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Intel Xeon Platinum 8380 Performance Is Looking Great For Linux 6.0

Phoronix - Sun, 08/14/2022 - 18:16
Not only is the AMD EPYC performance looking real good for Linux 6.0, but many of the scheduler changes and common kernel improvements also carry over well for Intel's Xeon Platinum 8380 "Ice Lake" server processors too. For your viewing pleasure this weekend are some initial benchmarks looking at Linux 5.19 stable compared to Linux 6.0 Git as we approach the end of the merge window...

Ubuntu Linux Preparing systemd-hwe To Ease OEM Hardware Enablement

Phoronix - Sun, 08/14/2022 - 17:35
Being prepared for Ubuntu 22.10 and presumably will be back-ported in future Ubuntu 22.04 LTS point releases is the systemd-hwe package to more easily deal with updated hardware rules as part of new device enablement...

Wine-Staging 7.15 Released - Currently At 536 Patches Atop Upstream Wine

Phoronix - Sun, 08/14/2022 - 17:10
Following yesterday's belated release of Wine 7.15, Wine-Staging 7.15 is now available that continues to carry hundreds of extra testing/experimental patches atop upstream Wine for bug fixes and other features to empower Windows games and applications on Linux...

Glibc 2.36 Dropping DT_HASH Has Been Breaking Easy Anti Cheat Games With Steam Play

Phoronix - Sun, 08/14/2022 - 08:00
Those on rolling-release Linux distributions that are quick to adapt to new toolchain updates are finding Easy Anti Cheat (EAC) enabled games breaking when running on the recently released Glibc 2.36. The breakage stems from the DT_HASH section being dropped in GNU C Library but EAC being among the few software still expecting that section rather than DT_GNU_HASH...

Wine 7.15 Adds RSA Encryption, Direct2D Command Lists

Phoronix - Sun, 08/14/2022 - 04:10
Wine 7.15 is out a day late as the newest development snapshot of this open-source software for enjoying Windows games and applications on Linux and other platforms. Wine is also what serves as the base for Valve's Proton that powers Steam Play...

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