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New Patch Can Boost Linux ZRAM Compression Performance By Over 50%

Phoronix - Tue, 03/10/2026 - 22:37
The Linux ZRAM module for creating compressed block devices in RAM could be on the edge of a nice I/O compression performance boost...

FSF Hiring New Manager For Leading Their Hardware Certification Program

Phoronix - Tue, 03/10/2026 - 22:16
The Free Software Foundation is hiring a new engineering and certification manager for leading the Respect Your Freedom "RYF" hardware certification program. The FSF RYF program is about certifying hardware that respects the user's freedom and privacy for control over the device, such as no proprietary firmware blobs needed to be loaded at run-time, no digital rights management / digital restrictions, and complies with their other free software ideals...

Intel Puts An End To Open-Source Projects For Optane Memory, FPGAs & Ansible

Phoronix - Tue, 03/10/2026 - 21:35
Following Intel archiving various open-source projects that they are no longer maintaining amid open-source setbacks due to reduced staffing and other corporate restructuring, another round of Intel open-source projects were formally archived on Monday...

Intel Preps Linux For Directed Package Thermal Interrupts

Phoronix - Tue, 03/10/2026 - 20:20
Intel Linux engineers are preparing the Linux kernel's Intel Thermal driver for supporting Directed Package Thermal Interrupts as a new feature of recent Intel CPUs...

Valve/RADV Developers Look At More Per-Game Tuning/Optimizations For Mesa Drivers

Phoronix - Tue, 03/10/2026 - 18:25
RADV Radeon Vulkan driver developers on Valve's Linux graphics team are evaluating the idea of greater use of per-game/app profiles within this open-source driver and for Mesa drivers at large. Currently for Mesa drivers with DriConf there is the ability to provide per-game/app workarounds while the consideration now is extending that to allow for more per-game optimizations...

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