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OpenZFS 2.1.8 Released With Linux 6.1~6.2 Compatibility Updates, Bug Fixes

Phoronix - Sat, 01/21/2023 - 07:24
While the much anticipated OpenZFS 3.0 hasn't yet materialized as it was originally hoped for in 2022, OpenZFS 2.x continues on maturing nicely with fixes and other updates to this open-source ZFS file-system implementation currently supported on FreeBSD and Linux systems...

Wine 8.0-rc5 Released With Just Nine Bugs Fixed

Phoronix - Sat, 01/21/2023 - 02:45
Work on Wine 8.0 is winding down and it looks like the stable release could be out next week or otherwise very soon...

RADV Receives Patches To Help With Less Stuttering For Zink

Phoronix - Fri, 01/20/2023 - 22:00
Mesa's Radeon Vulkan driver "RADV" has added support for dynamic blend equations to help with the Zink OpenGL-on-Vulkan implementation and ideally lead to less stuttering...

Linux Takes Another Shot At Fixing Visual Glitches & GPU Hangs For Intel Sandy Bridge

Phoronix - Fri, 01/20/2023 - 20:30
Intel Sandy Bridge processors launched 12 years ago this month and if you still are relying on these 32nm CPUs, it's really time to consider an upgrade for not only the performance but also security and power efficiency reasons. But if you are content with still churning away on a Sandy Bridge desktop under Linux, picked up for upstream and marked for back-porting is another attempt at dealing with visual glitches and GPU hangs that have been affecting some users with the integrated graphics...

Intel Optimization Around Batched TLB Flushing For Folios Looks Great

Phoronix - Fri, 01/20/2023 - 20:20
A patch worked on by an Intel engineer for batched TLB flushing for page migration with folios is showing some promising results and currently working its way to the mainline kernel...

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