Linux

Granular Power Savings Patches Posted For Common "uvcvideo" Linux Webcam Driver
Google engineer Ricardo Ribalda has proposed a set of patches for the common "uvcvideo" kernel driver that supports UVC-compliant web cameras and the like to provide granular power saving support...
2024-11-26 12:24
KDE Plasma 6.2.4 Re-Enables HDR Mode for Users on NVIDIA 565 and Linux 6.11
KDE Plasma 6.2.4 is now available as the fourth maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6.2 desktop environment series with more improvements and bug fixes. Here's what's changed! The post KDE Plasma 6.2.4 Re-Enables HDR Mode for Users on NVIDIA 56...
2024-11-26 11:59
Firefox 133 Released with Faster Access to Tabs on Other Devices
Mozilla Firefox 133 was released today, furnished with some new features and UI refinements long-time users are sure to appreciate. In the 4 weeks since Firefox 132 brought us certificate compression, tweaked the way the ‘copy link without site trac...
2024-11-26 11:00
Intel Xe2 Lunar Lake Graphics Compute / OpenCL Performance Looking Great
Now that Linux 6.12 has a fix for the Lunar Lake performance with the ASUS Zenbook I have been using for my Core Ultra 200V series Linux testing as well as there recently being an updated Intel Compute Runtime with Lunar Lake fixes, I have been working...
2024-11-26 10:39
Is a real-time OS right for your business?
With automation spanning virtually every sector of society, real-time capable operating systems (OS) are becoming critical across industries, from automotive and telecommunications, to industrial manufacturing. A real-time operating system (RTOS)  ens...
2024-11-26 10:21
Transition from Windows to Linux: A Step-by-Step Guide
With Microsoft ending support for Windows 10 in October 2025, millions of users are looking for alternatives that avoid costly hardware upgrades, additional upgrade costs to Windows 11 depending on the country a person is in or to mitigate security ris...
2024-11-26 10:00
Ubuntu 25.04 Begins Preparations For GIMP 3.0
With GIMP 3.0-RC1 out for testing since earlier this month, the hope is that GIMP 3.0 stable will in fact ship in time for the release of Ubuntu 25.04 next April. The current GIMP 3.0 release candidate is working its way to Debian Unstable and in turn ...
2024-11-26 09:00
AMD I3C Controller ACPI Support Added To DesignWare Driver In Linux 6.13
The I3C subsystem updates were submitted for the Linux 6.13 kernel on Monday and include support for another I3C HCI controller used on AMD systems...
2024-11-26 08:26
3K Lines Of New Rust Infrastructure Code Head Into Linux 6.13
Overnight the Rust for Linux lead developer Miguel Ojeda submitted the big set of Rust infrastructure/toolchain updates for the Linux 6.13 holiday kernel...
2024-11-26 06:37
Linus Torvalds Improves Futex Code To Improve User-Space Accesses
In between managing all of the pull requests being submitted during this two week long merge window for the Linux 6.13 kernel, Linus Torvalds has merged some of his own code this cycle...
2024-11-26 06:16
Linux 6.13 RDMA Changes Headlined By NVIDIA's New Data Placement Ordering Feature
The RDMA subsystem updates were sent out last Friday for the ongoing Linux 6.13 kernel cycle. Most notable with the RDMA updates is the NVIDIA Mellanox "MLX5" network driver introducing a new Data Direct Placement (DDP) feature to further help with per...
2024-11-26 06:00
Warp, the AI-infused Terminal, Relaxes Its Login Requirement
If you were put off trying the Warp terminal app on Ubuntu (or another Linux distro) due to the account and login requirement, there’s good news. The team behind the Rust-based, AI-infused terminal tool has relented on the requirement that users sign...
2024-11-25 23:48
AMD Talks Up Imminent ROCm 6.3 With Big Performance Gains, New Features
Either due to a mistimed blog post or other factors, a big feature article is out talking up the new ROCm 6.3 features... But the updated ROCm 6.3 open-source GPU compute software doesn't appear to actually be released yet at all their usual sources. I...
2024-11-25 20:33
Linux 6.13 PCI: AMD Enables PCIe TPH For Zen 5 Servers, Intel Adds PCIe Cooling Driver
Sent out today were the big set of PCI subsystem updates ready to be merged for the Linux 6.13 kernel. Most notable of the PCI updates is PCI Express TLP Processing Hints (TPH) with that kernel support worked on by AMD engineers as part of one of the n...
2024-11-25 16:17
Linux 6.13 KVM Eliminates An "Awful Idea", Many x86_64 Improvements
The KVM changes were merged yesterday for Linux 6.13 in further enhancing the open-source virtualization stack...
2024-11-25 14:49
GCC 15 Ends Support For Altera Nios II Embedded Processors
The GCC 15 code compiler that is releasing as stable in the early months of 2025 has removed all support for the Altera Nios II CPU target...
2024-11-25 13:29
SilverStone XE360-SP5 & XE04-SP5 For Cooling AMD EPYC 9004/9005 4U Servers
With my recent AMD EPYC 9005 1P 4U server build using a Supermicro H13SSL-N motherboard, SilverStone kindly sent over their two Socket SP5 cooling options for AMD EPYC processors: the XE04-SP5 4U-compatible heatsink fan and then the XE360-SP5 AIO liqui...
2024-11-25 11:56
Fwupd 2.0.2 Firmware Updater Adds Support for ASUS ROG Ally, Raspberry Pi Pico
Fwupd 2.0.2 Linux firmware update utiltiy is now available for download with support for checking AMD hardware configuration MSR and other changes. Here’s what’s new! The post Fwupd 2.0.2 Firmware Updater Adds Support for ASUS ROG Ally, Raspberry P...
2024-11-25 10:51
FUSE Enhancements Submitted For Linux 6.13
The FUSE feature enhancements were submitted today for the Linux 6.13 kernel as part of improving the file-system in user-space capabilities...
2024-11-25 10:30