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The second release candidate of XWayland 23.2 is now available that restores an earlier performance optimization around depth 24 windows...

While Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) on Intel/AMD x86_64 processors is limited to providing one additional thread per core, SMT on IBM POWER hardware can provide 4-way and even 8-way SMT for some processor models. With Linux 6.6 the /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt/control interface is being extended to allow greater control over managing partial SMT states in cases of the CPUs supporting more than 2-way SMT at Linux run-time...

Linux 6.6 To Make It Easier To Enable Partial SMT For POWER  Phoronix

Steam Deck helps Linux overtake macOS for second most used gaming OS  Dexerto

Just days after the FreeCAD 0.21-rc release, FreeCAD 0.21 is now available for this popular open-source CAD software...

Soft-reboot in systemd 254 sounds a lot like Windows' Fast Startup  The Register

Get Disco Elysium and Chivalry 2 in Humble Choice  GamingOnLinux

Better 3D coming? New alliance includes Pixar, Apple, Adobe, NVIDIA, Linux Foundation  WRAL TechWire

Ubisoft Connect broke again but Valve fixed it in Proton Experimental  GamingOnLinux

After six years as serving as the XFS file-system maintainer, Darrick Wong announced he'll be stepping down from this role and that really multiple developers need to step up to maintain XFS and help with testing and other responsibilities...

Linux overtakes macOS users on Steam thanks to Steam Deck  GamingOnLinux

Linux overtakes macOS users on Steam thanks to Steam Deck  GamingOnLinux

Intel has published their latest quarterly update to the Intel Media Driver open-source VA-API implementation as well as to their oneVPL video processing layer library...

3-D content leaders align under Linux Foundation JDF  ComputerWeekly.com

EasyOS: An Experimental Distro With Unique Qualities  It's FOSS News

Use Kali Linux Containers, WebDriver, and Tor for Anonymous Web ...  hackernoon.com

Apple joins alliance with Adobe, Linux, and more to support Pixar's OpenUSD for 3D scene technology  News9 LIVE

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The Steam Survey results for July 2023 were just published and it points to a large and unexpected jump in the Linux gaming marketshare...

Steam On Linux Usage Spikes To Nearly 2% In July, Larger ...  Phoronix