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IceWM 3.8 Brings New Optimizations & Changes

Phoronix - Mon, 06/23/2025 - 15:00
For those preferring an X11-based desktop experience on Linux, IceWM 3.8 released on Sunday as the newest version of this lightweight X11 window manager focused on speed and simplicity...

Set Up Incremental Backups with rsync and cron on Linux

Tecmint - Mon, 06/23/2025 - 12:59
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Backups are like insurance; you don’t need them every day, but when disaster strikes, such as accidental file deletion, a

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Linux 6.16-rc3 Released: Various Bug Fixes While Bcachefs Changes Not Pulled

Phoronix - Mon, 06/23/2025 - 04:52
Linus Torvalds just announced the release of Linux 6.16-rc3 in marching toward the Linux 6.16 kernel release due out around late July...

More Intel TDX Code Merged For KVM In Linux 6.16

Phoronix - Mon, 06/23/2025 - 04:18
Merged minutes ago ahead of the Linux 6.16-rc3 release due out shortly was this week's batch of Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) updates. Beyond the usual KVM fixes merged for the week, a bit of feature code was pulled in by Linus Torvalds for this post-merge-window phase...

Disabling Intel Graphics Security Mitigations Can Boost GPU Compute Performance By 20%

Phoronix - Sun, 06/22/2025 - 21:27
While not talked about as much as the Intel CPU security mitigations, Intel graphics security mitigations have added up over time that if disabling Intel graphics security mitigations for their GPU compute stack for OpenCL and Level Zero can yield a 20% performance boost. Ubuntu maker Canonical in cooperation with Intel is preparing to disable these security mitigations in the Ubuntu packages in order to recoup this lost performance...

3mdeb Carries Out Experimental Port Of AMD OpenSIL To Zen 1 Platform

Phoronix - Sun, 06/22/2025 - 18:55
The 3mdeb firmware consulting firm recently hosted another one of their virtual events about open-source firmware and beer. There they talked about AMD's ongoing work around OpenSIL for open-source CPU silicon initialization. In addition, they shared work on an experimental port of OpenSIL back to Zen 1 processors...

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