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      TUXEDO Computers Switching TUXEDO OS From Ubuntu To Debian Testing

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 12:06

    Bavarian Linux PC vendor TUXEDO Computers announced they are switching from Ubuntu to Debian as the base for their TUXEDO OS platform...
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      AF_ALG "Nightmare" Being Further Limited In Linux 7.3 With New Sysctl Knob

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:24

    The Linux kernel's AF_ALG interface was deprecated in Linux 7.2. This interface for letting user-space programs interact directly with the Linux kernel crypto API has proven to be a "massive attack surface" due to a variety of security concerns. With its deprecation in Linux 7.2, some AF_ALG features are already removed and for Linux 7.3 this interface is being further restrained...
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      "I'll Make The Linux Kernel Mailing List Burn": Prominent LLVM Linux Developer Returns

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:15

    One of the original developers behind the work to allow the Linux kernel to be compiled using LLVM/Clang as an alternative to the GCC compiler is now back in the saddle working on LLVM Linux support. LLVM/Clang support for building the Linux kernel has been important for improving code portability and addressing GCC'isms, making use of LLVM compiler features not yet found with the GNU toolchain, evaluating the performance between GCC and Clang, and all the more important these days with the Linux kernel Rust integration...
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      EHEA 10Gb Ethernet Driver Being Retired By IBM As A Relic Of Outdated POWER Hardware

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 9:55

    In 2026 it's not too surprising when seeing old PCMCIA and ISA drivers being removed from the mainline Linux kernel source tree and old very low-speed network interfaces, with arguably the most surprising fast being how long they lasted in the mainline kernel. Meanwhile for the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel, one of the first 10Gb Ethernet drivers is already set for retirement from the mainline Linux kernel...
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      Microsoft Lands Initial AV1 Encoding Using DirectX 12 + HMFT Within Mesa 26.2

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 0:34

    The newest, unexpected addition to the Mesa codebase by Microsoft engineers is contributed accelerated AV1 video encoding on the GPU using a combination of DirectX 12 and the Hardware Media Foundation Transform (HMFT) support that is part of the Windows Media Foundation layer...
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      Vulkan Video H.264/H.265 Encode Now Working For Intel Alchemist GPUs On Linux

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 16 hours ago

    Earlier this year Vulkan Video encode was disabled on newer generations of Intel graphics hardware due to insufficient testing with the Intel ANV open-source driver. That impacted Gen12.5 graphics and newer - basically Alchemist and anything newer. Now at least Gen12.5 graphics with the likes of the Arc A-Series is seeing H.264 and H.265 encoding re-enabled...
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      Marek Olšák At Valve Lands RADV Code That Can "Double Performance" With Some VRS Cases

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 18 hours ago

    Longtime AMD Linux graphics driver expert Marek Olšák, who joined Valve earlier this year and now focusing more on RADV rather than the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver, has seen some of his latest work now merged for Mesa 26.2. Marek landed a big overhaul to the variable rate shading (VRS) code that in some cases can double the performance...
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      Ryzen AI Developer Platform: AMD's Own Linux Distribution Built Atop Debian

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 22 hours ago

    With the AMD Ryzen AI Halo developer platform there is the option of ordering this Ryzen AI Max+ mini PC with either Microsoft Windows 11 or "Linux OS". When receiving a AMD Ryzen AI Halo review sample last month, I fully expected it to just be an Ubuntu LTS install with ROCm preloaded. I was quite surprised when powering it up to find that it's an OS called the AMD Ryzen AI Developer Platform 1 "Rex" and is based on Debian Linux.
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      AMD Ryzen AI Halo Is An Excellent & Powerful Mini PC With Fully Open-Source Software

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 22 hours ago

    Earlier this year AMD announced the Ryzen AI Halo as their in-house mini PC offering built around their leading Ryzen AI Max+ "Strix Halo" platform. After pre-orders began last month, the Ryzen AI Halo is officially beginning to ship this week and over the past few weeks we have been testing it out at Phoronix.