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AmpereOne Sees Last Minute Compiler Tuning Ahead Of GCC 13

Phoronix - Mon, 03/27/2023 - 22:39
Going back to late 2021 was the initial GCC compiler patch for "Ampere-1" for that next-gen AArch64 server processor while last year this successor to Ampere Altra (Max) was formally announced under the AmpereOne brand. That initial compiler support appeared in GCC 12 while ahead of the GCC 13 release in the coming weeks has been some last minute tuning for the AmpereOne cost table...

Linux 6.4 Device Mapper To See Improved Concurrent I/O Performance

Phoronix - Mon, 03/27/2023 - 20:59
Thanks to forthcoming work out of Red Hat, the Linux 6.4 Device Mapper (DM) code is expected to see some optimization work that can significantly benefit concurrent I/O performance... In one case at least acquiring buffers now about 25 times faster...

XWayland Lands Fix For At Least One Game Hanging It & Causing 100% CPU Usage

Phoronix - Mon, 03/27/2023 - 19:02
While XWayland is in fairly good shape for enjoying both native and emulated games relying on X11 to run atop Wayland compositors for Linux gaming, occasionally different peculiar issues are uncovered. The most recent issue analyzed and addressed in XWayland Git is over the game Resident Evil 6 causing XWayland to hang and consume 100% of the CPU resources on launching that title...

OBS Studio Lands AV1 & HEVC RTMP Streaming Support

Phoronix - Mon, 03/27/2023 - 18:44
In time for OBS Studio 29.1, the Veovera Software Organization non-profit has contributed support for AV1 and HEVC streaming via RTMP so that gamers and other creators can stream their content to the YouTube RTMP server using these newer video formats...

FreeBSD 13.2-RC5 Released With One Last Fix

Phoronix - Mon, 03/27/2023 - 18:30
FreeBSD 13.2-RC4 was released this weekend while it's already been replaced by FreeBSD 13.2-RC5 to land one more fix prior to making the final release preparations on this next stable update to this BSD operating system...

How To Install and Use Android Debug Bridge (adb) in Linux

Tecmint - Mon, 03/27/2023 - 15:56
The post How To Install and Use Android Debug Bridge (adb) in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Android Debug Bridge (adb) is the most used command-line tool that enables communication between a personal computer and a connected Android-powered device or emulator instance over a USB cable or TCP/IP (wirelessly). It supports

The post How To Install and Use Android Debug Bridge (adb) in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

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