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Linux 5.9 Articles & Reviews

exFAT File-System Performance On Linux 5.9   Software   2020-11-10
The Current Intel Coffee Lake Mitigation Performance Impact With Linux 5.9   Software   2020-10-09
Intel Xeon vs. AMD EPYC Performance On The Linux 5.8 Kernel   Processors   2020-10-02
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT CPUFreq Governor Comparison With Linux 5.9   Software   2020-09-24
Linux 5.9 To Allow Controlling Page Lock Unfairness In Addressing Performance Regression   Software   2020-09-17
Mesa 20.3 + Linux 5.9 Is In Great Shape Against AMDVLK, AMDGPU-PRO   Display Drivers   2020-09-14
The Latest On The Linux 5.9 Kernel Regression Stemming From Page Lock Fairness   Software   2020-09-13
Why TensorFlow Lite Has Been Running Slower On Recent Linux Kernels   Software   2020-09-10
Linux 5.0 To Linux 5.9 Kernel Benchmarking Was A Bumpy Ride With New Regressions   Software   2020-09-09
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS vs. Linux 5.9 + Mesa 20.3-devel Radeon Graphics Performance   Linux Gaming   2020-08-25
Linux 5.9 Features New GPU Support To Numerous Security + Performance Optimizations   Software   2020-08-16
Linux 5.9 Performance Is Off To A Great Start With FSGSBASE Boost   Software   2020-08-10
AMD EPYC 7F72 Performance On A Linux FSGSBASE-Patched Kernel   Software   2020-06-29
Testing Intel FSGSBASE Patches For Helping Elevate Linux Performance   Software   2020-06-25

Linux 5.9 Linux & Open-Source News

Linux 6.6 To Better Protect Against The Illicit Behavior Of NVIDIA's Proprietary Driver   NVIDIA   2023-08-29
Linux 5.12 Adds eMMC Inline Encryption For Better Performance, Lower Power Use   Hardware   2021-02-23
Netrunner 21.01 Released For Customized KDE Desktop On Debian   Operating Systems   2021-02-20
Linux 5.11, Pyston, Wayland & Other January Excitement   Phoronix   2021-02-01
Changing One "If" To "While" Caused An Unexpected Shift In A Kernel Benchmark This Week   Linux Kernel   2021-01-10
The Linux Kernel Made Terrific Strides In 2020   Linux Kernel   2021-01-01
Happy New Year! A Look Back At The Most Popular Phoronix Content Of 2020   Phoronix   2020-12-31
The Most Popular NVIDIA Linux News + Milestones Of 2020   NVIDIA   2020-12-30
AMD Wowed Linux Users In 2020 With Their Fantastic Zen 3 CPUs, Timely New Open-Source GPU Support   AMD   2020-12-29
Reiser4 Updated For Linux 5.10 Compatibility, Reiser5 Effort One Year Old   Linux Storage   2020-12-24
Linux 5.11 Brings Intel WiFi 6GHz Band Support (Wi-Fi 6E)   Intel   2020-12-17
Mageia 8 Beta 2 Released With A Platter Of Updated Packages   Operating Systems   2020-12-13
Radeon RX 6900 XT Launches As Flagship Card With Open-Source Drivers But Very Limited Availability   Radeon   2020-12-08
A Look At Linux 5.10 + Mesa 21.0-dev On Intel "Tiger Lake" Xe Graphics   Intel   2020-12-07
Linux 5.9.12 Is In Good Shape With The AMD Radeon RX 6800 Series   Radeon   2020-12-07
Debian Installer Bullseye Alpha 3 Switches To Linux 5.9, Larger /boot   Debian   2020-12-06
Manjaro 20.2 Brings Arch-Based Linux 5.9 Experience, GNOME Version Defaults To Wayland   Arch Linux   2020-12-03
Linux Sees A Slew Of Point Releases Due To That Nasty IBM POWER9 Vulnerability   Linux Kernel   2020-11-22
Radeon RX 6800 "Sienna Cichlid" Firmware Added To Linux-Firmware.Git   Radeon   2020-11-19
AMDVLK 2020.Q4.5 Vulkan Driver Brings Radeon RX 6000 Series Support   Radeon   2020-11-19
Radeon Software for Linux 20.45 Driver Released With RX 6800 Series Support   Radeon   2020-11-18
Mageia 8 Linux OS Is Inching Closer To Release   Operating Systems   2020-11-13
AMD Renoir Running Smooth On Linux 5.10   AMD   2020-11-10
Running Intel Tiger Lake On The Linux 5.10 Kernel   Intel   2020-11-03
Reiser4 + Reiser5 File-Systems Updated For Linux 5.9 Support   Linux Storage   2020-11-02
AMD, Kernel Advancements & Tiger Lake Captivated Linux Readers In October   Phoronix   2020-11-01
Real-Time Patches Updated For Linux 5.9/5.10 With The Code Not Yet Mainlined   Linux Kernel   2020-10-28
Fedora 33 Released With Workstation Using Btrfs By Default   Fedora   2020-10-27
Linux 5.10 Is The Next LTS Kernel   Linux Kernel   2020-10-26
Linux 5.10-rc1 Released With New Hardware Support, Security Additions   Linux Kernel   2020-10-25
Radeon Linux Driver Seeing "MALL" Feature For Big Navi   Radeon   2020-10-20
OpenZFS 2.0-RC4 Released With More Fixes, Linux 5.9 Support   Linux Storage   2020-10-19
Linux 5.9-ck1 Released With Updated MuQSS   Linux Kernel   2020-10-19
Linux 5.10 Continues Bringing Up Support For Intel's Rocket Lake   Linux Kernel   2020-10-19
Linux 5.10 Continues Maturing The USB4 Support   Intel   2020-10-18
Linux 5.9.1 + 6 Other Stable Kernels Out For Addressing "Bleeding Tooth" Vulnerability   Linux Security   2020-10-18
NVIDIA Doesn't Expect To Have Linux 5.9 Driver Support For Another Month   NVIDIA   2020-10-17
NGG Appears To Be In Good Shape For RDNA 2 / RX 6000 Series   Radeon   2020-10-17
AMD Delivers Many Fixes For Polaris GPUs On Linux - Finally Enables ZeroRPM Fan Mode   Radeon   2020-10-16
Linux 5.10 Graphics Driver Changes From AMDGPU DC For GCN 1.0 To Continuing RDNA 2 Push   Linux Kernel   2020-10-15
Many Intel/AMD x86 Changes Kick Off Linux 5.10 Development From Zen 3 To SERIALIZE   Linux Kernel   2020-10-12
GNU Linux-libre 5.9-gnu Released After The Usual Deblobbing   GNU   2020-10-12
Linux 5.9 Released With Initial AMD RDNA 2 GPU Enablement, Other New Hardware Support   Linux Kernel   2020-10-11
The AMD Radeon Graphics Driver Makes Up Roughly 10.5% Of The Linux Kernel   Linux Kernel   2020-10-11
There Are Many Changes To Look Forward To With The Linux 5.10 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2020-10-11
Arm Memory Tagging Extension Ready For Linux 5.10   Arm   2020-10-11
AMDGPU Linux Kernel Driver Support Posted For The "Dimgrey Cavefish"   Radeon   2020-10-07
ZFSOnLinux 0.8.5 Released With Support For Newer Kernels, Bug Fixes   Linux Storage   2020-10-06
Linux 5.9-rc8 Released To Provide An Extra Week Of Testing   Linux Kernel   2020-10-04
The Most Prominent Linux 5.9 Kernel Features From AMD RDNA 2 To Battling Nefarious Shims   Linux Kernel   2020-10-04
Linux 5.9 Regression, NVIDIA RTX 30, GNOME 40 & Microsoft Made For A Fun September   Phoronix   2020-10-01
AMDGPU Gets A Big Batch Of Fixes For Its New Driver Code Coming In Linux 5.10   Radeon   2020-10-01
Linux 5.9 Gets More Fixes For AMD RDNA2 GPUs, Promotes Navi 12   Radeon   2020-09-30
Intel mOS, Torvalds Commentary, Intel Gen12 Graphics, Zen 2 "XT" CPUs Topped Q3   Phoronix   2020-09-29
Linux 5.9 Stable Expected In Two Weeks, But For Now Is Linux 5.9-rc7   Linux Kernel   2020-09-27
More Vulkan NCNN Inference Benchmarks On AMD Radeon vs. NVIDIA GeForce Under Linux   Vulkan   2020-09-27
Linux 5.9-rc6 Released With Soft Scrollback Removed, Performance Regression Fixed   Linux Kernel   2020-09-20
Ray-Tracing Support For AMDGPU LLVM Back-End Lands For RDNA 2   Radeon   2020-09-16
Intel Graphics Driver Patches Revived For Per-Client Engine Activity   Intel   2020-09-15
Linux 5.9 Dropping Soft Scrollback Support From FB + VGA Console Code   Linux Kernel   2020-09-14
Linux 5.9-rc5 Looks Fairly Normal Aside From Wildfires + Performance Regression   Linux Kernel   2020-09-13
Kernel Bisecting Has Never Been Faster Than With AMD EPYC + AMD Threadripper   Linux Kernel   2020-09-10
Linux 5.9-rc4 Kernel Released   Linux Kernel   2020-09-06
AMD Sends In More Radeon "Navi 2" Updates For Linux 5.10 Kernel   Radeon   2020-09-04
RADV Lands "Big Page" Optimization For Navi 2   Radeon   2020-09-02
Intel mOS, Cachy, Mozilla Layoffs Were The Open-Source Buzz Of August   Phoronix   2020-09-01
Linux 5.9-rc3 Is A "Pretty Calm" Release   Linux Kernel   2020-08-30
Facebook Still Pursuing "NetGPU" - Working On AMD GPU Support In Addition To NVIDIA   Linux Networking   2020-08-29
Android AOSP Can Boot Off Mainline Linux 5.9 With Just One Patch   Google   2020-08-29
Microsoft Is Exploring LTO+PGO For A Faster Linux Kernel   Microsoft   2020-08-27
Intel's Early Linux 5.10 Graphics Driver Changes Include Tiger Lake HOBL   Intel   2020-08-27
Real-Time / PREEMPT_RT Support Should Finally Be Mainlined Soon In The Linux Kernel   Linux Kernel   2020-08-26
Linux 5.9 Lands Patch Adding Fallthrough Macro In 2,484 More Spots   Linux Kernel   2020-08-25
Linux 5.10 Slated To Use New Intel SERIALIZE In Fending Off Speculative Execution Bugs   Linux Kernel   2020-08-25
FUTEX2 Still Being Worked On For Benefiting Linux Gaming & Much More   Linux Gaming   2020-08-24
Linux 5.9-rc2 Released With EXT4 Updates, More POWER10 Bits   Linux Kernel   2020-08-23
EXT4 Changes Land For Linux 5.9 With Block Allocator Performance Work   Linux Storage   2020-08-22
Intel Xeon Ice Lake, Gen2 Optane + Linux's IO_uring Yielding Up To 2.58M IOPS Per Core   Linux Storage   2020-08-21
Now That The Linux Kernel Can Be Zstd-Compressed, The Next Step Is The Firmware   Linux Kernel   2020-08-21
Linux 5.9-rc1 Kernel Released - Line Count Dominated By AMD Radeon Navi 2 Additions   Linux Kernel   2020-08-16
Intel P-State With Linux 5.9 Adds Passive Mode With Hardware P-States   Intel   2020-08-15
NFS Client Changes For Linux 5.9 Include User Xattr Support   Linux Storage   2020-08-15
OpenRISC Sees Sane TLB Flushing With Linux 5.9   Hardware   2020-08-15
Linux 5.9 Dropping Xen 32-bit PV Guest Support   Virtualization   2020-08-14
Linux 5.9 Brings Safeguard Following NVIDIA's Recent "GPL Condom" Incident   Linux Kernel   2020-08-14
FUSE Read/Write Passthrough Updated For Much Better File-System Performance   Linux Storage   2020-08-13
Navi 2 Fixes, Other Graphics/Display Fixes Sent In For Linux 5.9   Radeon   2020-08-13
POWER10 Virtualization, Intel SERIALIZE Come For KVM On Linux 5.9   Virtualization   2020-08-12
Linux 5.9 Bringing Mellanox VDPA Driver For Newer ConnectX Devices   Virtualization   2020-08-11
Intel Adds Capability To Linux 5.9 For NVDIMM Firmware Updates Without Reboots   Intel   2020-08-11
F2FS With Linux 5.9 Adds Secure TRIM, New Garbage Collection Option   Linux Storage   2020-08-11
User Xattr Support Finally Landing For NFS In Linux 5.9   Linux Storage   2020-08-10
Linux 5.9 HID Has Improvement For Faster Probe/Boot Time   Hardware   2020-08-10
XFS Is Packing Many Improvements With Linux 5.9   Linux Storage   2020-08-10
Linux 5.9 Enables P2PDMA For All AMD CPUs Zen + Newer   AMD   2020-08-09
Intel Emmitsburg Support Begins Appearing In Linux 5.9   Intel   2020-08-09
AMD Sensor Fusion Hub Driver Under Review A Sixth Time For Linux   AMD   2020-08-09
Linux 5.9 Brings More IBM POWER10 Support, New/Faster SCV System Call ABI   Hardware   2020-08-09
Several Drivers Promoted Out Of Staging With Linux 5.9   Linux Kernel   2020-08-09
Linux 5.9 Supports A Lot Of New Audio Hardware, Intel Silent Stream Added   Hardware   2020-08-08
Linux 5.9 Networking Changes Are As Active As Ever   Linux Networking   2020-08-08
Char/Misc Is Still Quite Busy With Linux 5.9 Still Lacking An "Accelerator" Subsystem   Linux Kernel   2020-08-08
ARM Now Defaulting To Schedutil Governor, Other Power Management Work For Linux 5.9   Hardware   2020-08-07
Linux 5.9 Exposes Device Link Details Via Sysfs, Allows Hiding DebugFS From User-Space   Linux Kernel   2020-08-07
RISC-V Software Support Adds More Features With Linux 5.9   RISC-V   2020-08-07
USB Cleans Up Its Terminology, Continued USB4 Work For Linux 5.9   Hardware   2020-08-06
Open-Source GPU Driver Updates Sent In For Linux 5.9 From Sienna Cichlid To Rocket Lake   Linux Kernel   2020-08-06
Perf Changes For Linux 5.9 Include Intel Arch LBR, Hygon RAPL, Comet Lake Uncore   Hardware   2020-08-06
Linux 5.9 Introducing A Multi-Color LED Framework   Hardware   2020-08-06
NVMe ZNS Makes It Into Linux 5.9 Along With MD RAID Fixes   Linux Storage   2020-08-06
FS-Cache Rewritten But Even Its Developers Are Hesitant About Landing It For Linux 5.9   Linux Storage   2020-08-05
Corsair Commander Pro Driver Sent In To Linux 5.9   Hardware   2020-08-05
RADV ACO Back-End Begins Tackling Navi 2 / GFX10.3 Support   Radeon   2020-08-04
Linux 5.9 Continues Working On A Variety Of Scheduler Improvements   Linux Kernel   2020-08-04
Checkpoint/Restore Of Unprivileged Processes Sent In For Linux 5.9   Linux Kernel   2020-08-04
After 5 Years, FSGSBASE Support Finally Ready For Linux To Enhance AMD/Intel Performance   Linux Kernel   2020-08-04
Linux 5.9 Set To Bring "Close_Range" System Call - Coordinated With FreeBSD Developers   Linux Kernel   2020-08-04
Linux 5.9 Adds Intel "Keem Bay" Support, 8 Snapdragon Smartphones, AMD EthanolX BMC, Old Tegra Tablets   Arm   2020-08-04
Intel SERIALIZE, Dropping Of SGI UV Supercomputer, i386 Clang'ing Hit Linux 5.9   Linux Kernel   2020-08-03
Btrfs Seeing Some Nice Performance Improvements For Linux 5.9   Linux Storage   2020-08-03
FSCRYPT Inline Encryption Ready To Offer Better Performance On Modern SoCs   Linux Storage   2020-08-03
Linux 5.9 Dropping The Unicore 32-bit RISC Architecture   Hardware   2020-08-03
IO_uring Has Many Improvements Set To Go Into Linux 5.9   Linux Storage   2020-08-03
Linux 5.8 Released With AMD Energy Driver, F2FS LZO-RLE, IBM POWER10 Booting   Linux Kernel   2020-08-02
Changes Expected For The Linux 5.9 Kernel From Intel DG1 To AMD Navi 2 To New CPU Capabilities   Linux Kernel   2020-08-02
Rust Maybe Coming To The Linux Kernel, Other Open-Source Milestones For July   Phoronix   2020-08-02
Linux 5.9 Adding New Knob To Control Default Boost Value For Real-Time Workloads   Linux Kernel   2020-08-01
Eight Great Features Of Linux 5.8   Linux Kernel   2020-07-31
"Speakup" Promoted Out Of Staging For Linux 5.9   Linux Kernel   2020-07-31
Intel PMT Framework + Tiger Lake Telemetry Support Updated For Linux   Intel   2020-07-31
MSM Open-Source Driver Continues On Qualcomm Adreno 640/650 Series Bring-Up   Hardware   2020-07-30
Google Sends Patches For AMD Zen / Zen 2 RAPL PowerCap Support   AMD   2020-07-29
Intel Making It Easier To Flash Ethernet Device Firmware On Linux   Intel   2020-07-29
L1d Flushing Patches Revived After It Was Rejected From Linux 5.8 As "Beyond Stupid"   Linux Kernel   2020-07-29
Linux 5.9 To Support New EF100 NIC Architecture Developed By Xilinx   Linux Networking   2020-07-29
AMD "Navy Flounder" Support Merged Into Mesa 20.2   Radeon   2020-07-28
Linux To Allow Limiting Tiger Lake SoC PL4 Package Maximum Power Limit   Intel   2020-07-28
Radeon "Southern Islands" Support Continues Improving In AMDGPU Driver - GPU Reset   Radeon   2020-07-28
Linux Kernel Prepping To Make Use Of Intel's New SERIALIZE Instruction   Intel   2020-07-27
Zstd-Compressed Linux Kernel Images Look Very Close To Mainline With Great Results   Linux Kernel   2020-07-26
Intel "Input Output Manager" Linux Driver Coming For Tiger Lake   Intel   2020-07-25
Following Many Patches, Linux 5.9 Finally Switching To HTTPS Links En Masse   Linux Kernel   2020-07-25
Sony Provides Patch To Linux 5.9 For Allowing Further Access Restrictions On DebugFS   Linux Security   2020-07-25
Nouveau Changes For Linux 5.9 Bring Fixes, Prep For Future Improvements   Nouveau   2020-07-24
Linux 5.9 To Support 6GHz WiFi With Qualcomm's Ath11k Driver   Linux Networking   2020-07-24
Linux 5.9 Bringing IBM POWER "System Call Vectored" Support   Linux Kernel   2020-07-24
Google Finally Begins Their Open-Source Dance Around Linux User-Space Threading   Google   2020-07-23
Open-Source NVIDIA "Nouveau" CRC Support Ready For Linux 5.9   Nouveau   2020-07-22
LLVM Clang Should Be Able To Build Linux 5.9 x86 32-bit Kernels   Linux Kernel   2020-07-22
Linux 5.9 To Support DM-CRYPT On Zoned Block Devices   Linux Storage   2020-07-21