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hyperfine: Find Linux Command Execution Time Accurately

Tecmint - Fri, 04/24/2026 - 13:29
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hyperfine is a command-line benchmarking tool that runs your commands repeatedly, collects timing data across multiple runs, and gives you

The post hyperfine: Find Linux Command Execution Time Accurately first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

HDMI FRL Support Achieved With Open-Source Nouveau For NVIDIA GPUs

Phoronix - Fri, 04/24/2026 - 08:16
While the AMDGPU open-source driver has struggled with HDMI 2.1 support due to the HDMI Forum blocking open-source implementations, HDMI Fixed Rate Link (FRL) as a feature of the HDMI 2.1 specification is enjoying success now with the open-source Nouveau graphics driver on Linux for NVIDIA GPUs...

Opera GX Browser Gets Flatpak'ed & Snap'ed On Linux

Phoronix - Fri, 04/24/2026 - 05:22
Last month Opera released the Opera GX gaming-focused web browser for Linux. It rolled out in RPM and Debian package format support while now for those interested is also available via Flatpak and Snap sandboxed app formats...

Linux 7.1 Removes Some Obsolete PCMCIA Drivers That Likely Haven't Been Used In Years

Phoronix - Fri, 04/24/2026 - 04:18
In addition to some network drivers on the chopping block due to AI bug reports for obsolete hardware/drivers and Linux 7.1 dropping various drivers for Russia's Baikal CPUs, the Linux 7.1 kernel as of today also dropped some obsolete PCMCIA host controller drivers...

Oracle To Reduce The Frequency Of Solaris 11.4 Updates

Phoronix - Fri, 04/24/2026 - 04:03
Oracle announced today they are going to be reducing the frequency of software updates for Solaris 11.4 and their ZFS Storage Appliance software...

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