Smarter Cache Flushing For AMD SEV KVM Guest VMs Expected For Linux 6.17
Going back several months have been patches out of Google to optimize AMD cache flushing for KVM-based Linux guest virtual machines when making use of Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV). As anticipated, that AMD SEV cache flushing optimization work looks like it will be merged for the upcoming Linux 6.17 kernel cycle... phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.17-A…
Improved Debugging Support For AMDGPU Driver Expected For Linux 6.17
Sent out on Thursday along with Intel's huge Xe driver pull request with new features was the drm-misc-next material for the week. Notable with the drm-misc-next code were actually a set of AMDGPU driver patches to enhance the debugging with the information exposed via the DebugFS interface... phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-Linux…
The dev of the popular Lossless Scaling app has been helping the lsfg-vk project that brings Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation to Linux to get it upgraded.
RadeonSI Begins Upstreaming Its OpenGL Mesh Shader Support
OpenGL doesn't receive nearly as much love these days as the Vulkan API, but over the past several months there's been at least one notable new extension in the works: cross-vendor mesh shader support with the pending GL_EXT_mesh_shader extension. Beginning today the AMD RadeonSI Gallium3D upstreaming process has begun for introducing mesh shader support for this Radeon OpenGL dr… phoronix.com/news/RadeonSI-Mes…
Want to get Battle.net on your Linux system like SteamOS and Steam Deck? Here's a guide giving you the options to play World of Warcraft and Starcraft.
QuestDB 9.0 Released For High Performance, Time-Series Database
QuestDB 9.0 debuted today as the latest major update to this high performance, time-series database that is open-source under an Apache 2.0 license. QuestDB continues to be built using a combination of Java, C++, and Rust for being an interesting time-series database... phoronix.com/news/QuestDB-9.0
GCC 12.5 Compiler Released To End Out The GCC 12 Series With 241+ Bug Fixes
For those seldom update to new compiler versions, GCC 12.5 was released today as the newest and final update to the GCC 12 compiler that debuted back in 2022... phoronix.com/news/GCC-12.5-Rel…
Squirreled Away is a cute casual craft-and-thrive adventure that you can play solo or with friends, and now it should work great out of the box on Steam Deck.
The evolution from roads designed for cars, to streets designed for people. It’s never been about whether or not there’s “enough room” — It’s ALWAYS been about our priorities. Nice graphic via @bikeyface.bsky.social. #multimodal
Greg Kroah-Hartman just released the Linux 6.15.6 point release as well as the Linux 6.12.37 LTS kernel and new point releases in prior-year Long Term Support kernel versions
Intel Readies Big Graphics Driver Changes For Linux 6.17: Multi-Device Prep, SR-IOV, WCL
Intel has some terrific improvements lined up for their modern "Xe" kernel graphics driver with the upcoming Linux 6.17 kernel cycle. New hardware support, SR-IOV preparations for Battlemage, other Intel Battlemage work, and also preparations for the upcoming multi-device support... phoronix.com/news/Intel-Xe-Dri…
NovaCustom Launching An Intel Meteor Lake NUC Box Running On Dasharo/Coreboot
For those interested in a small form factor PC running on the open-source Coreboot firmware, Netherlands-based vendor NovaCustom is launching an Intel Meteor Lake powered NUC box running on the Dasharo downstream of Coreboot... phoronix.com/news/NovaCustom-N…
OpenCL 3.0.19 Released With SPIR-V Queries & Android Hardware Buffer Extensions
The Khronos Group today published the OpenCL 3.0.19 documentation as the latest specification for the OpenCL 3.0 compute API... phoronix.com/news/OpenCL-3.0.1…
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Yeah, been following GoL (mostly via RSS) since basically the beginning, there were other sites following Linux gaming, even back then, but GoL really has come a long way! gg
Hey! That was pretty cool, Liam! I want Dune Awakening, but, I also am worried about it at the same time. Funcom has a history of basically insulting their honest customers with excessive game policies that just results in them taking out a whole BFG to everyone involved in one person's trolling/griefing approaches. Even the innocent ones. Had this problem in Funcom's Conan, and haven't been back since.
Nouveau NAK Lands A Big Improvement For NVIDIA Kepler GPUs: As Much As 2.5x Faster
Merged today to the open-source NVIDIA "NAK" compiler code within Mesa 25.2 is Kepler instruction scheduling. This real instruction scheduling support for GeForce GTX 600/700 "Kepler" graphics processors can provide some significant performance benefits in select workloads... phoronix.com/news/Nouveau-NAK-…
Linux users can install Mozilla VPN client from Flathub. The open source app was previously only available to install on Ubuntu-based distributions via the Mozilla APT repo.
since mozilla vpn is based on mullvad (or at least uses their servers), I wonder what it would take to get mullvad's app working on flatpak. I've heard it is designed in such a way that doing so would be very difficult.
Arduino and Red Pitaya have partnered to create a combined hardware bundle and structured curriculum designed to help students, educators, and hobbyists move from basic electronics projects to advanced signal analysis and real-world system prototypin…
Linux 6.15.6, 6.12.37 LTS & Other Stable Kernels Deliver TSA Mitigations
Greg Kroah-Hartman just released the Linux 6.15.6 point release as well as the Linux 6.12.37 LTS kernel and new point releases in prior-year Long Term Support kernel versions. The main headline of today's stable kernel releases are picking up the mitigations for the Transient Scheduler Attacks (TSA) mitigations that were disclosed this week for AMD processors... phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.15.6…
Blender 4.5 RC1 Released With Much Better Vulkan Support
The release candidate of the Blender 4.5 3D modeling software is now available for testing. There are many great improvements to find with Blender 4.5 and this new version is all the more important in being the next Long Term Support (LTS) release for this popular cross-platform 3D modeling software... phoronix.com/news/Blender-4.5-…
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