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6 Open Source Tools to Monitor MySQL Performance in Linux

Tecmint - Thu, 05/14/2026 - 12:15
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MySQL ships with decent built-in diagnostics, but when your database is slowing down under load, you need command-line tools that

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Older AMD GPUs Score Another Open-Source Driver Win From Valve: DRM Format Modifiers

Phoronix - Thu, 05/14/2026 - 08:49
Timur Kristóf of Valve's Linux open-source graphics driver team isn't done driving new improvements to aging AMD GCN 1.0/1.1 era graphics cards on Linux. Beyond enhancing display support for older APUs, transitioning GCN 1.0/1 GPUs from the legacy Radeon driver to modern AMDGPU driver, and a host of other fixes and optimizations for these old GPUs going back to the Radeon HD 7000 series, he has another notable addition that was announced today. These original GCN graphics cards with pending patches to the AMDGPU kernel driver and Mesa user-space can now allow for DRM format modifiers...

Arm Mali G1 Pro Now Working With Open-Source PanVK & Panfrost Drivers

Phoronix - Thu, 05/14/2026 - 08:45
The PanVK Vulkan driver and Panfrost Gallium3D driver for Arm Mali graphics hardware is now supporting the latest "v14" hardware GPU hardware with the Arm Mali G1-Pro now being advertised as supported...

Linux Driver Posted For Intel Silicon Security Engine Interface "ISSEI"

Phoronix - Thu, 05/14/2026 - 01:03
Since Intel Meteor Lake has been the Intel Silicon Security Engine to serve as a silicon root-of-trust for secure firmware loading, boot measurements, and similar functionality. This Intel Silicon Security Engine has been built on with Lunar Lake and Panther Lake as well as set to take on more importance with future Intel hardware platforms. We are now seeing a Linux driver come for this silicon RoT with the Intel Silicon Security Engine Interface (ISSEI)...

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