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Flatpak Lands Support For Wayland Security Context

Phoronix - Sun, 08/27/2023 - 21:18
The Flatpak open-source app sandboxing tech has merged support for the Wayland security context protocol...

Many Features Ahead With Linux 6.6: EEVDF Scheduler, New AMD CPU Features, NVK uAPI

Phoronix - Sun, 08/27/2023 - 18:32
While there are many exciting features with Linux 6.5 which will hopefully be released as stable later today, ahead for the imminent Linux 6.6 merge window are another hearty batch of new features set to be introduced...

Mageia 9 Released With SQLite-Based RPM Package Database, Zstd Compressed Images

Phoronix - Sun, 08/27/2023 - 17:51
While the release cycle dragged on for several extra months, available this weekend is the release of Mageia 9 for this Linux distribution long ago derived from Mandriva that in turn was an evolution going back to the glorious Mandrake days. Mageia 9 is a nice update pulling in many package updates along with other fundamental changes like shifting to SQLite for its RPM package database...

Linux 6.5 Last Minute Fixes A Performance Regression - 34% Drop In A Micro-Benchmark

Phoronix - Sun, 08/27/2023 - 07:55
While Linux 6.5 is expected for release tomorrow, the flow of last minute fixes isn't over...

Canonical Releases LXD 5.17 With OpenZFS 2.2 Delegation Support

Phoronix - Sun, 08/27/2023 - 00:19
LXD 5.17 is now available as the system container and virtual machine manager, which since last month has been reigned into control by Canonical and maintainership being limited to Canonical engineers. With this new LXD release there is ZFS delegation support as found with the upcoming OpenZFS 2.2...

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