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GCC 14 Adds Initial "-std=c++26" Plumbing

Phoronix - Sat, 06/24/2023 - 18:00
Similar to LLVM Clang 17 adding -std=c++26 support as the open-source compiler begins work on the next major revision of the C++ programming language, the GCC 14 compiler code has now also added the -std=c++26 compiler option...

Wine 8.11 Brings Various Improvements For Windows Apps On Linux

Phoronix - Sat, 06/24/2023 - 12:00
A new bi-weekly release of Wine is now available for enjoying Windows applications and games on Linux and other platforms...

Intel Releases x86-simd-sort 2.0 With Faster AVX-512 Sorting, New Algorithms

Phoronix - Sat, 06/24/2023 - 05:00
Earlier this year Intel software engineers published a blazing fast AVX-512 sorting library that was initially picked up by Numpy where it netted them 10~17x faster sorts. Today marks the release of x86-simd-sort 2.0 with even more AVX-512 features in place and additional sorting algorithms added...

Firewalld 2.0 Released With Faster Forwarding Performance Via NFTables Flowtable

Phoronix - Sat, 06/24/2023 - 02:26
The Firewalld open-source firewall daemon has been in development since 2011 while only two years ago did it reach the Firewalld 1.0 milestone. Thus it was a bit surprising to find Firewalld 2.0 being released today...

Et Tu, Red Hat? - Hackaday

Google News - Sat, 06/24/2023 - 01:00
Et Tu, Red Hat?  Hackaday

Two Fedora Spins Eye Going X.Org-less

Phoronix - Sat, 06/24/2023 - 00:30
The Fedora Sericea and Sway spins are eyeing the possibility of shipping without the xorg-x11 packages for being the first X.Org-less desktop spins in the Fedora Linux world...

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