LunarG Announces KosmicKrisp As Vulkan-On-Metal Mesa Driver
While there is already MoltenVK for Vulkan implemented over Apple's Metal graphics API, the graphics engineers at LunarG have announced KosmicKrisp as a Mesa-based driver implementing Vulkan over Metal...
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Catch up on the latest Linux news: Debian 13, Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS, Proxmox VE 9.0, Plasma 6.4.4, openSUSE turns 20, big changes ahead for MX 25, and more.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
AMD EPYC 4545P Achieves 2.24x The Performance At Half The Power Of The First EPYC CPU
Recently we looked at the performance of the AMD EPYC 4545P that is a 16 core 65 Watt processor in the EPYC 4005 "Grado" series. This is quite an interesting processor for those after low-power servers, edge AI deployments, and other purposes with no similar Ryzen 9000 series processor or competition from Intel offering sixteen performance cores at aro…
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Recently we looked at the performance of the AMD EPYC 4545P that is a 16 core 65 Watt processor in the EPYC 4005 'Grado' series.www.phoronix.com
Linux Cache-Aware Scheduling / Load Balancing Updated With New Tuning Knob
Intel engineer Chen Yu posted a fresh round of Linux kernel patches working on cache-aware scheduling/load-balancing for this functionality being sought after both by Intel and AMD. The new patches should address some performance regressions observed in the prior patches...
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NFS Client & Server Feature Updates For Linux 6.17
For those making use of the Network File System (NFS), the in-development Linux 6.17 kernel is bringing some nice improvements both for the NFS server and client code...
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The upcoming FFmpeg 8.0 release continues to increase in excitement with this weekend Vulkan hardware acceleration for Apple's ProRes RAW codec being merged.lxer.com
Linux ACPI Idle Driver Being Improved For Hybrid CPUs
For hybrid CPU core designs from recent Intel Core (Ultra) processors to ARM big.LIITTLE, a patch series was posted today in seeking to enhance the generic ACPI processor idle driver around processors with multiple types of CPU cores...
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LILYGO launched the T-Embed CC1101, built around the ESP32-S3 Dual-core LX7. It supports Wi-Fi, BLE 5, and Sub-GHz wireless communication, targeting remote and low-power IoT projects.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
Blender 5.0 Will Likely Default To Using OpenGL Rather Than Vulkan
While there was previously talk of Blender 5.0 likely defaulting to using the Vulkan API for rendering but keeping the OpenGL driver around, those plans look like they may be changing. OpenGL-by-default looks to now be on the table for Blender 5.0 due out later this year...
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Logitech G13 Linux Support Patch Proposed 16 Years After Hardware Release
With the increased popularity of Linux gaming these days, a patch has been proposed to improve the hardware support for the Logitech G13 gameboard under Linux. The only problem is the hardware is now 16 years old and since been discontinued...
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Ubuntu 25.10 Will Ship With Linux 6.17 Even If It Means An Unstable "-rc" Kernel
Back in May the Ubuntu engineers at Canonical announced plans to ship Ubuntu 25.10 with Linux 6.17 given their recent commitment to always shipping with the latest upstream Linux kernel version. They still are committing to it even if it means the kernel and Ubuntu schedules don't perfectly align and Ubuntu 25.10 out-of-the-box may end up being on an unstabl…
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Ahead of the Linux 6.17-rc1 release due out in the coming hours, the Turbostat updates for that tool living within the kernel source tree were merged.lxer.com
Paper 7 is a 7-inch open-source e-paper frame with a Spectra 6 color display, Wi-Fi 6, months-long battery life, and full firmware customization.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for August 10th, 2025, brings news about Mesa 25.2, Debian 13, Linux Mint 22.2 beta, Linux 6.17 RC, and more.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Debian 13.0 released yesterday while already Debian developers are beginning to think about Debian 14 as the next major release due out in 2027lxer.com
ทำความรู้จักกับ Mono และ Flux [poolsawat.com]
Mono คืออะไร, Flux คืออะไร, ความแตกต่าง Mono กับ Flux, Spring WebFlux Mono Flux, Reactive Programming Java, สอน WebFlux ภาษาไทย, Project Reactor คือ, Mono Flux example, Reactive Stream Java, Flux map filter flatMappool13433 (Poolsawat's Blog)
FFmpeg Develops Vulkan Hardware Acceleration For Apple ProRes RAW Codec
The upcoming FFmpeg 8.0 release continues to increase in excitement with this weekend Vulkan hardware acceleration for Apple's ProRes RAW codec being merged...
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Amarok 3.3.1 open-source music player is now available for download with improvements to the scripting support and bug fixes.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Linus Torvalds just released the Linux 6.17-rc1 kernel a few hours ahead of his typical release regiment due to currently being in Europelxer.com
Linus Torvalds announced the first Release Candidate version of the upcoming Linux 6.17 kernel series for public testing.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Analysis: Decision to use MXFP4 makes models smaller, faster, and more importantly, cheaper for everyone involvedTobias Mann (The Register)
After 34 years, AOL is finally hanging up on dial-up. One last ‘you’ve got mail’ before an internet era fades into history.Christine Hall (FOSS Force)
Debian 13 “Trixie” is here with RISC-V support, Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, new security hardening, HTTP Boot, updated desktop environments, and over 14K new packages.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Linux 6.17-rc1 Released With Many New Features But No Bcachefs Changes
Linus Torvalds just released the Linux 6.17-rc1 kernel a few hours ahead of his typical release regiment due to currently being in Europe. That marks the end of the Linux 6.17 merge window with many exciting changes merged this cycle. This is notable with Linux 6.17 expected to power Ubuntu 25.10 and other late 2025 Linux distribution releases...
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The final goal of setup below is to configure Pycharm 2025.2 in the way which would allow start PyCharm in Hyprland with ML4W Dotfiles 2.9...lxer.com
Debian 14 Eyes LoongArch CPU Support
Debian 13.0 released yesterday while already Debian developers are beginning to think about Debian 14 as the next major release due out in 2027. Debian 14 is codenamed Forky and among the changes expected is LoongArch64 "Loong64" CPU port support being improved...
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GNOME Shell 49 Beta Finally Brings Media Controls To The Lock Screen
In preparing for the GNOME 49 beta release, GNOME Shell this weekend released 49.beta.1 with a few changes worth highlighting...
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Turbostat Now Displays CPU L3 Cache Topology Information
Ahead of the Linux 6.17-rc1 release due out in the coming hours, the Turbostat updates for that tool living within the kernel source tree were merged...
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HandBrake 1.10 open-source video transcoder is now available for download with new "Social 10MB" presets and many other improvements.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Linus Torvalds has used his authority to reject the RISC-V architecture changes for the Linux 6.17 kernellxer.com
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