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KDE Neon Unstable Now Building With Qt 6 Frameworks/Plasma

Phoronix - Tue, 05/23/2023 - 18:38
For those feeling adventurous and wanting to see how things are coming along for KDE Plasma 6.0 and KDE Frameworks Qt 6 porting, the KDE Neon Linux distribution with its "unstable" edition has begun building against the Qt6 components...

Linux 6.4 Lands Intel Alder Lake / Raptor Lake Workaround For INVLPG/PCID Bug

Phoronix - Tue, 05/23/2023 - 18:31
The bug I wrote about this weekend where Intel is now disabling PCID for Alder Lake and Raptor Lake under Linux until updated CPU microcode is issued for addressing an issue with the INVLPG instruction when Process Context Identifiers are enabled, has now been merged to Linux 6.4...

GNU Binutils Prepares For Intel FRED/LKGS

Phoronix - Tue, 05/23/2023 - 17:43
The GNU Assembler "Gas" as part of the GNU Binutils collection has landed support for Intel FRED and LKGS instructions...

Linux: Difference Between /dev/tty, /dev/tty0, and /dev/console

Tecmint - Tue, 05/23/2023 - 13:29
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Linux / UNIX supports device files that are stored in the /dev directory. These aren’t actual files, rather, they are special files or character

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Python 3.12 Now Under Feature Freeze With Beta 1 Released

Phoronix - Tue, 05/23/2023 - 06:42
The first beta release of Python 3.12 is now available that also marks the beginning of the feature freeze for this year's major Python update...

Dear Ubuntu… - Hackaday

Google News - Tue, 05/23/2023 - 01:00
Dear Ubuntu…  Hackaday

Intel Provides AI-Accelerated HPC Update For ISC 2023

Phoronix - Tue, 05/23/2023 - 00:45
Intel is using ISC2023 this week in Hamburg, Germany to provide an update on its AI-accelerated HPC efforts. This includes reaffirming their upcoming data center product roadmap, reiterating their great software efforts, and also announcing full Aurora supercomputer specifications.

Cloudflare Launches New Open-Source Software Sponsorship Program

Phoronix - Mon, 05/22/2023 - 23:00
Cloudflare is making it easier for non-profit open-source projects to tap into the premium services offered by the company for speeding up their web infrastructure and protecting against attacks...

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