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GNOME 50 Released With Many Fantastic Improvements

Phoronix - 16 hours 39 min ago
GNOME 50 is out today, on-schedule and just in time for being the default desktop of the likes of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora Workstation 44...

Fedora Asahi Remix 43 Released For Apple Silicon Macs

Phoronix - Wed, 03/18/2026 - 23:48
While Fedora 43 was released at the end of October and there is just one month to go now until the release of Fedora 44, Fedora Asahi Remix 43 debuted today as this spin of Fedora Linux for Apple Silicon Macs...

Btrfs Performance From Linux 6.12 To Linux 7.0 Shows Regressions

Phoronix - Wed, 03/18/2026 - 23:00
Last week I provided a look at the EXT4 and XFS performance from Linux 6.12 LTS through Linux 7.0 in its current development form. As mentioned in that article and as requested by many Phoronix readers, benchmarks have since wrapped up looking at how the Btrfs copy-on-write file-system performance has evolved since that late 2024 period and all major Linux kernel releases past that Long Term Support version.

Ubuntu's Snap Affected By Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Phoronix - Wed, 03/18/2026 - 22:44
Last week it was security issues with AppArmor to worry about on Ubuntu Linux while this week a "high" rated vulnerability for Ubuntu's Snap daemon has been revealed...

Linux MGLRU Improvements Net A 30% Increase For MongoDB, More Than 100% On HDDs

Phoronix - Wed, 03/18/2026 - 21:00
It's been a while since having any improvements to talk about for the MGLRU multi-gen LRU functionality for the Linux kernel to optimize page reclamation and help with system performance especially when enduring memory pressure. But this week a Tencent engineer posted some very promising patches for further enhancing this kernel feature...

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