Serpent OS To Require x86_64-v2 CPUs While Offering x86_64-v3 Packages Too
Serpent OS as the latest Linux distribution project of well known developer Ikey Doherty is off to a great start for 2024
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Serpent OS as the latest Linux distribution project of well known developer Ikey Doherty is off to a great start for 2024
Not only is Canonical exploring Ubuntu x86-64-v3 builds for targeting Intel and AMD processors with AVX/AVX2 support, but Red Hat has publicly confirmed now they are exploring a possible x86-64-v3 requirement for next year's Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.
The unofficial 'ALHP' repositories for Arch Linux have begun offering an x86-64-v4 tuned repository for packages built against this current highest x86-64 micro-architecture feature level for the latest Intel and AMD processors with AVX-512 support.
Canonical is experimenting with x86_64 micro-architecture feature levels! They have produced an experimental build of Ubuntu Server using x86_64_v3 for requiring basically Intel and AMD CPUs with AVX capabilities
Intel Linux graphics driver engineers are doing a bit of house keeping to the i915 DRM driver and removing some pre-production hardware bits as well as the incomplete Ponte Vecchio support.