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Ubuntu 23.10 Looks To dhcpcd5 For Replacing ISC DHCP Client

Phoronix - Thu, 05/11/2023 - 22:30
The ISC DHCP software was marked end-of-life at the end of 2022 and thus Ubuntu Linux developers have been deciding on a new isc-dhcp-client package replacement to use by default...

LLVM Clang 16 vs. GCC 13 Compiler Performance On Intel Raptor Lake

Phoronix - Thu, 05/11/2023 - 22:00
For those wondering how the recent releases of the Clang 16 and GCC 13 are competing for the fastest generated binaries of these leading open-source compilers, here is a fresh round of benchmarks from an Intel Core i9 13900K "Raptor Lake" system looking at the performance for a variety of C/C++ workloads built under each of these compilers.

Intel Sends Out Latest Patches Preparing Linux CET Virtualization

Phoronix - Thu, 05/11/2023 - 18:50
Since Linux 5.18 there has been Indirect Branch Tracking (IBT) in the mainline kernel that was contributed by Intel as part of their Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET). For Linux 6.4 Intel engineers tried to get the Shadow Stack support mainlined as the other part of CET, but issues were uncovered at the last minute. Hopefully Shadow Stack support will be merged for the v6.5 cycle but beyond that host support, Intel engineers have also been working on CET virtualization for enabling these security features for use within virtual machines...

Linux 6.5 Raspberry Pi "VC4" Graphics Driver Picking Up New HDMI Features

Phoronix - Thu, 05/11/2023 - 18:33
An initial batch of DRM-Misc-Next patches targeting the Linux 6.5 kernel later this summer were sent today to DRM-Next for queuing ahead of that next merge window...

KDE Plasma 6 Aiming For Better Defaults - Including Wayland By Default

Phoronix - Thu, 05/11/2023 - 18:10
Following the recent Plasma 6 developer sprint in Bavaria is an update on the achievements from that KDE developer event. KDE developer Nate Graham published a blog post today that focuses on some of the default changes intended for Plasma 6.0, including hopes of being able to use the Wayland session by default...

AlmaLinux 9.2 Released As Free Alternative To Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2

Phoronix - Thu, 05/11/2023 - 17:55
AlmaLinux 9.2 is now available for this community-driven, freely-available alternative to upstream Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2. The AlmaLinux crew managed to deliver this release just hours after Red Hat reached general availability on RHEL 9.2 and RHEL 8.8...

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