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Some Elements Of Intel APX Not Proving Beneficial On Nova Lake / Diamond Rapids

Phoronix - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 18:14
Some compiler tuning merged today to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is disabling some features of Advanced Performance Extensions (APX) for upcoming Intel Nova Lake and Diamond Rapids processors as they are not proving worthwhile for performance...

NBD-VRAM Provides Swap Space On Your NVIDIA GeForce GPUs

Phoronix - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 17:57
An open-source developer has created NBD-VRAM as a way to create swap space on your consumer NVIDIA GPU's video memory under Linux...

FreeBSD 15.1-RC2 Restores PadLock RNG For VIA & Zhaoxin CPUs

Phoronix - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 17:46
A second release candidate of FreeBSD 15.1 was warranted and in turn released this weekend which now pushes the stable release back by one week...

NVIDIA Announces RTX Spark Superchip For Laptops & Desktops

Phoronix - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 17:33
Jensen Huang used his Computex keynote today to formally announce RTX Spark as their new superchip for compact desktop PCs and laptops...

Create a Self-Signed SSL Certificate for Apache on Rocky Linux 10

Tecmint - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 12:00
The post Create a Self-Signed SSL Certificate for Apache on Rocky Linux 10 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

A self-signed SSL certificate lets you run Apache over HTTPS on Rocky Linux 10 without buying one from a Certificate

The post Create a Self-Signed SSL Certificate for Apache on Rocky Linux 10 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

AI-Driven Security Disclosures, NVIDIA Vera & Linux 7.1 Features That Made An Exciting May

Phoronix - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 12:00
May 2026 is now in the books after writing 275 original Linux/open-source minded news articles and another 20 featured-length benchmark articles / Linux hardware reviews. There was a lot of exciting topics in May to keep the month interesting and as we approach the Phoronix 22nd birthday this week...

Intel Xeon 6+ & Intel Ethernet E835 Launch

Phoronix - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 11:00
Last year at Tech Tour Arizona, Intel announced Clearwater Forest as the Xeon 6+ series. Details were rather light then while for Computex, Intel is announcing that Xeon 6+ is now "launching" beginning tomorrow, 1 June. In addition to Xeon 6+, the new Intel Ethernet E835 is also launching while there are updates on Crescent Island and Diamond Rapids.

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