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Linux 6.5 Workqueues Add Automatic CPU-Intensive Detection & Monitoring

Phoronix - Tue, 07/04/2023 - 18:13
Tejun Heo last week submitted the workqueue changes for the Linux 6.5 kernel and they include an interesting addition...

libjpeg-turbo 3.0 Released But May Be The End Of Feature Work Due To Funding Constraints

Phoronix - Tue, 07/04/2023 - 10:16
The libjpeg-turbo 3.0 open-source release occurred today for this open-source JPEG image codec implementation focused on SIMD instruction usage for optimized efficiency. While libjpeg-turbo has been a great open-source development success and has seen widespread use, its feature development moving forward may be limited due to funding gaps...

Linux 6.5 KVM Brings Guest Snapshots For RISC-V, AMD PerfMonV2 For VMs

Phoronix - Tue, 07/04/2023 - 01:25
The Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) changes were submitted today that are ready for introduction in the Linux 6.5 kernel...

GNU Binutils 2.41 Coming With Intel AMX-COMPLEX + FRED/LKGS, New RISC-V & LoongArch Bits

Phoronix - Mon, 07/03/2023 - 22:52
GNU Binutils 2.41 was branched today in its Git repository in preparations for releasing this collection of binary utilities widely relied upon by Linux and other platforms...

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