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Bcachefs Lands More Bug Fixes In Linux 6.14

Phoronix - Fri, 01/31/2025 - 03:05
Last week saw the big set of Bcachefs updates merged for the Linux 6.14 kernel that included the last anticipated big on-disk format change as well as scalability improvements. It was a particularly big pull after Bcachefs missed out on any changes being upstreamed for Linux 6.13. This week a set of follow-on fixes/improvements have been merged for this experimental copy-on-write file-system...

Intel Details Its Pluton-Capable Partner Security Engine With Core Ultra Series 2

Phoronix - Fri, 01/31/2025 - 01:53
One of the details not too widely talked about with Intel's newest Core Ultra Series 2 processors is the introduction of the Partner Security Engine, which is a new dedicated security engine on the SOC that is capable of running the Microsoft Pluton firmware and software. Intel today published more details around their Partner Security Engine...

GNOME Display Control Utility "gdctl" Merged For GNOME 48

Phoronix - Fri, 01/31/2025 - 00:20
Just ahead of the GNOME 48 feature freeze this weekend, gdctl has been merged into GNOME's Mutter as the GNOME Display Control Utility...

Yandex Open-Sources Perforator: Find Code Inefficiencies & "Save Billions of Dollars"

Phoronix - Thu, 01/30/2025 - 23:29
Internet tech company Yandex announced the open-source release today of Perforator as a tool to help identify and evaluate code inefficiencies at scale. They say Perforator can lead to businesses saving "billions of dollars a year on server infrastructure."..

Linux's Sole Wireless/WiFi Driver Maintainer Is Stepping Down

Phoronix - Thu, 01/30/2025 - 23:16
Days after a DRM driver developer orphaned his drivers due to health reasons in stepping down, the sole maintainer at large of the Linux wireless (WiFi) drivers is stepping down and without any immediate replacement...

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