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GNOME 45's Mutter Implements A Dedicated KMS Thread

Phoronix - Mon, 08/07/2023 - 18:10
Recently merged to GNOME's Mutter compositor development code is implementing a dedicated kernel mode-setting (KMS) thread and allows for pointer motions to bypass the main thread during cursor sprite movements. Ultimately this effort is around lower-latency cursor movements...

How to Create Disk Storage with Logical Volume Management (LVM) in Linux – PART 1

Tecmint - Mon, 08/07/2023 - 17:03
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Logical Volume Management (LVM) is a powerful tool that greatly simplifies disk space management. With LVM, the task of allocating additional space to a file

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Google's BBRv3 TCP Congestion Control Showing Great Results, Will Be Upstreamed To Linux

Phoronix - Mon, 08/07/2023 - 12:00
Google's open-source BBR TCP congestion control algorithm is widely used within Google and its v3 iteration is already proving a success within the company and they are working toward upstreaming BBRv3 into the mainline Linux kernel...

Linux 6.5-rc5 Released: Things Looking Under Control

Phoronix - Mon, 08/07/2023 - 06:29
Linus Torvalds just released Linux 6.5-rc5 as the newest test candidate aiming for the stable Linux 6.5 kernel around the end of August...

Python 3.12 RC1 Available For Testing - Better Performance, Linux Perf Integration

Phoronix - Mon, 08/07/2023 - 00:26
Available now for testing is the release candidate of Python 3.12 ahead of its formal release later this year...

FEX-Emu 2308 Continues Striving To Be "The Greatest x86/x86-64 Emulator On Linux"

Phoronix - Sun, 08/06/2023 - 21:35
The open-source FEX-Emu project continues advancing as an emulator to run x86/x86_64 Linux binaries on 64-bit ARM (AArch64), even for games, Valve's Steam Play / Proton, and other complex software. FEX-Emu 2308 is out today with more performance optimizations and other features implemented for this emulator...

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