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Useful Tools to Monitor and Debug Disk I/O Performance in Linux

Tecmint - Fri, 10/07/2022 - 12:50
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Brief: In this guide, we will discuss the best tools for monitoring and debugging disk I/O activity (performance) on Linux servers. A key performance metric to monitor on a Linux server is disk I/O

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Linux 6.1 Will Try To Print The CPU Core Where A Seg Fault Occurs

Phoronix - Fri, 10/07/2022 - 06:30
A change now merged for Linux 6.1 will attempt to print the CPU core where a segmentation fault happens. The hope by printing the CPU/core where a segmentation fault happens is that over time trends may materialize with this information potentially being useful for helping to spot faulty CPUs...

Steam Deck Now Available For Immediate Ordering, Steam Deck Dock Also In-Stock

Phoronix - Fri, 10/07/2022 - 04:00
Valve has worked their way through the pre-orders and ramped up the production of the Steam Deck to the point that the reservation queue is over. You can now order your Steam Deck today in-stock and Valve has also made available the much anticipated Steam Deck Dock docking station...

Linux 6.1 Networking Brings WiFi EHT & MLO Preparations, New ASICs Enabled

Phoronix - Fri, 10/07/2022 - 01:30
The networking feature pull for the Linux 6.1 kernel brings 127k lines of new code and 50k lines of code removed as a rather hearty set of wired/wireless networking driver updates and core improvements this round...

AMD Continues Working Toward HDR Display Support For The Linux Desktop

Phoronix - Thu, 10/06/2022 - 23:00
One of the rather elusive items on the Linux desktop is High Dynamic Range (HDR) display support... There's been code in the works for years but across desktops and drivers, it's still a long-term effort getting HDR support on the Linux desktop. Even going back to 2016, with NVIDIA's cross-platform driver code the Linux desktop remained the bottleneck. There is at least some ongoing work to address this long-term issue with AMD this week presenting on the topic...

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