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How to Create a Test File of Any Size in Linux

Tecmint - Thu, 05/07/2026 - 11:40
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You need a 1GB test file to benchmark your disk, fill a partition to a specific threshold, or simulate a

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Rust-Written Redox OS Sees Improvements For Running On Real Hardware

Phoronix - Thu, 05/07/2026 - 08:22
Redox OS is out with its status report for April 2026. During the past month this open-source, Rust-based operating system written from scratch has seen improvements for running on real hardware as well as a wide variety of other improvements for bettering this original OS project...

D7VK 1.9 Brings Some Hefty Performance Improvements

Phoronix - Thu, 05/07/2026 - 07:43
D7VK continues advancing for this Vulkan-based implementation of Direct3D 7 that also supports D3D 6 / 5 / 3 APIs too for vintage games ultimately rendered using the modern Vulkan API...

Mesa 26.1 Released With Many Improvements For Open-Source Vulkan Drivers

Phoronix - Thu, 05/07/2026 - 04:03
Eric Engestrom just announced another timely feature release of the Mesa drivers. Mesa 26.1 is out today for this collection of predominantly OpenGL and Vulkan drivers for a variety of hardware as well as the likes of Rusticl for OpenCL, Zink for OpenGL-on-Vulkan, various Windows acceleration components, and more...

PCIe 8.0 Spec Draft 0.5 Released For 1TB/s Bi-Directional x16 Bandwidth

Phoronix - Thu, 05/07/2026 - 03:53
The PCI-SIG today held a briefing around PCIe 8.0 that follows the PCIe 7.0 specification that was released to members last June...

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