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Linux DM-VDO "Virtual Data Optimizer" Preparing To Land In The Upstream Kernel

Phoronix - Tue, 03/05/2024 - 22:58

The Linux DeviceMapper code is preparing to introduce DM-VDO as the Virtual Data Optimizer that can provide inline deduplication, compression, zero-block elimination, thin provisioning, and other features. DM-VDO has long existed out-of-tree and should be a very useful addition to mainline...

AMD Announces Spartan UltraScale+ FPGA Family

Phoronix - Tue, 03/05/2024 - 22:00

For those interested in FPGAs, AMD today unveiled the Spartan UltraScale+ FPGA product family with hardware coming in 2025...

The Best 5 Linux Distributions for Data Science and Machine Learning Enthusiasts - Medium

Google News - Tue, 03/05/2024 - 21:51

The Best 5 Linux Distributions for Data Science and Machine Learning Enthusiasts Medium

Reaping the rewards of a strategically powerful cloud relationship - The Register

Google News - Tue, 03/05/2024 - 21:00

Reaping the rewards of a strategically powerful cloud relationship The Register

The rewards of a strategically powerful cloud relationship - The Register

Google News - Tue, 03/05/2024 - 21:00

The rewards of a strategically powerful cloud relationship The Register

What Is Void Linux, and What Makes It Unique? - How-To Geek

Google News - Tue, 03/05/2024 - 21:00

What Is Void Linux, and What Makes It Unique? How-To Geek

5 reasons why desktop Linux is finally growing in popularity - ZDNet

Google News - Tue, 03/05/2024 - 20:39

5 reasons why desktop Linux is finally growing in popularity ZDNet

5 reasons why desktop Linux is finally growing in popularity - ZDNet

Google News - Tue, 03/05/2024 - 20:39

5 reasons why desktop Linux is finally growing in popularity ZDNet

FEX 2403 Fixes Steam Support, Introduces More CPU Optimizations

Phoronix - Tue, 03/05/2024 - 19:59

FEX as the open-source emulator for running x86/x86_64 binaries on AArch64 Linux systems continues making good progress not for only enjoying Linux x86 binaries on ARM but also Windows games by way of Steam Play / Wine...

FEX 2403 Fixes Steam Support, Introduces More CPU Optimizations - Phoronix

Google News - Tue, 03/05/2024 - 19:59

FEX 2403 Fixes Steam Support, Introduces More CPU Optimizations Phoronix

openSUSE Tumbleweed Is Finding Success Moving From GRUB To systemd-boot

Phoronix - Tue, 03/05/2024 - 19:39

While still an experimental option, the rolling-release systemd Tumbleweed Linux distribution is finding great results in using systemd-boot rather than the GRUB bootloader...

FreeBSD 13.3 Released With Better WiFi Support, LLVM objdump Added

Phoronix - Tue, 03/05/2024 - 19:29

For those still on the FreeBSD 13 series with not having migrated yet to FreeBSD 14, FreeBSD 13.3 was released overnight as the newest incremental update to this mature BSD platform...