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RC6 Articles & Reviews

Intel Sandy Bridge RC6 Is Good To Go   Software   2012-02-27
Intel RC6 Support On The Sandy Bridge Desktop   Display Drivers   2012-02-02
Linux 2.6.38 To Linux 3.2 Nouveau DRM Benchmarks   Display Drivers   2011-11-25
Intel SNA Acceleration Architecture Continues To Mature   Display Drivers   2011-10-30
Kanotix 2007 Thorhammer RC6   Operating Systems   2007-09-16
Linux 2.6.20-rc6 Kernel Performance   Software   2007-01-31

RC6 Linux & Open-Source News

New AMD Linux Patch Acknowledges More Zen 5 CPU Models   AMD   2024-04-24
Bcachefs Sends In More Fixes For Linux 6.9: Recovery & Repair Issues Settling Down   Linux Storage   2024-04-23
Zstd 1.5.6 Released - Celebrating Google Chrome Support For Zstandard Encoding   Free Software   2024-03-26
Linux 6.8-rc6 Released: This Kernel May Need An Extra Week For Testing   Linux Kernel   2024-02-25
Open-Source NVIDIA Vulkan Driver "NVK" Lands Improvements For ReBAR   Mesa   2024-02-25
Linux 6.8 x86/urgent Update Beefs Up Protection Against Side Channel CPU Bugs   Intel   2024-02-25
Nouveau Driver Squeezes In Some Last Minute Minor Additions For Linux 6.8   Linux Kernel   2024-02-23
Uutils 0.0.24 Advances Rust-Written Coreutils Implementation   Programming   2024-01-26
Linux 6.7-rc7 Released Early Ahead Of Christmas Eve Festivities   Linux Kernel   2023-12-23
Razer Wolverine V2 Controller Support Coming With Linux 6.7   Linux Gaming   2023-12-23
Linux 6.7-rc6 Released: "Various Random Fixes All Over"   Linux Kernel   2023-12-17
Wayland Progress, Ryzen AI & Linux Benchmarks That Made For An Exciting October   Phoronix   2023-11-01
Linux 6.6-rc6 Released: Plan For 6.6 Stable In Two Weeks   Linux Kernel   2023-10-15
Unplugging Logitech USB Receivers Has Been Causing The Linux Kernel To Crash   Linux Kernel   2023-10-15
AMD Sends Out Initial Linux Graphics Driver Patches For "GFX 11.5"   AMD   2023-08-17
Linux 6.5-rc6 Released With Latest CPU Security Mitigations & Bug Fixes   Linux Kernel   2023-08-13
AMD FreeSync Panel Replay Ready For Linux 6.6, Next-Gen GPU Enablement Started   Radeon   2023-08-12
Linux Kernel Updated To Add Zenbleed Fix For Valve's Steam Deck   Linux Kernel   2023-08-12
DRM Scheduler Patches Updated That Clear The Path For Merging Intel's Xe Driver   Intel   2023-08-11
Linux 6.4-rc6 Released: The Kernel Appears To Be In Good Shape   Linux Kernel   2023-06-11
OpenBSD 7.3 Released With AMD RDNA3 Graphics, Guided Disk Encryption   BSD   2023-04-10
Linux 6.3-rc6 Released For Easter   Linux Kernel   2023-04-09
FreeBSD 13.2-RC6 Released Due To Lingering Issue   BSD   2023-04-02
OpenBSD Finally Adds Guided Disk Encryption To Its Installer   BSD   2023-03-10
Patches Posted For Enabling WiFi/Bluetooth With The Once Interesting MIPS Creator CI20   Hardware   2023-02-16
Work Revived On Parallel CPU Bring-Up To Boot Linux Faster On Large Systems/Servers   Linux Kernel   2023-02-02
Linux Will Now Better Handle AMD SEV-SNP To Avoid Undefined Behavior For Old VMs   AMD   2023-01-30
Linux 6.2-rc6 Released & It's Suspiciously Small   Linux Kernel   2023-01-29
Linux Takes Another Shot At Fixing Visual Glitches & GPU Hangs For Intel Sandy Bridge   Intel   2023-01-20
Intel Preps More Linux Driver Code For Data Center GPU Max Series + More DG2 Fixes   Intel   2023-01-19
Linux 6.1-rc6 Released - Still Coming In Larger Than Torvalds Would Like   Linux Kernel   2022-11-20
Intel Readies More Meteor Lake Graphics Driver Code For Linux 6.2   Linux Kernel   2022-11-18
High-Speed Mold 1.5 Linker Released With PPC64LE, SPARC64 & RISC-V BE Targets   Programming   2022-09-27
Linux 6.0-rc7 Released - Linux 6.0 Will Hopefully Release Next Sunday   Linux Kernel   2022-09-25
Linux 6.0-rc6 Released After Kernel Developers Spent The Week In Dublin   Linux Kernel   2022-09-18
AMD Has A Bit More RDNA3 Graphics Driver Code Ready For Linux 5.20   Radeon   2022-07-27
Oh GuC: Intel ADL-P Graphics On Linux 5.19 Will Break Unless You Also Upgrade Firmware   Intel   2022-07-14
Linux 5.19-rc6 Released After A Fairly Normal Week   Linux Kernel   2022-07-10
Linux 5.18-rc6 Released - Linux 5.18 Is Looking "Quite Well-Behaved"   Linux Kernel   2022-05-08
FreeBSD 13.1-RC6 Released Due To Lingering Bugs   BSD   2022-05-06
Intel Prepares To Enable Intel Arc DG2/Alchemist Compute Support On Linux   Intel   2022-04-13
Linux 5.17-rc6 Released To Cap Off A Crazy Week   Linux Kernel   2022-02-27
Wine 7.0-rc6 Released With Another 47 Fixes   WINE   2022-01-14
Linux 5.16-rc6 Kernel Released   Linux Kernel   2021-12-19
GCC Patches Pending For RISC-V's Scalar Cryptography Extension   GNU   2021-11-15
Linux 5.15-rc7 Released A Day Late Due To Travels   Linux Kernel   2021-10-25
Linux 5.15-rc6 Ticks Up In Size, Stops Using AMD SME By Default   Linux Kernel   2021-10-18
Haiku Upstreams Its GNU Binutils Support   GNU   2021-09-03
Linux 5.14-rc6 Released After Another Good Week   Linux Kernel   2021-08-15
Intel Working On Implementing GuC Firmware Based Power Management For Linux   Intel   2021-07-10
OpenZFS 2.1 Released With dRAID, Compatibility Property, Better Performance   Linux Storage   2021-07-02
OpenZFS 2.1-rc8 Brings Linux 5.13 Compatibility, More Fixes   Linux Storage   2021-06-30
Linux 5.13-rc6 Released With The Kernel Cycle Smoothing Out   Linux Kernel   2021-06-13
OpenZFS 2.1 Gets More Cleanups, Better Documentation Ahead Of Release   Linux Storage   2021-06-11
Linux 5.13-rc5 Is Fairly Average In Size But Not Calming Down Yet   Linux Kernel   2021-06-06
OpenZFS 2.1-rc6 Released - Will Now Scale Worker Threads With CPU Core Count   Linux Storage   2021-05-28
T2 SDE 21.4 Released With This Linux Distribution Supporting 15 CPU Architectures   Operating Systems   2021-04-23
Linux 5.12-rc7 Kernel Released - It's Big And Causing Some Concern   Linux Kernel   2021-04-11
Linux 5.12-rc6 Released - A "Positively Tiny" Easter Kernel   Linux Kernel   2021-04-04
Mesa 21.0-RC5 Released For Testing This Q1'2021 OpenGL/Vulkan Driver Collection   Mesa   2021-02-20
Linux 5.11-rc6 Released With Itanium Support Now Orphaned   Linux Kernel   2021-01-31
Open-Source NVIDIA Changes Sent In For Linux 5.12   Nouveau   2021-01-29
Linux 5.12 Bringing VRR / Adaptive-Sync For Intel TIger Lake / Xe Graphics   Intel   2021-01-27
Wine-Staging 6.0-RC6 Fixes An 11 Year Old Bug   WINE   2021-01-09
Wine 6.0-rc6 Released With More Fixes   WINE   2021-01-08
AMD Smart Access Memory / Resizable BAR On Linux Still Ripe For Improvement   Radeon   2020-12-13
A Look At Linux 5.10 + Mesa 21.0-dev On Intel "Tiger Lake" Xe Graphics   Intel   2020-12-07
Linux 5.10-rc6 Released - This LTS Kernel Now Appearing In Good Shape   Linux Kernel   2020-11-29
Intel Sends In More DG1 Enablement Code, Big Joiner For Linux 5.11   Intel   2020-11-27
OpenZFS 2.0-RC6 Released With More Fixes For ZFS On Linux / FreeBSD   Linux Storage   2020-11-12
OpenBSD Marks 25th Anniversary By Releasing OpenBSD 6.8 With POWER 64-Bit Support   BSD   2020-10-18
Linux 5.9 Stable Expected In Two Weeks, But For Now Is Linux 5.9-rc7   Linux Kernel   2020-09-27
Linux 5.9-rc6 Released With Soft Scrollback Removed, Performance Regression Fixed   Linux Kernel   2020-09-20
Linux 5.8-rc6 Kernel Released - "Things Continue To Look Very Normal"   Linux Kernel   2020-07-19
The New AMD Energy Driver Is Working Out Well On Linux For Per-Socket/Core Reporting   AMD   2020-05-27
Linux 5.7-rc7 Kernel Released With It Looking To Be In Good Shape   Linux Kernel   2020-05-24
Linux 5.7-rc6 Released - Torvalds Is Not Entirely Happy Over Its Size   Linux Kernel   2020-05-17
Intel Graphics Code Seeing More Tiger Lake Action, Power Efficiency Work For Linux 5.8   Intel   2020-05-01
Linux 5.6-rc6 Released With The Kernel Coming In At Just The Right Size   Linux Kernel   2020-03-15
Fedora Workstation 33 Aiming To Have SWAP-On-ZRAM By Default   Fedora   2020-01-26
Wine 5.0-RC6 Released With Another 21 Fixes   WINE   2020-01-17
AMD Sends In A Bunch Of Fixes For Linux 5.6 Along With Pollock Support   Radeon   2020-01-17
Linux 5.5-rc6 Released With Some Notable Radeon Graphics Fixes Plus Other Random Work   Linux Kernel   2020-01-12
The Linux Kernel Highlights Of The 2010s From Torvalds' Sabbatical To Dealing With Vulnerabilities   Linux Kernel   2019-12-31
Mesa 19.3 Might Release Next Week But For Now There's RC6 With Several ACO+RADV Fixes   Mesa   2019-12-04
Mesa 19.3.0 Not Expected Until December - RC4 Released With ACO Fixes   Mesa   2019-11-21
Intel's Graphics Driver DoS Fix Last Week Has Hurt Power Consumption   Intel   2019-11-19
Intel Linux Graphics Driver Patches For Fast Soft-RC6 Yield Big Energy Use Improvement   Intel   2019-11-19
PHP 7.4 Aims For Release In Two Weeks With FFI, Performance Improvements   Programming   2019-11-14
Linux 5.4-rc6 Released With Network Changes Ticking High   Linux Kernel   2019-11-03
"VIRTME" Revised For Virtualized Linux Kernel Testing   Virtualization   2019-10-11
Linux 5.3 Moves Ahead With No Longer Advertising RdRand On Older AMD CPUs/APUs   AMD   2019-08-26
Linux 5.3-rc6 Released - Marking Linux's 28th Birthday   Linux Kernel   2019-08-25
FreeBSD 13 Is Preparing To Finally Retire GCC 4.2   BSD   2019-08-14
The Open-Source NVIDIA "Nouveau" Driver Gets A Batch Of Fixes For Linux 5.3   Nouveau   2019-07-19
Linux 5.2-rc6 Released With Steam Networking Fix - The Biggest Post-RC1 Release   Linux Kernel   2019-06-22
Linux 5.1-rc7 Is "Tiny" Ahead Of The Official Kernel Debut Next Week   Linux Kernel   2019-04-28
Linux 5.1-rc6 Kernel Released In Linus Torvalds' Easter Day Message   Linux Kernel   2019-04-21
Mesa 19.0-RC6 Released With Many Intel & Radeon Fixes   Mesa   2019-02-26
Mesa 19.0-RC5 Released As The Cycle Drags Into Overtime   Mesa   2019-02-20
Linux 5.0-rc6 Released - Still On Track For A Normal Release   Linux Kernel   2019-02-10
AMDGPU Fixes For Linux 5.0 Include FreeSync/VRR Properties For eDP Displays   Radeon   2019-02-06
Wine 4.0-RC7 Released With Fixes For Video Player Crashes, Game Performance Issues   WINE   2019-01-18
Wine 4.0-RC6 Fixes Bugs With Crysis, Final Fantasy & Other Windows Games   WINE   2019-01-11
Linux 4.20-rc6 Kernel Released - "Looks Fairly Normal"   Linux Kernel   2018-12-09
Mesa 18.3 Expected For Release Tomorrow   Mesa   2018-12-05
PHP 7.3 Performance Benchmarks Are Looking Good Days Ahead Of Its Release   Free Software   2018-11-24
Linux 4.19.1 Released While 4.20~5.0 Merge Window Ends Today   Linux Kernel   2018-11-04
Rustlang Is Now Working On 14 Debian Architectures With POWER & MIPS Now In Good Shape   Debian   2018-11-03
Linux 4.19-rc7 Released: Final Kernel Likely In Two Weeks   Linux Kernel   2018-10-07
Linux 4.19-rc6 Kernel Released By Greg KH   Linux Kernel   2018-09-30
Mesa 18.1.8 Released With More Stable Fixes   Mesa   2018-09-07
Mesa 18.2-RC6 Released, Final Expected On Friday   Mesa   2018-09-05
Mesa 18.2 Should Now Be Clear For Releasing With Its Many OpenGL/Vulkan Improvements   Mesa   2018-09-01
Linux 4.18-rc6 Kernel Released With Many Networking Fixes, Other Regressions Resolved   Linux Kernel   2018-07-22
FreeBSD 11.2 Beta 3 Brings LLVM Updates, Various Fixes   BSD   2018-05-26
Linux 4.17-rc6 Kernel Released As Another "Fairly Calm" Release   Linux Kernel   2018-05-20
Linux 4.17-rc4 Released As The "Merciless Moray"   Linux Kernel   2018-05-06
Linux 4.16-rc7 Kernel Released, Final Likely Next Week   Linux Kernel   2018-03-25
Linux 4.16-rc6 Released: Looking Good For Final Release In Two Weeks   Linux Kernel   2018-03-19
Oracle DAX Driver Landing In Linux 4.16 For SPARC Co-Processor   Linux Kernel   2018-02-01
Linux 4.15-rc8 Bringing BPF Security Improvements For Fending Speculative Attacks   Linux Kernel   2018-01-14
Wine 3.0-RC6 Released While Wine 3.0.0 Should Be Near   WINE   2018-01-12
Linux 4.15-rc6 Released To Ring In 2018   Linux Kernel   2017-12-31
Qt 5.10 RC3 Released, Qt 5.10 Now Expected This Week   Qt   2017-12-04
Mesa 17.3-RC6 Released, Final Now Expected This Week   Mesa   2017-12-04
PHP 7.2 Officially Released   Free Software   2017-11-30
Intel Ironlake Receives Patches For RC6 Power Savings   Intel   2017-11-19
PHP 7.2 Benchmarks, Performance Of PHP 5.3 To PHP 7.2 On AMD EPYC   Free Software   2017-11-13
Linux 4.14 Kernel Officially Released   Linux Kernel   2017-11-12
PHP 7.2 Is One Step Away From Release   Programming   2017-11-12
Intel Has More DRM Code For Testing: Cannonlake Fixes, GuC/HuC'ing   Intel   2017-10-23
Linux 4.14-rc6 Released: Linux 4.14 Kernel Final In 2~3 Weeks   Linux Kernel   2017-10-23
Intel Continues Landing New i915 DRM Features For Linux 4.15   Intel   2017-10-20
Linux 4.14-rc3 Kernel Is Ready For Testing   Linux Kernel   2017-10-01
Mesa 17.2 Set For Release This Weekend   Mesa   2017-08-31
The DRM Changes To Find With The Linux 4.14 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2017-08-23
Linux 4.13-rc6 Kernel Released   Linux Kernel   2017-08-20
Allwinner sun4i DRM Queues HDMI CEC Support For Linux 4.14   Hardware   2017-08-19
With AMDGPU DC Not Aligning For Linux 4.14, 120 More Display Code Patches   AMD   2017-08-09
81 Fresh Patches For AMDGPU's DC (DAL) Display Code   AMD   2017-07-25
Ubuntu 17.10 Continues Aiming For The Linux 4.13 Kernel   Ubuntu   2017-06-20
Linux 4.12-rc6 Released A Day Late, Final Possibly In Two Weeks   Linux Kernel   2017-06-19
MINIX 3.4 RC6 Released   Operating Systems   2017-05-09
OpenBSD 6.1 Released: ARM64 Platform Support & More   BSD   2017-04-11
Linux 4.11-rc6 Released   Linux Kernel   2017-04-09
DRM Maintainers Are Running Out Of Time To Ship New Features For Linux 4.12   Linux Kernel   2017-04-03
NetBSD Accomplishes Reproducible Builds   BSD   2017-02-20
Linux 4.10-rc6 Released, Now Codenamed The "Fearless Coyote"   Linux Kernel   2017-01-29
Wine-Staging 2.0-RC6 Brings More D3D11 Patches   WINE   2017-01-23