Add Wayland Session Management To Qt 6.10, Inertial Scrolling For Qt Quick Apps

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$25 NanoPi R3S LTS Router Board Adds HDMI and Speaker Support in Updated Design lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

$25 NanoPi R3S LTS Router Board Adds HDMI and Speaker Support in Updated Design $25 NanoPi R3S LTS Router Board Adds HDMI and Speaker Support in Updated Design

FriendlyElec has released the NanoPi R3S LTS, an updated version of its compact single-board network platform based on the Rockchip RK3566. This revision introduces key hardware changes, including HDMI 2.0 video output, a repositioned USB 3.
Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)

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GStreamer 1.26.3 Multimedia Framework Patches H.266 Video Parser Security Flaw lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

GStreamer 1.26.3 Multimedia Framework Patches H.266 Video Parser Security Flaw - 9to5Linux

GStreamer 1.26.3 open-source multimedia framework is now available for download with various improvements and bug fixes, as well as other changes. Here’s what’s new!
Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)

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"Tyr" Announced As New Rust-Written Linux Kernel Graphics Driver

An unexpected announcement this Friday evening is an introduction to Tyr, a new Linux kernel DRM graphics driver written in the Rust programming language. As is sadly becoming more common among Linux GPU kernel drivers is the increasing obscure driver names. Tyr?!?..
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"Tyr" Announced As New Rust-Written Linux Kernel Graphics Driver

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SoM-SD520 with 9-TOPS MediaTek Genio 520 Targets Edge and Smart IoT Applications lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

SoM-SD520 with 9-TOPS MediaTek Genio 520 Targets Edge and Smart IoT Applications SoM-SD520 with 9-TOPS MediaTek Genio 520 Targets Edge and Smart IoT Applications

The SoM-SD520 is a compact SoM based on the MediaTek Genio 520 processor. It targets applications in smart homes, edge AI computing, interactive retail systems, and industrial IoT, offering a balance of performance, connectivity, and multimedia suppo…
Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
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