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Box64 0.2.4 Released - Some x86-64 Games Now Playable On RISC-V

Phoronix - Sun, 08/20/2023 - 00:16
A new release of Box64 is now available, the Linux x86_64 emulator for running programs and games on non-x86_64 architectures like ARM/AArch64 and RISC-V...

Intel ISPC 1.21 Released With Meteor Lake Xe-LPG Support

Phoronix - Sat, 08/19/2023 - 21:32
Intel ISPC 1.21 is now available as the newest feature update to this Implicit SPMD Program Compiler for a C language variant focused on single program, multiple data (SPMD) programming for exploiting the full potential of modern CPUs and GPUs...

FreeBSD 14 Alpha 2 Available For Testing - The Last Series For 32-bit Platforms

Phoronix - Sat, 08/19/2023 - 21:22
Last week the FreeBSD 14 alpha phase kicked off and available today is the second weekly alpha release for this upcoming major BSD operating system update...

Orange Pi 5 Support Nears The Mainline Linux Kernel

Phoronix - Sat, 08/19/2023 - 18:45
The DeviceTree additions to allow the Orange Pi 5 64-bit ARM single board computer (SBC) to work on the upstream Linux kernel are working their way closer to mainline...

AMD Inception "SRSO" Mitigation Cleanup & Fixes Head To Linux 6.5-rc7

Phoronix - Sat, 08/19/2023 - 18:28
Earlier this month the AMD Inception vulnerability was disclosed and quickly mitigated within the mainline Linux kernel and back-ported to the stable kernels. In the rush to get the code merged and the mitigation being under embargo until the disclosure date, some bugs and clean-ups with the mitigation code were discovered. That revised code was now submitted today for merging ahead of the Linux 6.5-rc7 kernel release this weekend...

KDE Plasma 6 Default Behavior Is Now Double-Click For Opening Files/Folders

Phoronix - Sat, 08/19/2023 - 18:03
Nate Graham is out with his weekly KDE development summary to highlight all of the interesting changes to this open-source desktop environment with Plasma 6 development continuing at full-speed ahead...

2 Useful Tools to Count Lines of Source Code in Programming Languages

Tecmint - Sat, 08/19/2023 - 13:27
The post 2 Useful Tools to Count Lines of Source Code in Programming Languages first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

In the realm of software development, managing and understanding codebase metrics is crucial for maintaining code quality, optimizing performance, and ensuring efficient collaboration among development

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Wine 8.14 Released Following Summer Holiday

Phoronix - Sat, 08/19/2023 - 05:00
It's been nearly one month since Wine 8.13 was released while today marked the debut of the Wine 8.14 development milestone...

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