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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Leaning Toward Low-Latency Kernel Optimizations By Default

Phoronix - Wed, 02/07/2024 - 02:00
Last month it was noted on Phoronix that Canonical's kernel team is looking at folding their low-latency kernel optimizations into their generic kernel builds. Right now Ubuntu maintains a separate "lowlatency" kernel flavor with Kconfig tweaks in the name of low-latency responsiveness as an alternative to their "generic" kernel default, but for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS it continues looking like they'll move forward with this change of incorporating the changes into their default kernel build...

The Greenfield In-Browser Wayland Compositor Is Fast Enough For Gaming

Phoronix - Wed, 02/07/2024 - 00:21
While there are a lot of Wayland compositors out there that aren't too different from each other in terms of features, one of the more unique ones is Greenfield. The Greenfield Wayland compositor has been out there for a few years now as an in-browser HTML5-based solution that is continuing to prove itself capable and even fast enough for handling Linux gaming...

Mozilla's Latest Plan To Make Money Is Mozilla Monitor Plus

Phoronix - Tue, 02/06/2024 - 23:30
Mozilla's latest non-browser foray and attempt at generating additional revenue is Mozilla Monitor Plus, what formerly was known as the free service Firefox Monitor for monitoring of exposed personal information such as email addresses as part of security breaches to various web services...

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