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DM-VERITY Change For Linux 6.19: "On Some CPUs This Nearly Doubles Hashing Performance"

Phoronix - Tue, 10/28/2025 - 18:03
For those making use of Device Mapper's DM-VERITY target for transparent integrity checking of block devices, the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel has an enticing performance optimization en route that for some processors can lead to nearly doubling the hashing performance...

59 Patches Allow Finally Building Glibc With LLVM's Clang Compiler

Phoronix - Tue, 10/28/2025 - 17:46
Linaro engineer Adhemerval Zanella recently sent out a set of 59 patches to allow building the GNU C Library "glibc" with the LLVM Clang compiler as an alternative to GCC...

Stride 4.2.1.2485 Game Engine Brings Vulkan Compute Shader Support, Better Performance

Phoronix - Tue, 10/28/2025 - 17:36
Stride 4.2.1.2485 is now available as the latest feature release for this open-source and cross-platform game engine written in C# while still having first-rate Linux support. Stride is formerly known as Xenko and offers realistic rendering and virtual reality (VR) support...

OpenRazer 3.11 Released With Linux Driver Support For Newer Razer Devices

Phoronix - Tue, 10/28/2025 - 08:21
OpenRazer 3.11 is out as the newest version of these out-of-tree but open-source and community-maintained drivers for Razer devices on Linux. Plus OpenRazer also provides a user-space daemon for controlling Razer RGB lighting and other features. Paired with the likes of the Polychromatic app, OpenRazer makes for a pleasant Razer device experience for gamers and enthusiasts under Linux...

FreeBSD Celebrates The Milestone Of Reproducible Builds & No Root Needed

Phoronix - Tue, 10/28/2025 - 02:50
A big focus for the FreeBSD 15.0 development was on supporting reproducible builds as has been a growing trend in the open-source ecosystem in recent years. One month out from the official FreeBSD 15.0 release, the FreeBSD project is today celebrating having crossed the milestone of being able to be built reproducibly and as well now building FreeBSD without requiring root privileges...

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