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Added to the Linux kernel earlier this year was the new X86_NATIVE_CPU Kconfig option to enable compiler optimizations for the local/native CPU in use when building the Linux kernel. In effect about ensuring that the "-march=native" compiler flag is set for the kernel build for optimizing the Linux kernel build for your processor being used. Back with Linux 6.16 I ran some benchmarks of the Linux kernel build with X86_NATIVE_CPU to gauge the impact. Now with the current Linux 6.19 kernel and some different hardware, here are some additional on/off benchmarks for evaluating the impact of the Linux kernel build with X86_NATIVE_CPU...

Linux 6.19 Kernel Benchmarks With X86_NATIVE_CPU Optimization  Phoronix

Fedora Linux 2025: Key Innovations in Versions 42 and 43  WebProNews

CachyOS Challenges Ubuntu In New Server Benchmarks  Dataconomy

InputPlumber 0.70 is out today as the newest feature update to this open-source input router and re-mapper daemon for Linux systems. With more gaming handhelds coming to market and other controllers as well as the upward trajectory of Linux gaming, InputPlumber is becoming more applicable for this daemon to combine various input devices into different virtual device formats...

InputPlumber 0.70 Released With Expanded Hardware Support  Phoronix

An important fix has made it into the X.Org Server XWayland codebase ahead of the new year. XWayland has been fixed to avoid sending incorrect pointer coordinates to X11 clients on pointer enter events...

Recovered Unix v4 tape quickly yields a usable operating system — nostalgia addicts can now boot up Unix v4 in a browser window  Tom's Hardware

The open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers making up Mesa had another very successful year. Even with all the years being invested into Mesa largely by Intel, AMD, Valve, Red Hat, and others, the upward trajectory continues for Mesa on expanding the hardware support, punctually adding new Vulkan extensions, and racking up other wins...

D7VK 1.1 adds experimental Direct3D 6 support for classic PC games on Linux  VideoCardz.com

Running Linux on Sony’s PlayStation 2 is Easier Than You Think  TechEBlog -

Three Linux Conflicts That Still Shape the OS You Use Today  gHacks Technology News

NTFSPlus Becomes "NTFS" as Driver Moves Closer to Kernel Integration  It's FOSS

Liquid Reply Joins Linux Foundation Backed Agentic AI Foundation  Open Source For You

Playing A Game Of Linux On Your Sony Playstation 2  Hackaday

In demonstrating one of the gaps of man pages in modern times and likely having hindered the adoption of the Linux kernel's new mount API, it took more than six years for those system calls to be properly documented within man pages. The Linux "new" mount API was introduced back in mid-2019 with Linux 5.2 and since supported by key file-systems after several years but not until weeks ago was this file descriptor based mount API scoped out within man pages...

It Took 6+ Years For Linux's "New" Mount API To Be Properly Documented In Man Pages  Phoronix

Linux-Ready SL1680 OPTIMA SoM Targets Embedded Systems with Synaptics SL1680  LinuxGizmos.com

3 Linux wars that shaped the OS you use today  How-To Geek

After all these years, IEEE-488 gets a stable Linux driver  Adafruit