ARM Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life (Terry Pratchett, Jingo)

GCC Git Adjusts Unaligned Load/Store Costs For AMD Zen 4 & Zen 5

([GNU] 16 July 06:22 AM EDT znver4 + znver5 Tuning)

Stemming from a recent investigation into a GCC compiler regression on Zen 4, it was discovered that the unaligned load/store costs for the Zen 4 and Zen 5 targets were inaccurate and have now been tweaked within GCC Git.


Linus Torvalds Begins The Linux 6.11 Merge Window By Merging Some Of His Own Code

([Linux Kernel] 16 July 06:00 AM EDT Torvalds Coding)

Linus Torvalds began the Linux 6.11 merge window yesterday by merging some of his own feature code for this next kernel version.


Solus Linux Dropping Support For AppArmor & Phasing Out Snaps

([Operating Systems] 15 July 08:57 PM EDT Solus Linux)

The Solus Linux project announced today they will be dropping the AppArmor patches carried by their kernels. In turn this means their Snap packaging support will only run with partial confinement.


New "SCALE" Software Allows Natively Compiling CUDA Apps For AMD GPUs

([Radeon] 15 July 02:28 PM EDT SCALE CUDA For AMD GPUs)

While there have been various efforts like HIPIFY to help in translating CUDA source code to portable C++ code for AMD GPUs and then the previously-AMD-funded ZLUDA to allow CUDA binaries to run on AMD GPUs via a drop-in replacement to CUDA libraries, there's a new contender in town: SCALE. SCALE is now public as a GPGPU toolchain for allowing CUDA programs to be natively run on AMD graphics processors.


GNU Linux-libre 6.10 Takes Aim At Intel IPU6, Panthor & Other Drivers With Blobs

([Linux Kernel] 15 July 10:00 AM EDT GNU Linux-libre 6.10-gnu)

Following last night's release of the Linux 6.10 kernel, the FSF LA developers have released GNU Linux-libre 6.10-gnu as their downstream kernel flavor that strips out the ability to load binary-only kernel modules and the ability to load non-free firmware/microcode into open-source drivers, among other alterations in the name of software freedom.


AMD Unified AI Software Stack Has The Potential To Be A Very Big Deal

([AMD] 15 July 09:00 AM EDT AMD Unified AI Software Stack)

Alongside all of the exciting Ryzen 9000 and Ryzen AI 300 series details shared last week at the AMD Tech Day in Los Angeles, what I also found to be very interesting was AMD sharing a bit more about a "Unified AI Software Stack" they are working to release in the coming quarters.


AMD Zen 5 Overview With Ryzen 9000 Series & Ryzen AI 300

([Processors] 15 July 09:00 AM EDT 44 Comments)

Last week I had the pleasure to be out in Los Angeles for the AMD Tech Day focused on their new Ryzen 9000 "Granite Ridge" and Ryzen AI 300 "Strix Point" processors. This was an exciting event with many new details shared around Zen 5 CPU cores and the RDNA 3.5 integrated graphics found with the upcoming Ryzen AI 300 series mobile processors. The embargo concerning those architectural details have now expired while the review/benchmarking embargo isn't until a later date.


Linux 6.11 Adding Fan Speed / Temperature & Charge Control Drivers For The ChromeOS EC

([Google] 15 July 07:03 AM EDT Chrome Platform Updates)

The Chrome platform changes for Linux 6.11 as code predominantly for enabling Chromebooks with the mainline Linux kernel is set to introduce two new drivers.


Fedora 41 Aims To Support Self-Encrypting Drives Within Its Installer

([Fedora] 15 July 06:25 AM EDT Self-Encryping Drive Support)

Coming in as a rather late change proposal for Fedora 41 is to support self-encrypting drives from within the OS installer.


Hardware Monitoring Improvements Submitted For Linux 6.11

([Hardware] 15 July 05:44 AM EDT HWMON)

Among the flurry of pull requests submitted now that the Linux 6.11 merge window is open are the hardware monitoring (HWMON) subsystem updates.


Bcachefs For Linux 6.11 Landing Disk Accounting Rewrite & Self-Healing On Read I/O Error

([Linux Storage] 15 July 05:59 AM EDT Bcachefs + Linux 6.11)

Bcachefs maintainer Kent Overstreet has already sent out all of the exciting Linux 6.11 feature updates for this copy-on-write file-system. Bcachefs continues maturing nicely within the mainline Linux kernel while continuing to tack on new functionality.


Wine 9.13 Released - Continues Rewriting The CMD.EXE Engine

([WINE] 15 July 12:00 AM EDT Wine 9.13)

Wine 9.13 was released on Sunday as off its usual bi-weekly Friday release regiment for this newest development build.


Linux 6.10 Released With New Panthor Graphics Driver, Radeon Display Support On RISC-V

([Linux Kernel] 14 July 06:58 PM EDT Linux 6.10)

As anticipated the Linux 6.10 kernel was released as stable a few minutes ago by Linus Torvalds.


Linux 6.11 Features To Include A Lot For Intel & AMD Systems, Extensible Scheduler

([Linux Kernel] 14 July 04:40 PM EDT Linux 6.11 Features)

With Linux 6.10 expected to be released in the coming hours, in turn the Linux 6.11 merge window will open tomorrow unless there is any last-minute v6.10 release delay. With that said, here's a look at some of the features you can likely expect to see for this next kernel version.


CachyOS Rolls Out Zen 4 Optimized Repository For Maximizing Zen 4 & Zen 5 Performance

([Arch Linux] 14 July 11:16 AM EDT CachyOS July 2024)

Arch Linux based CachyOS has released their "July 2024" release that also introduces an AMD Zen 4 optimized repository that caters to current Ryzen 7000/8000 and EPYC 4004/8004/9004 (Zen 4) procssors and upcoming Zen 5 processors.


Linux 6.11 To Allow Tightening Of /proc/[pid]/mem Access For Better Security

([Linux Security] 14 July 08:36 AM EDT Restricting mem)

Linux engineer Christian Brauner at Microsoft sent out his various pull requests for areas of the kernel he oversees ahead of the Linux 6.11 merge window. One of the more interesting pull requests from Brauner this cycle are the "vfs procfs" updates that now allow restricting access to the /proc/[pid]/mem files of processes.


Fedora 42 Looks To Make Use Of The "Screen Of Death" DRM Panic Screen

([Fedora] 14 July 06:37 AM EDT Fedora 42 + DRM Panic)

While Fedora 41 isn't even out yet, early feature planning is already underway for Fedora 42 that will debut in the early months of 2025. One of the interesting proposals raised so far is for making use of the new DRM Panic screen functionality for a "Blue Screen of Death" of sorts for better presenting kernel error messages in case of kernel panics.


New Patches To Get More Qualcomm Lenovo Devices Supported By The Mainline Linux Kernel

([Hardware] 14 July 06:26 AM EDT Qualcomm MSM8916 / MSM8939)

Patches have been posted to the Linux kernel mailing list for getting various Lenovo devices supported by the mainline Linux kernel that rely on the Qualcomm MSM8916 and MSM8939 platforms.


The Most Interesting Linux 6.10 Features From MSEAL To Intel Xe2 Preparations

([Linux Kernel] 14 July 06:14 AM EDT Linux 6.10 Features)

Linux 6.10 stable should be released later today. It's been a fairly calm week in the kernel world and thus Linus Torvalds will most likely opt for tagging v6.10 as opposed to doing a v6.10-rc8 extra release candidate. So with Linux 6.10 likely upon us, here's a reminder about some of the most interesting changes in this new kernel release.


GNOME 47 Alpha Released With Accent Color Support & Wayland-Only Build Option

([GNOME] 13 July 08:51 AM EDT GNOME 47.alpha)

The alpha release of GNOME 47 is now available for testing and comes with a number of shiny new features for this big open-source desktop update due out in September.


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Take a look around you, tell me what you see,
A girl who thinks she's ordinary lookin' she has got the key.
If you can get close enough to look into her eyes
There's something special right behind the bitterness she hides.
And you're fair game,
You never know what she'll decide, you're fair game,
Just relax, enjoy the ride.
Find a way to reach her, make yourself a fool,
But do it with a little class, disregard the rules.
'Cause this one knows the bottom line, couldn't get a date.
The ugly duckling striking back, and she'll decide her fate.
(chorus)
The ones you never notice are the ones you have to watch.
She's pleasant and she's friendly while she's looking at your crotch.
Try your hand at conversation, gossip is a lie,
And sure enough she'll take you home and make you wanna die.
(chorus)
-- Crosby, Stills, Nash, "Fair Game"