XiGMAKiD

XiGMAKiD · Mar 1, 2022

"The big new feature of dav1d 1.0 is support for AVX-512 to complement the project's existing code paths for CPU capabilities ranging from SSE2 up through AVX2."
Covering wide range of CPUs from old to latest, a very nice project

dav1d 1.0 AV1 Video Decoder Nears Release With AVX-512 Acceleration - Phoronix

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XiGMAKiD · Feb 26, 2022

Bug reports

XiGMAKiD · Feb 26, 2022

"...Valve continues with their upstream contributions to Mesa and other open-source components to benefit the entire Linux ecosystem,. ..and the Steam Deck is the culmination of all their exciting work over the past several years."
I hope Valve play their cards well with their Deck

For Linux Enthusiasts Especially, The Steam Deck Is An Incredible & Fun Device - Phoronix

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XiGMAKiD · Feb 24, 2022

"...the getrandom() system call may be a hell of a lot faster with the new kernel. ..seeing an 8450% improvement with the stress-ng getrandom() benchmark."
Getting random stuff done at breakneck speed

Linux's getrandom() Sees A 8450% Improvement With Latest Code - Phoronix

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XiGMAKiD · Feb 21, 2022

"A new change proposal was submitted this past week for splitting Pkexec..."
Reducing attack surface is a good idea

Fedora 37 Looks To Make pkexec Optional For Improved Security - Phoronix

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XiGMAKiD · Feb 13, 2022

"Over the course of the past year GRUB developers dealt with BootHole and BootHole2 security fixes, working out LUKS2 support, many cryptodisk and other LUKS(2) changes, updating miniLZO support, and a variety of other updates."
A good chunk of updates on GRUB

GRUB 2.12 Planned For Release This Year, Continues Improving Boot Security - Phoronix

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XiGMAKiD · Feb 10, 2022

Tim Sweeney strikes again, video by a guy from Austria

XiGMAKiD · Feb 10, 2022

"KDE Plasma 5.24 is... their new Long-Term Support (LTS) release. ..primary monitor designation support, window handling improvements, supporting higher bit depths, and many other improvements."
Another update for KDE

KDE Plasma 5.24 Released With Wayland Support In Increasingly Great Shape - Phoronix

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XiGMAKiD · Feb 8, 2022

"...focused on improving AMD client platforms on Linux, they are now hiring again.. ..for an AMD Client Linux Systems Engineer..."
TPU geniuses might want to check this out

AMD Is Hiring Again For Their Linux - Client - Effort - Phoronix

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XiGMAKiD · Feb 2, 2022

"Intel's open-source driver engineers have been working on mesh shader support for months while hitting Mesa 22.0-devel today were the changes to provide the working albeit experimental coverage."
Intel's getting up to speed with current technology

Intel's Vulkan Linux Driver Adds Experimental Mesh Shader Support For DG2/Alchemist - Phoronix

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XiGMAKiD · Jan 31, 2022

"AMD open-source engineers sent out a request for comments on a new kernel feature called "PAN".. ..an adaptive algorithm calculating the AutoNUMA scan period. ..The important part for end-users / AMD EPYC customers..."
This one is for you server room dweller

AMD Cooking Up A "PAN" Feature That Can Help Boost Linux Performance - Phoronix

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XiGMAKiD · Jan 30, 2022

"...developers have been working on a Rust-based Coreutils.. ..use this modern programming language priding itself on memory safety and security."
A good chunk of challenge, godspeed developers

Rust-Written Replacement To GNU Coreutils Progressing, Some Binaries Now Faster - Phoronix

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XiGMAKiD · Jan 29, 2022

"New to Wayland Protocols 1.25 is the session-lock-v1 protocol being experimental and responsible to handle session locking. ..is better engineered and this new protocol will hopefully prove satisfactory..."
Screen locking is always a good preventive measure

Wayland Testing New Protocol Extension To Handle Session Locking - Phoronix

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XiGMAKiD · Jan 27, 2022

"With Archinstall 2.3.1 it has changed the default Btrfs sub-volume layout to work better with Snapper/Timeshift, there is now a Pipewire application profile added, various installer infrastructure improvements, and more."
Another progress from my favourite distro

Archinstall 2.3.1 Released With PipeWire App Profile Added, Btrfs Install Improvements - Phoronix

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XiGMAKiD · Jan 26, 2022

"...Mozilla has begun activating Wayland support by default on Firefox Nightly for configurations capable of running Wayland."
Rough roads ahead, brace yourself developers

Firefox Nightly Begins Activating Wayland For Capable Systems - Phoronix

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XiGMAKiD · Jan 24, 2022

"Intel in cooperation with the Alliance for Open Media have released SVT-AV1 0.9... features a variety of performance optimizations... also experimental support for higher than 4K resolutions, significant memory reductions..."
Looks like a good progress

Intel Releases SVT-AV1 0.9 For Quicker AV1 Video Encoding - Phoronix

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XiGMAKiD · Jan 23, 2022

"...Valve is sponsoring additional continuous integration (CI) testing of Mesa commits. ..will hopefully help out moving forward in catching more issues before they are otherwise spotted."
Seems like Valve is going to the right direction

Valve Is Sponsoring More CI Testing For The Open-Source Radeon Linux Graphics Driver - Phoronix

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XiGMAKiD · Jan 22, 2022

Speaking of KDE I'm trying openSUSE Tumbleweed now, as always Nouveau is far from ideal but not entirely useless

XiGMAKiD · Jan 22, 2022

"KDE's 15 minute bug initiative got underway... Among the 15 minute bug initiative issues addressed this week involved the Plasma Wayland session, the system settings area, touchscreen handling. and more."
Seems like the initiative is pretty effective

KDE's Very Busy Week From 15 Minute Bugs To Plasma Wayland Fixes - Phoronix

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XiGMAKiD · Jan 20, 2022

"...various features like the Kernel Address Sanitizer, Undefined Behavior Sanitizer, KMemLeak, and many other kernel features added over time meant to assist in debugging or tracking down of kernel problems."
Sanitizers for your linux, get it on next release!

Linux 5.17 Making It Easier To Build A Kernel With All The Shiny Debug Features - Phoronix

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XiGMAKiD · Jan 18, 2022

"Ekstrand announced today he is joining Collabora beginning next month.. He wrote on his blog today, "..Ray-tracing in RADV? Why not. OpenCL 3.0 for everyone? Sure.""
Sounds like he's ready for another big project

Intel's Former Vulkan Driver Lead Dev Lands Great Role For Improving Linux Graphics - Phoronix

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XiGMAKiD · Jan 17, 2022

"With Canonical wanting to make Ubuntu "the best Linux desktop for gaming" perhaps they will come up with a more endorsed/user-friendly way of running more recent mainline Linux stable releases..."
Ubuntu's getting ready to join the gaming party

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Planning To Stick With Linux 5.15 By Default - Phoronix

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XiGMAKiD · Jan 16, 2022

Trying Fedora 35, it's vanilla GNOME implementation is better for convertible or touch-enabled PC

XiGMAKiD · Jan 11, 2022

"This optimization work has been found to improve the performance in non-trivial workloads by 20~40% on all DG2 platforms tested, ..for ensuring a performant DG2/Alchemist graphics card experience on Linux at launch."
Sounds good, now all we have to do is wait for 3rd party review

Intel Lands 20~40% Performance Optimization For Arc Graphics In Mesa 22.0 - Phoronix

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XiGMAKiD · Jan 9, 2022

"I've been using EndeavourOS on a single machine that I have for the last 14 months..."
Long term review takes time