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Apple macOS Monterey 12 Performance Is Surprisingly Competitive With Linux

Phoronix - Fri, 12/17/2021 - 21:36
It's been a while since last comparing the Apple macOS performance to Linux since in part because the newer Apple Silicon (M1) hardware isn't yet in good enough shape for performance tests on Linux. But for those wondering about the Intel-powered Macs and how the performance of the latest Linux distributions compare to that of macOS 12 Monterey, here are some benchmarks of the new macOS 12.1 up against Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS, Ubuntu 21.10, and Intel's own Clear Linux.

Radeon Pro Software for Enterprise 21.Q4 Linux Driver Released

Phoronix - Fri, 12/17/2021 - 19:42
Following the Radeon Pro Software for Enterprise 21.Q4 Windows driver that released earlier in the month, this week brought the similar quarterly enterprise graphics driver update to Linux...

Micron HSE 2.1 Open-Source Storage Engine Released

Phoronix - Fri, 12/17/2021 - 18:16
Since early 2020 Micron went public with HSE as an open-source storage engine for SSDs and persistent memory. The HSE key-value store proved to be extremely performant with the likes of a MongoDB implementation but required changes to the Linux kernel that made it initially a higher barrier for entry. HSE 2.0 shipped in October that no longer required those kernel changes while still offering blistering fast performance. Now to round out the year they have HSE 2.1...

Xen pvUSB Front-End Driver Coming For Linux 5.17

Phoronix - Fri, 12/17/2021 - 18:00
After being more than ten years in the making after being started by Fujitsu engineers in 2008 but never going through all the steps for upstreaming, thanks to a SUSE engineer the Linux 5.17 kernel will finally have the Xen USB virtual host driver...

Write your screenplay on Linux in Fountain markdown

opensource.com - Fri, 12/17/2021 - 16:02

A screenplay is the blueprint for a movie, and it used to be written on a typewriter. You bought the typewriter, and you could write a screenplay. And not just one screenplay, but lots of them. You could write screenplays until typewriters fell out of fashion.


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Manage your APC battery backup system with this Linux command

opensource.com - Fri, 12/17/2021 - 16:01

Back in the early days of personal computers, I wrote the IBM training course for the original IBM PC. To complete the course in time for the IBM, ComputerLand, and Sears training, IBM gave me a PC to take home so I could work over evenings and weekends—arguably the first instance of anyone having an IBM PC in their home.


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China's Loongson Looks To Mainline LoongArch Support In LLVM

Phoronix - Fri, 12/17/2021 - 16:00
Not only is Loongson working on bringing up LoongArch ISA support for the GCC compiler and related GNU toolchain components, but the Chinese company has now laid out their plans for LoongArch on LLVM...

Who is the first Executive Director of the Open Source Initiative?

opensource.com - Fri, 12/17/2021 - 16:00

The Open Source Initiative has served as the key steward of open source software since its formation in 1998. In September 2021, the Open Source Initiative board hired Stefano Maffulli as its first Executive Director. I recently interviewed Stefano to learn more about him and his vision for the Open Source Initiative.

Tell us a little about yourself. What is your background in open source software?


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