Software Engineering Phoronix

Experimental, Reverse-Engineered & AI Assisted Rust Driver Targets Modern DisplayLink Hardware

The experimental 'Vino' Rust driver provides a reverse-engineered, clean-room implementation for modern DisplayLink hardware.

Other Hacker News

Where to Find the Colors Your Screen Can't Show You

A discussion on finding colors that exceed the standard color gamut of most consumer screens.

Open Source Phoronix

Godot 4.7 Released With HDR Output Support

Godot 4.7 is released, introducing HDR output support to the open-source game engine.

Hardware/Chips Phoronix

How NVIDIA Vera CPU Performance Compares To The Ampere Altra Max

Performance comparison between NVIDIA Vera CPUs and Ampere Altra Max ARM Linux servers, highlighting ARM server evolution.

Software Engineering Phoronix

EXT4 Reworks Fast Commit Handling & Faster Directory Hash Computation

EXT4 file-system optimizations for Linux 7.2, focusing on fast commit handling and faster directory hash computation.

Software Engineering Phoronix

Rust PNG Image Decoder Now Even Faster: Benefiting Chrome, GNOME, Etc

The Rust PNG crate image-png provides further performance optimizations for PNG decoding, benefiting projects like Chrome and GNOME.

AI/ML Phoronix

Claude AI Assists In Fixing Years Old AMD Radeon Linux Display Bug Affecting Numerous Laptops

Claude AI was used to help resolve a long-standing AMD Radeon Linux display bug affecting numerous laptops.

Cybersecurity Phoronix

AF_ALG Deprecation Approved For Linux 7.2, Useless & Insecure Crypto Driver Code Removed

The AF_ALG interface is deprecated in Linux 7.2 to remove insecure and useless cryptographic driver code.

Open Source Phoronix

Ubuntu Flavors Now Mandated To Participate In Beta Releases For Official Status

Canonical now requires Ubuntu flavors to participate in beta releases to maintain their official status.

Hardware/Chips Phoronix

Latest LLVM Patch Further Points To AMD GFX1250/GFX1251 Being Instinct Hardware

LLVM patches indicate that AMD GFX1250/GFX1251 are likely enterprise AI/HPC accelerators (Instinct MI400 series).

Hardware/Chips Phoronix

Linux 7.2 EDAC Drivers Prep For Diamond Rapids, Nova Lake H

Linux 7.2 EDAC drivers are being prepared for upcoming Intel Diamond Rapids and Nova Lake H hardware.

Software Engineering Hacker News

I Stored a Website in a Favicon

A technical exploration of storing website content within a favicon file, showcasing a creative use of file formats.

Other Hacker News

Can you see three trees?

A visual puzzle or conceptual piece regarding pattern recognition.

Hardware/Chips Phoronix

Linux 7.2 Brings More Work Around WiFi Aware, WiFi 8 / UHR & More Networking Hardware

Linux 7.2 introduces significant updates to the networking subsystem, including WiFi Aware and WiFi 8/UHR support.

Homelab/Self-Hosting Phoronix

Raspberry Pi OS Moves To Linux 6.18 LTS Kernel, Updated LabWC Compositor

Raspberry Pi OS has updated to the Linux 6.18 LTS kernel and an updated LabWC compositor.

Hardware/Chips Phoronix

Apple M3 Booting On Linux After Three Years Plus Other SoC Updates In Linux 7.2

The Linux 7.2 kernel now provides mainline support for Apple M3 chips after three years of development.

AI/ML Phoronix

AMD Introduces An AI-Powered Bash Coding Agent

AMD has released GAIA 0.21.2, featuring a new AI-powered bash coding agent to assist with shell scripting.

Hardware/Chips Phoronix

Intel TDX Now Much More Practical With Ability To Apply Important Updates Without Reboot

Intel TDX in Linux 7.2 now supports live updates without reboots, improving the practicality of confidential computing on Xeon processors.

Hardware/Chips Phoronix

ARCTIC Fan Controller, More ASUS & ASRock Boards Have Sensor Monitoring With Linux 7.2

Linux 7.2 expands hardware monitoring support for various ARCTIC fan controllers and ASUS/ASRock motherboards.

Hardware/Chips Phoronix

AMD ISP4 Driver Merged To Linux 7.2 Kernel

The AMD ISP4 driver has been merged into Linux 7.2, enabling webcam support for several high-end Ryzen laptops.