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AMD Energy Driver Booted From The Linux 5.13 Kernel

Phoronix - Thu, 04/29/2021 - 21:02
While a lot of new features and improvements have been accumulating for the Linux 5.13 kernel with the ongoing merge window, one of the unfortunate aspects of this new kernel is that the AMD Zen CPU energy driver "amd_energy" is indeed being removed...

IWOCL + SYCLcon 2021 Slides/Videos Published For Lots Of OpenCL, SYCL Technical Talks

Phoronix - Thu, 04/29/2021 - 20:45
Taking place virtually this week has been the International Workshop on OpenCL (IWOCL) and SYCLcon. From these events are a lot of interesting presentations for those interested in GPU compute, heterogeneous programming, and industry API efforts...

Btrfs Continues Ironing Out Zoned Mode Support, Some Performance Work

Phoronix - Thu, 04/29/2021 - 19:14
Users of the Btrfs file-system can enjoy a number of improvements with the in-development Linux 5.13 kernel...

Concurrent TLB Flushing For Linux 5.13 Provide A Small Performance Benefit

Phoronix - Thu, 04/29/2021 - 18:29
Linux 5.13's x86 memory management work is bringing a minor performance optimization that is particularly beneficial in light of the CPU security mitigations in recent years that have an impact on the TLB...

AMD's Crypto Co-Processor Driver Adds Green Sardine Support In Linux 5.13

Phoronix - Thu, 04/29/2021 - 18:11
The crypto subsystem updates have landed in the Linux 5.13 kernel...

Linux tips for using GNU Screen

opensource.com - Thu, 04/29/2021 - 15:02

To the average user, a terminal window can be baffling and cryptic. But as you learn more about the Linux terminal, it doesn't take long before you realize how efficient and powerful it is. It also doesn't take long for you to want it to be even more efficient, though, and what better way to make your terminal better than to put more terminals into your terminal?


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