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Fedora 39 Looks To Use DNF5 By Default For Better Performance & Improved User Experience

Phoronix - Wed, 09/07/2022 - 03:04
With Fedora 39 next spring it will likely replace DNF, libdnf, and dnf-automatic with the new DNF5 packaging tool and libdnf5 support library. DNF5 should improve the user experience and deliver better performance for dealing with software management on Fedora Linux...

Following Retbleed, The Combined CPU Security Mitigation Impact For AMD Zen 2 / Ryzen 9 3950X

Phoronix - Tue, 09/06/2022 - 23:00
Following the July disclosure of the Retbleed CPU security vulnerability affecting older processors and an AMD change made in August, here is a fresh look at the performance impact of the Retbleed mitigations on Linux, including if opting for the IBPB-based Retbleed mitigation, and the accumulated CPU security mitigation impact for Zen 2 with the flagship Ryzen 9 3950X processor.

Richard Stallman Announces GNU C Language Reference Manual

Phoronix - Tue, 09/06/2022 - 21:55
GNU founder Richard Stallman has recently been working on crafting a GNU C Language introduction and reference manual...

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