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Raspberry Pi's Raspbian OS Finally Spins 64-bit Version

Phoronix - Thu, 02/03/2022 - 04:16
While the Raspberry Pi 3 and newer have featured 64-bit Cortex CPU cores and even the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 is 64-bit-capable, Raspbian OS as the official Raspberry Pi operating system has remained 32-bit. Finally in 2022 they now have an official 64-bit build...

System76-Scheduler Is A New Pop!_OS Rust Effort To Improve Desktop Responsiveness

Phoronix - Thu, 02/03/2022 - 03:37
Quietly making its v1.0 debut today is system76-scheduler as a Rust-written daemon aiming to improve Linux desktop responsiveness and catering to their Pop!_OS distribution...

Intel's Vulkan Linux Driver Adds Experimental Mesh Shader Support For DG2/Alchemist

Phoronix - Thu, 02/03/2022 - 03:04
Intel's open-source "ANV" Vulkan driver for Linux systems now has experimental support for mesh shaders that work with their forthcoming Intel Arc DG2/Alchemist graphics cards...

Intel Announces "Project Circuit Breaker" To Expand Its Bug Bounty Program

Phoronix - Thu, 02/03/2022 - 00:00
Intel today is announcing Project Circuit Breaker as a broadening of its bug county program for "elite hackers" to help discover areas for improvement within Intel's hardware/software security...

NVIDIA Linux Gaming Performance For Wayland vs. X.Org On Ubuntu 22.04

Phoronix - Wed, 02/02/2022 - 21:30
With NVIDIA's newly-introduced 510 Linux driver series paired with the latest XWayland and a modern Wayland compositor like the newest GNOME/Mutter packages, the NVIDIA (X)Wayland experience is in great shape and delivering comparable performance to a traditional X.Org session. The NVIDIA Wayland support with GBM usage has stabilized and appears to be in good shape for the upcoming Ubuntu 22.04 LTS release. Here are some benchmarks of the NVIDIA 510 driver on the current state of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

LibreOffice 7.3 Released With Better Interoperability For Microsoft Office Files

Phoronix - Wed, 02/02/2022 - 20:17
The Document Foundation has released LibreOffice 7.3 as the newest half-year update to this leading open-source, cross-platform office suite...

Parallel x86_64 CPU Bringup Linux Patches Revised For Quicker Boot Times

Phoronix - Wed, 02/02/2022 - 18:49
The Linux kernel patches that alow bringing up x86_64 CPU cores in parallel when booting the system have been revised for faster boot times on today's systems from high core count desktops to massive servers...

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