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Linux 6.0-rc1 Released With Exciting Performance Optimizations, New Hardware Support

Phoronix - Mon, 08/15/2022 - 07:30
After the two week long merge window, Linus Torvalds this afternoon released the first release candidate of Linux 6.0. Over the next roughly two months the Linux 6.0 kernel will stabilize but already from my early testing on various systems it is in nice shape and the features and performance are looking great...

Intel Xeon Platinum 8380 Performance Is Looking Great For Linux 6.0

Phoronix - Sun, 08/14/2022 - 18:16
Not only is the AMD EPYC performance looking real good for Linux 6.0, but many of the scheduler changes and common kernel improvements also carry over well for Intel's Xeon Platinum 8380 "Ice Lake" server processors too. For your viewing pleasure this weekend are some initial benchmarks looking at Linux 5.19 stable compared to Linux 6.0 Git as we approach the end of the merge window...

Ubuntu Linux Preparing systemd-hwe To Ease OEM Hardware Enablement

Phoronix - Sun, 08/14/2022 - 17:35
Being prepared for Ubuntu 22.10 and presumably will be back-ported in future Ubuntu 22.04 LTS point releases is the systemd-hwe package to more easily deal with updated hardware rules as part of new device enablement...

Wine-Staging 7.15 Released - Currently At 536 Patches Atop Upstream Wine

Phoronix - Sun, 08/14/2022 - 17:10
Following yesterday's belated release of Wine 7.15, Wine-Staging 7.15 is now available that continues to carry hundreds of extra testing/experimental patches atop upstream Wine for bug fixes and other features to empower Windows games and applications on Linux...

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