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NVIDIA 535.104.05 Fixes An Issue Using The Open Kernel Driver With SLI

Phoronix - Tue, 08/22/2023 - 20:54
While we are waiting on NVIDIA to roll out a beta of their next post-R535 Linux driver release stream, available today is the NVIDIA 535.104.05 Linux driver as their latest in this production driver branch...

Fwupd 1.9.4 Released With Linux Firmware Updating For More Devices

Phoronix - Tue, 08/22/2023 - 18:35
Richard Hughes of Red Hat has just released Fwupd 1.9.4 as the newest version of thus open-source software that goes along with the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) for making it easy to deploy new firmware/BIOS updates for systems and countless peripherals under Linux...

GNOME's Sysprof Integrates CPU Scheduler Data

Phoronix - Tue, 08/22/2023 - 17:53
GNOME's Sysprof is a wonderful system-wide profiling tool for helping developers analyze bottlenecks and debug other challenging issues. This system profiler has covered both kernel and user-space but to date has not provided any insight around the CPU scheduler behavior and thus developers have had to resort to other tooling there. But for the GNOME 45 release, Sysprof has integrated CPU scheduler details...

LibreOffice 24.2 Will Succeed LibreOffice 7.6

Phoronix - Tue, 08/22/2023 - 17:41
One nugget of information in the LibreOffice 7.6 release announcement for those who missed it and deserves calling out specifically... Succeeding LibreOffice 7.6 will not be v7.7 or v8.0 but rather v24.2...

7 Best CCleaner Alternatives for Ubuntu

Tecmint - Tue, 08/22/2023 - 17:15
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A common category of software you will find on many Windows PCs are system optimizers and cleaners. One such application is CCleaner, a powerful and

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Intel Releases Updated Version Of Its Open-Source Font For Developers

Phoronix - Tue, 08/22/2023 - 07:00
Intel is well regarded for their vast open-source contributions from being a major contributor to the Linux kernel and other areas like Mesa, GCC/glibc, and other key open-source projects to various niche projects like ConnMan and other smaller software projects. Debuting a few months ago as one of the newest open-source Intel projects catching us by surprise was Intel One Mono as a font designed for developers. Today brings a new version of that font...

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