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NUMA Interface For FUTEX2 Still Being Tackled For Linux - Phoronix

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NUMA Interface For FUTEX2 Still Being Tackled For Linux Phoronix

NUMA Interface For FUTEX2 Still Being Tackled For Linux

Phoronix - Fri, 09/16/2022 - 13:00

Merged last year for the Linux 5.16 cycle was FUTEX2's futex_waitv() system call for waiting on multiple futexes in order to better match the behavior of Microsoft Windows. This FUTEX2 initiative was driven as an effort to further enhance Linux gaming performance/efficiency particularly for Valve's Steam Play. Originally there were other goals with FUTEX2 and now we are seeing another one of those being worked on: NUMA awareness...

OpenCL 3.0.12 Published With Command Buffers Mutable Dispatch Extension

Phoronix - Fri, 09/16/2022 - 12:00

The Khronos Group has published OpenCL 3.0.12 as the newest version of this API for compute across heterogeneous platforms, but mostly known for GPU compute...

Camera access for Linux on ChromeOS may be very close - Chrome Unboxed

Google News - Fri, 09/16/2022 - 07:05

Camera access for Linux on ChromeOS may be very close Chrome Unboxed

How to Quickly Remove Metadata From Files on Linux - MUO - MakeUseOf

Google News - Fri, 09/16/2022 - 05:45

How to Quickly Remove Metadata From Files on Linux MUO - MakeUseOf

Linux, Industry Group Set Sights on Open-Source Superwallets - PYMNTS.com

Google News - Fri, 09/16/2022 - 04:26

Linux, Industry Group Set Sights on Open-Source Superwallets PYMNTS.com

How to Fix the “unable to resolve host” Error on Linux - MUO - MakeUseOf

Google News - Fri, 09/16/2022 - 03:45

How to Fix the “unable to resolve host” Error on Linux MUO - MakeUseOf

How to Check and Update Your Git Version on Linux, Mac, and Window - MUO - MakeUseOf

Google News - Fri, 09/16/2022 - 03:30

How to Check and Update Your Git Version on Linux, Mac, and Window MUO - MakeUseOf

CloudFlare Ditches Nginx For In-House, Rust-Written Pingora

Phoronix - Fri, 09/16/2022 - 02:56

CloudFlare has long relied upon Nginx as part of its HTTP proxy stack but now has replaced it with their in-house, Rust-written Pingora software that is said to be serving over one trillion requests per day and delivering better performance while only using about a third of the CPU and memory resources...

Vulkan 1.3.228 Promotes One Of Valve's Extensions Used For Efficient D3D12 Emulation

Phoronix - Fri, 09/16/2022 - 02:44

The Khronos Group's Vulkan Working Group today released Vulkan API 1.3.228. Aside from the usual assortment of fixes/clarifications to the Vulkan spec, this spec update promotes one of Valve's existing extensions aimed at enhancing Direct3D 12 emulation with Vulkan onto being a formal "EXT" extension...

Get the most from Linux with this certification training bundle - BleepingComputer

Google News - Fri, 09/16/2022 - 02:13

Get the most from Linux with this certification training bundle BleepingComputer

Godot 4.0 Beta 1 Released With Shiny Vulkan Renderer, Tons Of Other Improvements

Phoronix - Fri, 09/16/2022 - 01:45

It was just a few days ago that Godot 4.0 Alpha 17 was released while also announcing that W4 Games as the start-up created by Godot Engine developers has raised $8.5M USD to advance the open-source Godot ecosystem. They are now celebrating by releasing the long-awaited Godot 4.0 beta release...

Microsoft Lands HEVC Video Encode/Decode Within Mesa Using VA-API To Direct3D 12

Phoronix - Fri, 09/16/2022 - 01:31

In addition to Microsoft continuing to work on OpenGL / OpenCL / Vulkan atop Direct3D 12 by leveraging Mesa in order to benefit Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) and related use-cases, Microsoft engineers have also been working on exposing video acceleration to Linux software backed by Direct3D 12 Video Acceleration...

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