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The Intel-led SVT-AV1 open-source AV1 video encoder is out with a major release that delivers on more performance improvements across the board...

Btrfs in Linux 6.5 brought various performance improvements and prior to that it was a busy cycle with Linux 6.4 while now with Linux 6.6 the Btrfs file-system driver is mostly centered on delivering fixes...

Linux 6.5 kernel arrives with exciting new features  ZDNet

The Alliance For Open Media has released libavif 1.0, the reference library for the AV1 Image File Format (AVIF) with image encode and decode support...

Amazon Linux 2023 Virtual Machine Images Still MIA - Slashdot  Slashdot

For HotChips 2023, Intel has made some new disclosures around Granite Rapids and Sierra Forest.

Over the summer AMD Linux engineers began sending kernel patches for Family 1Ah (Family 26) processors that almost surely are for next-gen Zen 5 processors. Among the initial bits sent out for this next-generation AMD CPU Family are HWMON temperature monitoring and EDAC reporting, which are now on their way for the Linux 6.6 kernel...

Ampere Opens the Door for 192-Core Linux Gaming Machines  Tom's Hardware

‘Scrum == Cancer’ ¦ Plus: Linux 6.5 Ships  DevOps.com

The Commodore Is Keeping Up with Linux, as a Clever RISC-V Hack Brings Support to the Commodore 64  Hackster.io

The Firefox 117 release binaries are now available for download ahead of Mozilla's official announcement going out on Tuesday...

Linux Kernel 6.5 Released, Will Be Used in Ubuntu 23.10  How-To Geek

Here's another reason why Linux is way cooler than your operating ...  ZDNet

Here's another reason why Linux is way cooler than your operating system  ZDNet

The CentOS ISA special interest group (SIG) has been evaluating the performance of CentOS Stream in the event its x86_64 baseline were to be raised from x86-64-v2 to x86-64-v3. Currently CentOS Stream 9 targets x86-64-v2 but in upping the support requirements to x86-64-v3, it would allow the ability to engage AVX/AVX2 by default and make use of other newer instruction set features. The x86-64-v3 baseline roughly correlates to Intel / AMD CPUs from 2015 and newer...

How to Install and Run Linux on an Apple Silicon Mac  MUO - MakeUseOf

Linux Kernel 6.5 Released, This is What’s New  OMG! Ubuntu!

Linux Kernel 6.5 Released, This is What's New  OMG! Ubuntu!

Mozilla Firefox 117 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New  9to5Linux

Get Ready to Linux and Roll: Explore the Top Distributions of 2023!  Gizchina.com