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AMD P-State Linux Driver Patches Can Boost 1%-Low FPS Gaming Performance By 31%

Phoronix - Tue, 07/28/2026 - 18:03
A set of patches posted today to the Linux kernel mailing list implement per-core Energy Performance Preference (EPP) boosting for recently-busy CPUs. This feature is designed to have a dramatic impact for Linux gaming and helping especially with the 1% low frame-rates improving by 31.8% on the Valve Steam Deck...

KDE Developer Fixing Long-Standing Bug Over Very Long Small-File Copy Times

Phoronix - Tue, 07/28/2026 - 17:50
Since 2014 there has been a KDE bug report titled Ridiculously slow file copy (multiple small files). With the Dolphin file manager or other KIO-based KDE programs, copying many small files can be much slower than using the cp command directly or other copying programs like rsync, Finally that issue is in the process of being resolved for addressing very slow copy times when dealing with many small files on the KDE Plasma desktop...

Linux's crypto_rng Abstraction Layer Next On The Chopping Block

Phoronix - Tue, 07/28/2026 - 17:41
In addition to the deprecation and stripping down of AF_ALG, another piece of the Linux kernel crypto code steaming ahead toward removal is the crypto_rng abstraction layer...

ASUS Laptop Whisper Mode Support Being Worked On For Linux

Phoronix - Tue, 07/28/2026 - 17:25
ASUS laptops support a feature called "Whisper Mode" that intentionally slows down the fan speed and lowers the CPU clock speed in order to keep the device running cool and quiet. The open-source ASUS Armoury Linux kernel driver is now seeing patches to properly support this Whisper Mode on Linux...

NetBird: Securely Connect Linux Machines with a WireGuard Mesh VPN

Tecmint - Tue, 07/28/2026 - 15:29
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NetBird creates an encrypted WireGuard network between your devices without requiring a traditional VPN server or manual key exchange. In

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Substituting IP address evaluation with hardware-rooted sovereign zero trust

Red Hat News - Tue, 07/28/2026 - 08:00
The need for trustworthy networking, reliable cloud access, and compliance with digital sovereignty requirements has increased substantially in recent years. These demands have been generally addressed by fragile, costly, and outdated models based on IP address evaluation. These requirements must also be considered within the stark geopolitical reality of data sovereignty, where national and regional laws increasingly restrict where data must reside and who can access it.We believe it is time to provide enhanced, identity-based mechanisms to satisfy these requirements and to address use cases

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