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Redox OS Begins Developing Its Own Intel Graphics Driver

Phoronix - 18 hours 43 min ago
The Rust-written Redox OS operating system had an exciting end to the year as it began developing its own native Intel graphics driver...

Transparent Hugepage Performance On Linux 6.18 LTS: Madvise vs. Always

Phoronix - Tue, 01/06/2026 - 23:45
With some Linux distributions like Fedora Workstation and Ubuntu defaulting to "madvise" Transparent Hugepages (THP) while others like CachyOS and openSUSE defaulting to "always", you may be curious about the madvise vs. always THP difference in modern Linux environments. If so this round of benchmarking is for you in looking at the performance impact of madvise vs. always THP.

Pre-Compiled Headers Being Debated For LLVM/Clang To Speed-Up Build By 1.5~2x

Phoronix - Tue, 01/06/2026 - 22:05
LLVM developers and other stakeholders have begun debating the use of pre-compiled headers "PCH" as a means of speeding up the compiulation of the LLVM compiler infrastructure by 1.5x to 2x than with non-PCH builds...

Revised Steam Survey For December 2025 Puts Linux Gaming Marketshare At 3.58%

Phoronix - Tue, 01/06/2026 - 21:52
Back on the 1st Valve published the Steam Survey results for December 2025 and they put the Linux gaming marketshare at 3.19%, a 0.01% dip from November. But now the December results have been revised with a nice bump to the Linux marketshare...

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