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Intel Mesa Drivers Add Option To Disable Xe3's Variable Register Thread "VRT" Feature

Phoronix - Mon, 07/14/2025 - 18:42
One of the interesting new additions with the upcoming Intel Xe3 integrated and discrete graphics is the Variable Register Thread "VRT" feature. Making use of Variable Register Thread can reduce register splitting, reduce bandwidth consumption, and improve overall performance. More background information on Intel VRT can be found in that aforelinked Phoronix article. But now the ability is coming to optionally disable VRT...

LMDE 7 Will Follow Linux Mint 22.2

Phoronix - Mon, 07/14/2025 - 18:30
The Linux Mint developers have put out their monthly status update to outline their work in recent weeks. Over the course of June, Linux Mint developers were primarily focused on Linux Mint 22.2 with the beta release expected soon...

Debian's DebConf25 Kicks Off On France - Video Streams Available

Phoronix - Mon, 07/14/2025 - 18:17
Debian's annual Debian Conference "DebConf" started this morning and runs all week in Brest, France...

How Linux Services and Daemons Work (and How to Control Them)

Tecmint - Mon, 07/14/2025 - 12:42
The post How Linux Services and Daemons Work (and How to Control Them) first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

When starting out with Linux, you may encounter the terms “services” and “daemons” quite frequently, which refer to background processes

The post How Linux Services and Daemons Work (and How to Control Them) first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Linux 6.16-rc6 Released With Transient Scheduler Attacks Mitigations, AMD Zen 2 Fixes

Phoronix - Mon, 07/14/2025 - 05:37
As we approach the stable Linux 6.16 kernel release later this month, Linux 6.16-rc6 is out today as the newest weekly test candidate...

CachyOS July 2025 Ships With Mesa Patched For Anti-Lag, Plasma Defaulting To Wayland

Phoronix - Mon, 07/14/2025 - 00:33
The popular Arch Linux based CachyOS operating system is out with its "July 2025" update for providing the latest innovations for this performance-optimized, feature-rich Linux distribution...

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