#AMD Overhauls Their SEV-SNP Hypervisor Patches They Are Working To Upstream In #Linux -- The 64 patches are up to their "v7" state but have been demoted to a "request for comments" after major changes to the SEV-SNP hypervisor code.

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AMD Overhauls Their SEV-SNP Hypervisor Patches They Are Working To Upstream In Linux

Introduced in early 2021 with now prior-generation AMD EPYC 7003 'Milan' processors was SEV-SNP as the 'Secure Nested Paging' addition to their Secure Encrypted Virtualization technology

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#Linux Moves Another Step Closer To Removing Ancient NFSv2 Support

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Linux Moves Another Step Closer To Removing Ancient NFSv2 Support

With the Linux 6.2 kernel the NFSD code is taking another step closer to removing the older NFSv2 support.

#oneAPI 2023 Released - #AMD & #NVIDIA Plugins Available

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Intel oneAPI 2023 Released - AMD & NVIDIA Plugins Available

Ahead of 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable, Xeon CPU Max, and Intel Data Center GPUs shipping, Intel today announced the oneAPI 2023 tools release.

#AOCC 4.0 Shows The Strong Advantages Of Compiler Optimizations With 4th Gen

@AMDServer

#EPYC CPUs -- If the #Genoa wins weren't already wild enough with all the benchmarks run w/ GCC, here is an initial look at the AOCC built perf: +17% geo mean

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AOCC 4.0 Shows The Strong Advantages Of Compiler Optimizations With 4th Gen AMD EPYC CPUs

Last month when AMD launched the EPYC 9004 'Genoa' series they also published AOCC 4.0 as the newest version of the AMD Optimizing C/C++ Compiler derived from LLVM/Clang and tailored to their latest...

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#KDE Plasma 5.27 To Provide Better Multi-Monitor Support

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KDE Plasma 5.27 To Provide Better Multi-Monitor Support

The KDE Plasma 5.27 desktop, which is to be the last Plasma 5 feature release before Plasma 6.0, is poised to introduce revamped multi-monitor handling.

#Microsoft #exFAT With #Linux 6.2 Allows Creating Files & Directories Much Faster

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exFAT File-System With Linux 6.2 Allows Creating Files & Directories Much Faster

For those relying on Microsoft's exFAT file-system for your SD cards or USB flash drives, the kernel driver with Linux 6.2 is capable of handling much faster file and directory creation than on prior...

#AOCC 4.0 Shows The Strong Advantages Of Compiler Optimizations With 4th Gen

@AMDServer

#EPYC CPUs -- If the #Genoa wins weren't already wild enough with all the benchmarks run w/ GCC, here is an initial look at the AOCC built perf: +17% geo mean

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AOCC 4.0 Shows The Strong Advantages Of Compiler Optimizations With 4th Gen AMD EPYC CPUs

22 Patches From #AMD

Further Along #Mesa's Workstation Performance ~ A 7.5% boost this time for SPECViewPerf CATIA.

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22 Patches From AMD Further Along Mesa's Workstation Performance

Well known Mesa developer Marek Olšák has for years meticulously optimized the RadeonSI driver and before that R600g and R300g where he got his start as a student developer

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#Intel IFS Ready To Weed Out Faulty Silicon With #Linux 6.2

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Intel IFS Ready To Weed Out Faulty Silicon With Linux 6.2

The x86/microcode changes that were merged this week into the Linux 6.2 kernel address prior shortcomings with the Intel In-Field Scan (IFS) driver so it's now deemed ready to help in spotting out...

Joins Intel, AMD, Arm, Microsoft & Others On

@linuxfoundation

#Cloud Hypervisor

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Ampere Computing Joins Intel, AMD, Arm, Microsoft & Others On The Cloud Hypervisor

Ampere Computing is the latest major vendor now backing the Cloud Hypervisor Project hosted by the Linux Foundation as a Rust-written VMM focused on running modern cloud workloads in a fast and...

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#Linux 6.2 FUSE Continues Improving File-Systems In User-Space

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Linux 6.2 FUSE Continues Improving File-Systems In User-Space

The FUSE kernel code for supporting 'File-Systems In User-Space' has ready several updates for Linux 6.2 including some performance optimizations.

#Linux Is Still Looking For Users To Step Up And Maintain 32-bit x86 Support -- So far no one has stepped up willing and capable to take on maintaining "openSUSE:Factory:LegacyX86"

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openSUSE Is Still Looking For Users To Step Up And Maintain 32-bit x86 Support

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed is transitioning to x86-64-v2 CPU requirements and for the x86 32-bit realm they are working to carve-out their i586 packages into a separate 'openSUSE:Factory:LegacyX86' archive

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Dec 16

KVM Preps For New #Intel CPU Instructions With #Linux 6.2

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KVM Preps For New Intel CPU Instructions With Linux 6.2

The initial batch of feature updates for the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) have been submitted for the Linux 6.2 merge window.

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Dec 16

#Microsoft #exFAT With #Linux 6.2 Allows Creating Files & Directories Much Faster

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exFAT File-System With Linux 6.2 Allows Creating Files & Directories Much Faster

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Dec 15

#Radeon #ROCm 5.4.1 Released

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Radeon ROCm 5.4.1 Released

AMD today capped off their busy week by releasing ROCm 5.4.1 as the newest version of their open-source compute stack.

#Xfce 4.18 Released - Much Improved File Manager, Better HiDPI, Adaptive Vsync With GLX

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Xfce 4.18 Released - Much Improved File Manager, Better HiDPI, Adaptive Vsync With GLX

After nearly two years of development the Xfce 4.18 desktop environment was released today with a wide assortment of improvements.

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Dec 15

VKD3D-Proton 2.8 Brings Many Improvements For Direct3D 12 On

@VulkanAPI

for #Linux #gaming #Steam #SteamDeck

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VKD3D-Proton 2.8 Brings Many Improvements For Direct3D 12 On Vulkan

VKD3D-Proton 2.8 has been released as a nice Christmas gift to Linux gamers for advancing this Direct3D 12 on Vulkan implementation that is part of Valve's Steam Play (Proton) for enjoying Windows...

#Linux Is Still Looking For Users To Step Up And Maintain 32-bit x86 Support -- So far no one has stepped up willing and capable to take on maintaining "openSUSE:Factory:LegacyX86"

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openSUSE Is Still Looking For Users To Step Up And Maintain 32-bit x86 Support

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed is transitioning to x86-64-v2 CPU requirements and for the x86 32-bit realm they are working to carve-out their i586 packages into a separate 'openSUSE:Factory:LegacyX86' archive

I have the

RTX 30 series up and running on the #opensource Nouveau accelerated code added to #Linux 6.2... With Mesa 23.0-devel, some benchmarks running now...

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Dec 13

#Linux 6.2 Graphics Changes: @IntelGraphics Arc Graphics Stable, Initial @NVIDIAGeForce RTX 30 Acceleration phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.2

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Dec 15

#Linux 6.2 Will Help With Power Savings For

@Intel

Alder Lake N & #RaptorLake P

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Linux 6.2 Will Help With Power Savings For Intel Alder Lake N & Raptor Lake P

There's a fair amount going on in the power management space for both Intel x86_64 and Arm hardware with the Linux 6.2 kernel.

The

3rd Gen Xeon Scalable #Linux Performance Evolution Since Launch -- Early 2021 at #IceLake launch versus end of 2022 with the latest #CentOS,

releases... Nice

improvements since launch.

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Intel 3rd Gen Xeon Scalable Linux Performance Evolution Since Launch

As we approach the end of 2022 and with Intel recently having revealed a January date for introducing Xeon Scalable 'Sapphire Rapids', here is a look at how the upstream Linux performance has evolved...

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Dec 15

#Blender 3.4 HIP Performance With #Radeon RX 7900 Series + RDNA3 #OpenCL Compute Benchmarks -- Some initial #Linux Blender HIP +

@openclapi

benchmarks for the #RX7900 series

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Blender 3.4 HIP Performance With Radeon RX 7900 Series + RDNA3 OpenCL Compute Benchmarks

Earlier this week was the initial Radeon RX 7900 XT and RX 7900 XTX Linux review focusing on the gaming performance while in today's article is a look at the Radeon RX 7900 series when running on...

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Dec 15

#AMDVLK 2022.Q4.4 Released With

@amdradeon

#RX7900 Series Support

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AMDVLK 2022.Q4.4 Released With RX 7900 Series Support

AMD today published the AMDVLK 2022.Q4.4 open-source Vulkan driver that provides Navi 31 GPU support for this week's launch of the Radeon RX 7900 XT / RX 7900 XTX graphics cards.

Experimental #RADV

Video Gets H.264 & H.265 Decode Working

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Experimental RADV Vulkan Video Gets H.264 & H.265 Decode Working

Interest and support around Vulkan Video for adding GPU-accelerated video encode/decode to the Vulkan API has been (sadly) rather slow

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Dec 15

#Xfce 4.18 Released - Much Improved File Manager, Better HiDPI, Adaptive Vsync With GLX

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Xfce 4.18 Released - Much Improved File Manager, Better HiDPI, Adaptive Vsync With GLX

After nearly two years of development the Xfce 4.18 desktop environment was released today with a wide assortment of improvements.

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Dec 15

#QEMU 7.2 Released With TCG AVX/AVX2, Better 9pfs Performance

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QEMU 7.2 Released With TCG AVX/AVX2, Better 9pfs Performance

The QEMU open-source emulator that plays an important role in the Linux virtualization stack is out with its version 7.2 release ahead of the Christmas holidays.

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Dec 15

#Arm AArch64 Architecture Code Improvements Land In #Linux 6.2

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AArch64 Architecture Code Improvements Land In Linux 6.2

The 64-bit Arm (ARM64 / AArch64) architecture improvements have landed in the Linux 6.2 kernel.

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Dec 15

#LibreOffice 7.5 Beta Brings Better Dark/High-Contrast Theming, Improved PDF Export

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LibreOffice 7.5 Beta Brings Better Dark/High-Contrast Theming, Improved PDF Export

It was just earlier this month that the LibreOffice 7.5 Alpha was released and today it's been succeeded by the LibreOffice 7.5 Beta after landing more than one hundred fixes and more than 350 new...

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Dec 15

#F2FS With #Linux 6.2 Lands Atomic Replace, Per-Block Age-Based Extent Cache

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F2FS With Linux 6.2 Lands Atomic Replace, Per-Block Age-Based Extent Cache

Jaegeuk Kim has ushered in the Flash Friendly File-System (F2FS) updates for the in-development Linux 6.2 kernel, which is headlined by two new features for this file-system.

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Dec 15

#Mesa 22.3.1 Released - Led By

@IntelGraphics

@amdradeon

Driver Fixes

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Mesa 22.3.1 Released - Led By Intel & Radeon Driver Fixes

For those that prefer waiting for the first Mesa point release in a new series before moving to it, Mesa 22.3 is now on the table with Mesa 22.3.1 having been released on Wednesday.

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Dec 15

#Libreboot 20221214 Brings More #Arm #Chromebooks & #ThinkPads

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Libreboot 20221214 Brings More Arm Chromebooks & ThinkPads

After a half-year of development, Libreboot 20221214 is now available for this downstream of Coreboot that is focused on software freedom and providing fully open-source firmware support

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Dec 14

#Modula2 Language Frontend Merged Into

@gnutools

#GCC 13 -- 541k lines merged today, a day after the Rust front-end was added.

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Modula-2 Language Frontend Merged Into GCC 13

Yesterday it was the GCC Rust front-end 'gccrs' being merged into the GNU Compiler Collection codebase for GCC 13

Call Depth Tracking Coming To #Linux 6.2 To Help Recover Performance On #Intel #Skylake-Era CPUs -- Much less costly than IBRS in light of #Retbleed. Benchmarks coming.