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      AMD P-State Linux Driver Patches Can Boost 1%-Low FPS Gaming Performance By 31%

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:03

    A set of patches posted today to the Linux kernel mailing list implement per-core Energy Performance Preference (EPP) boosting for recently-busy CPUs. This feature is designed to have a dramatic impact for Linux gaming and helping especially with the 1% low frame-rates improving by 31.8% on the Valve Steam Deck...
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      Linux's crypto_rng Abstraction Layer Next On The Chopping Block

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 9:41

    In addition to the deprecation and stripping down of AF_ALG, another piece of the Linux kernel crypto code steaming ahead toward removal is the crypto_rng abstraction layer...
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      KDE Developer Fixing Long-Standing Bug Over Very Long Small-File Copy Times

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 9:39

    Since 2014 there has been a KDE bug report titled Ridiculously slow file copy (multiple small files). With the Dolphin file manager or other KIO-based KDE programs, copying many small files can be much slower than using the cp command directly or other copying programs like rsync, Finally that issue is in the process of being resolved for addressing very slow copy times when dealing with many small files on the KDE Plasma desktop...
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      ASUS Laptop Whisper Mode Support Being Worked On For Linux

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 9:25

    ASUS laptops support a feature called "Whisper Mode" that intentionally slows down the fan speed and lowers the CPU clock speed in order to keep the device running cool and quiet. The open-source ASUS Armoury Linux kernel driver is now seeing patches to properly support this Whisper Mode on Linux...
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      AMD PMF Testing Tool Slated For Linux 7.3

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 13 hours ago

    Looking to be added to the Linux kernel source tree for the upcoming Linux 7.3 cycle is test_amd_pmf, a small testing application for exercising the AMD Platform Management Framework (PMF) interfaces and dumping various system data points...
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      Mysterious 16-Tile & 32-Tile AMX Implementations Talked Up For More Performance

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 17 hours ago

    Last October on Phoronix we were first to point out there being some mysterious intrigue around a new x86 implementation from a "corporate entity other than Intel/AMD" with the developer involved not elaborating on the matter. Now that same developer has posted another semi-cryptic message to the Linux kernel mailing list to talk about 16-tile and 32-tile Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) implementations. To date Intel only has 8-tile AMX...
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      Fwupd 2.1.7 Released With Many Bug Fixes

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 18 hours ago

    Fwupd 2.1.7 is out today as the newest update to this open-source firmware updating utility that pairs with the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) for offering a nice firmware upgrade story on Linux systems...
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      Framework Laptop 13 Pro: Aiming To Be One Of The Best Upgradeable Linux Laptops

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 19 hours ago

    Back in April, Framework Computer announced the Framework Laptop 13 Pro as a ground-up re-design of their modular/upgradeable laptop. This new Framework Laptop 13 Pro features a much larger battery (74Wh), LPCAMM2 memory support, a full CNC aluminum chassis, haptic touchpad, and a new power-optimized touch display. Paired with the very efficient Intel Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" SoCs, the Framework Laptop 13 Pro ends up being an incredible offering from the hardware perspective.
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      Ubuntu To Provide Virtualization HWE Stack For Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 22 hours ago

    Ubuntu has long provided hardware enablement "HWE" stacks for Ubuntu LTS releases to provide a newer kernel and Mesa drivers and more for better supporting new/modern hardware on the long-term support Ubuntu Linux releases. With Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Canonical will also now be providing a virtualization HWE stack for shipping newer virtualization / confidential computing features...