Intel proposes Linux to add driver filtering function
According to the mailing list, Intel engineers proposed to add a filter to Linux drivers so that they can set a list of drivers that are allowed or denied to be loaded by the...
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Intel started to add driver information to Lunar Lake in Linux 5.15
According to previous information, let us know that Intel’s 12th-generation Core system processor is codenamed Alder Lake, the 13th generation Core system processor is codenamed Raptor Lake. On the desktop platform, both series of...
Nvidia expanded the support of RTX SDK to ARM and Linux, Supports ray tracing and DLSS
In this year’s GTC 2021 keynote speech, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang briefly mentioned that he will cooperate with MediaTek. According to the content of the slide show, MediaTek will be licensed for GeForce RTX...
AMD continues to push its PTDMA driver into the Linux kernel mainline
At present, AMD’s PTDMA driver for Linux has been updated to version v10, hoping to eventually merge into the Linux mainline. PTDMA is a Linux driver released by AMD in September 2019 to support...
CVE-2021-3560: Linux Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Alert
Last week, GitHub disclosed the details of an easily exploitable Linux vulnerability that can be used to elevate the user privileges of the target system to root privileges. The vulnerability is classified as high-risk...
AMD is extending SmartShift technology to Linux systems
SmartShift technology is a new feature released by AMD last year. If the laptop is equipped with AMD’s CPU and discrete graphics card, it will respond quickly to the different workloads of the two,...
Nvidia and Valve collaborate to bring DLSS to Linux
NVIDIA announced on Computex 2021 that it will cooperate with Valve to introduce DLSS technology to the Linux operating system through Steam Proton. For those gamers who use Linux systems, NVIDIA graphics cards can...
The sound updates for Linux 5.13 have been merged into the mainline
The audio-related update for Linux 5.13 has been released and has been merged into the mainline. This year, PipeWire continues to gain attention in improving the sound of the Linux userspace, and the kernel’s...
Linux 5.13 adds initial support for Apple M1
The Linux 5.13 kernel adds preliminary support for Apple M1 SoC and Apple devices in 2020 (Mac Mini, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air). On the first day of the Linux 5.13 merger window, the six...
Microsoft contributes integrity subsystem update to Linux 5.12
Recently, Microsoft engineers contributed an integrity subsystem update for Linux 5.12, which has been merged into the main branch. The Linux Integrity Measurement Architecture (IMA) subsystem introduces hooks in the inner core to support...
The Linux Foundation provides free Node.js online courses
Node.js is very popular, but it is not easy to learn. Now, the Linux Foundation hopes to help you learn Node.js better through free online courses. Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform, back-end JavaScript runtime...
System76 announces more details of “Launch Configurable Keyboard”
Linux PC manufacturer System76 announced in March last year that it would build a customized Linux keyboard, and successively revealed the overall concept and content of the keyboard. Recently, Phoronix reported that System76 is...
Firefox supports hardware acceleration on Linux
Recently, Firefox developer Martin Stransky introduced the latest WebRender function of Firefox 84, saying that it is the first hardware acceleration function implemented by Firefox on a Linux system, reaching an important milestone in...
Windows calculator app is available on Linux
Uno Platform said that it has successfully ported the Windows Calculator application to Ubuntu Linux, called Uno Calculator. They worked with the Canonical team to create and publish this tool to the Ubuntu Snap...
Microsoft wants to create a complete virtualization stack with Linux and Hyper-V
Microsoft engineer Wei Liu recently submitted a series of kernel patches for Hyper-V code for Linux. The purpose is to make Linux run as a root partition on Microsoft Hypervisor (Hyper-V). Hyper-V is a...
Microsoft: the Linux software repository will no longer support TLS 1.0/1.1 on September 24, 2020
Microsoft announced that it plans to stop supporting the insecure TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 protocols in its Linux software repository from September 24, 2020. TLS 1.0 and 1.1 were initially scheduled to be...
