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FBDEV Console Patches Optimize Performance - Print Directory Listing ~25% Faster

Phoronix - Tue, 02/22/2022 - 04:16
With there being some renewed development interest around FBDEV with the kernel subsystem now having a maintainer, restoring hardware-accelerated scrolling, and other patches pending to clean-up and optimize the frame-buffer device code, there is also a new performance optimization series...

Chris Lattner Formally Steps Down From Swift's Core Team

Phoronix - Tue, 02/22/2022 - 02:41
LLVM project founder Chris Lattner who began developing the Swift programming language back in 2010 during his time at Apple is now leaving that programming language's core team...

Intel Alder Lake + Radeon Linux Gaming Performance Holds Steady With 5.17 Kernel

Phoronix - Mon, 02/21/2022 - 22:30
After Linux 5.16 brought performance improvements that helped the latest "Alder Lake" processors, the performance on the in-development Linux 5.17 is looking steady compared to the current kernel. Here is a look at the Linux 5.15 through 5.17 Git performance for an Intel Core i9 12900K with Radeon RX 6800 XT graphics for gaming performance...

FreeDOS 1.3 Released To Advance This Open-Source MS-DOS Replacement

Phoronix - Mon, 02/21/2022 - 20:14
FreeDOS 1.2 released back on Christmas 2016 and now a half-decade later has finally been succeeded by FreeDOS 1.3 for advancing this open-source alternative to MS-DOS...

Many Apple Keyboard Improvements Coming With Linux 5.18

Phoronix - Mon, 02/21/2022 - 19:40
The upcoming Linux 5.18 kernel cycle will bring a number of improvements for Apple keyboards -- both for the Apple Magic Keyboard and the keyboards integrated with their various MacBook computers...

AMD Sends Out Linux Patches For x2APIC Virtualization, Increases KVM Limit To 511 vCPUs

Phoronix - Mon, 02/21/2022 - 19:05
AMD engineers on Sunday night sent out a patch series getting x2APIC virtualization "x2AVIC" support for the AMD SVM driver with the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)...

LLVMpipe/Lavapipe Patches Land To Allow For Greater CPU Saturation

Phoronix - Mon, 02/21/2022 - 18:20
LLVMpipe as the software OpenGL implementation that runs atop the CPU and Lavapipe as the Vulkan equivalent have seen a recent uptick in activity...

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