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Building A Full Linux Debug Kernel Optimized From 53GB To 25GB Heap Use

Phoronix - Tue, 06/27/2023 - 22:00
Processing the vmlinux.o object with objtool has been the most memory intensive step of the Linux kernel build process. Prior patches have already worked to reduce this objtool memory use while compiling the Linux kernel and a big patch series now set for Linux 6.5 is set to sharply reduce the maximum heap use...

Btrfs In Linux 6.5 May Bring A Cumulative Performance Improvement

Phoronix - Tue, 06/27/2023 - 18:41
Bcachefs hopes to finally merge in Linux 6.5 while for those wanting a mature Linux file-system with all the bells and whistles, Btrfs is a good candidate worth considering. With Linux 6.5 there is a continuation of the recent Btrfs trend around performance improvements...

ReactOS "Open-Source Windows" Steadily Improving x64 Port

Phoronix - Tue, 06/27/2023 - 18:19
ReactOS is the open-source OS that's striving for Microsoft Windows software and driver binary compatibility that is 25 years in the making. ReactOS has been making steady progress while still considered in alpha form. Most of the ReactOS successes and user tinkering has been with the 32-bit build of the OS while they have been making steady progress recently on the x86_64 (x64) port...

AMD EDAC/RAS Code Adds GPU/Accelerator Support In Linux 6.5

Phoronix - Tue, 06/27/2023 - 18:08
In addition to yesterday bringing EDAC support for AMD Zen 4 client CPUs, the set of RAS "Reliability, Availability and Serviceability" updates for the Linux 6.5 kernel have separately brought initial GPU/accelerator support...

Parallel CPU Bringup Lands For Linux 6.5 To Shorten Boot/Reboot Time On Large Servers

Phoronix - Tue, 06/27/2023 - 17:43
The work originating in late 2021 for bringing up secondary CPU cores in parallel at boot-time to help shorten boot/reboot times for large core count servers has finally landed with the in-development Linux 6.5 kernel...

Linux 6.5 On AArch64 Sees New Extensions, KPTI Cleanup

Phoronix - Tue, 06/27/2023 - 17:24
The ARM64 (AArch64) architecture code has seen some clean-ups and support for new Arm ISA features with the in-development Linux 6.5 kernel...

Powerline – Adds Statuslines and Prompts to Vim and Bash Shell

Tecmint - Tue, 06/27/2023 - 15:55
The post Powerline – Adds Statuslines and Prompts to Vim and Bash Shell first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Powerline is a great statusline plugin for Vim editor, which is developed in Python and provides status lines and prompts for many other applications such

The post Powerline – Adds Statuslines and Prompts to Vim and Bash Shell first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

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