AMDVLK 2020.Q2.4 Released With TMZ Enabled, Improved Memory Allocation
As the first open-source code drop in two weeks, AMDVLK 2020.Q2.4 is out today as the latest update to this official open-source AMD Radeon Vulkan driver stack for Linux...
Genode OS 20.05 Adds Capability-Based Security Using SECCOMP, Drops Python 2 + Rust
Version 20.05 of the Genode open-source operating system framework is now available with many improvements...
Mesa 20.1 Features Include Big Improvements For Open-Source Intel, Radeon Graphics Drivers
The release of Mesa 20.1 is imminent as the latest quarterly feature update to this collection of open-source OpenGL/Vulkan drivers predominantly in use by Linux systems. Here is a look at the many exciting improvements with Mesa 20.1...
LLVM 11 Merges AMD Radeon GCN Offloading For OpenMP
While AMD has been working on AOMP for Radeon OpenMP offloading as their downstream of the LLVM/Clang compiler suited for GPU compute offloading to their hardware, at least some of that work is beginning to appear back in upstream LLVM...
Microsoft Has Now Open-Source Their BASIC Code From 1983
Adding to Microsoft's wild ride this week after announcing Linux GUI apps for WSL2 and in turn writing their own Wayland compositor, Direct3D sort of for WSL2/Linux, and other announcements out of BUILD 2020, the company has announced the open-sourcing of their original BASIC implementation...
Mesa 20.1 Could Be Out Next Week If You Help Test RC4
The fourth weekly release candidate is available of Mesa 20.1, the Q2'2020 feature update to the open-source OpenGL / Vulkan driver stack predominantly used by Linux systems. This is the last scheduled release candidate with Mesa 20.1 stable potentially coming out next week if testing goes well and the remaining blocker bugs are addressed...
Intel's Habana Labs Mainling Gaudi Accelerator Support In Linux 5.8
AI startup Habana Labs, which was recently acquired by Intel, will see its Gaudi accelerator supported by the upcoming Linux 5.8 kernel...
Oracle Releases GraalVM 20.1 Virtual Machine With Some Big Improvements
Oracle today released GraalVM 20.1 as their latest big feature update to this virtual machine implemented in Java that also supports not only JIT compilation but ahead-of-time compilation for Java software as well as supporting an LLVM runtime and other languages...
OpenBSD 6.7 Released With FFS2 Improvements, Better Raspberry Pi + PineBook Pro Support
OpenBSD 6.7 was released this morning as the newest version of this security-minded BSD operating system...
Linux 5.7-rc6 Released - Torvalds Is Not Entirely Happy Over Its Size
While the past few weeks have seen relatively smaller than usual weekly release candidates, Linux 5.7-rc6 is out this evening and it's bigger than normal...