Linux on ARM
LLVM Gets ARMv8.4 Enablement, GCC Gets Cortex-A76 Support
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- 2018-Jun-29
It's been another busy week in compiler land for ARM. First up, the GCC compiler now officially supports the Cortex-A76. The A76 is the new Cortex processor announced back in May for yielding much better performance and efficiency, especially for AI and machine learning.
Visual Studio 2017 with an Embedded Linux Arm Device
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- 2018-Jun-28
This is a non-sponsored guest post written by Marc Goodner: Principal Program Manager, Microsoft, and Jeremias Cordoba: Innovation Engineer, Toradex.
ARM Updates Energy Aware Scheduling For The Linux Kernel
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- 2018-Jun-28
ARM Linux developer Quentin Perret has sent out the latest set of kernel patches for implementing Energy Aware Scheduling (EAS).
Alpine Linux 3.8 Released With ARM64 Raspberry Pi Support, Netboot On All Architectures
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- 2018-Jun-27
Alpine Linux 3.8.0 was released today as the newest installment of this lightweight, security-oriented Linux distribution that is especially popular for containers/Docker use.
Announcing the general availability of Oracle Linux 7 for ARM
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- 2018-Jun-23
Oracle is pleased to announce the general availability of Oracle Linux 7 for the ARM architecture. - Oracle Linux 7 Update 5 is available on the 64-bit ARMv8 platform (aarch64). The release features Oracle’s Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) Release 5, based on the latest mainline Linux kernel long-term stable (LTS) release 4.14.
Canonical Releases Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Kernel Security Update for Raspberry Pi 2
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- 2018-Jun-17
Canonical released on Friday a new Linux kernel update for its Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) operating system series addressing three security vulnerabilities affecting the kernel for Raspberry Pi 2 devices.
openSUSE Leap 15 Linux OS Is Now Available for Raspberry Pi, Other ARM Devices
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- 2018-Jun-14
The openSUSE Project announced today that it released images for its openSUSE Leap 15 operating system for a bunch of ARMv7 and AArch64 (ARM64) devices, including the popular Rasberry Pi.
ARM64 Patches For Linux 4.18 Roll Out With Spectre V4 Mitigation
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- 2018-Jun-08
The ARM64 (64-bit ARM / AArch64) architecture updates have been submitted today for the Linux 4.18 kernel.
Linux 4.17 Release – Main Changes, Arm & MIPS Architectures
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- 2018-Jun-06
So this last week was pretty calm, even if the pattern of most of the stuff coming in on a Friday made it feel less so as the weekend approached. And while I would have liked even less changes, I really didn’t get the feeling that another week would help the release in any way, so here we are, with 4.17 released.
Android-Based RaspAnd OS for Raspberry Pi 3 Gets Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Improvements
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- 2018-May-29
RaspAnd developer Arne Exton announced today the release and immediate availability of an updated version of his Android-based operating system for the Raspberry Pi single-board computer.
GNOME 3.30 Desktop Environment Receives Support for ARM64 Hardware Architectures
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- 2018-May-26
GNOME Project's Javier Jardón announced today via an email notice the availability of the second development snapshot of the upcoming GNOME 3.30 desktop environment.
Kubuntu Devs to Focus More on Supporting ARM Laptops & Raspberry Pi Than 32-Bit
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- 2018-May-19
Earlier this month, the Kubuntu developers have confirmed to us that they won't support new 32-bit installations with the upcoming Kubuntu 18.10 release, and now they made it official.
32-bit ARM Is Also On The Chopping Block For Ubuntu
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- 2018-May-13
Not only are developers talking about dropping Ubuntu 32-bit x86 support but the ARMHF support might also be cut as well for 32-bit ARM boards.
SUSE Linux for Raspberry Pi: Enterprise Server for ARM released
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- 2018-May-10
SUSE Linux has released a version of its super-robust server OS for the Raspberry Pi, called SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for ARM.
Qt Quick Performance Improvements on 64-bit ARM
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- 2018-Apr-24
One of our major goals for Qt 5.9 LTS was to improve the performance and memory consumption compared to our previous long-term-support release Qt 5.6 LTS. In this blog post, I want to highlight the performance increase in modern embedded processors that support the 64-bit ARMv8 instruction set.