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Deepen your knowledge of Linux security - The Register

Google News - Mon, 11/18/2024 - 22:42

Deepen your knowledge of Linux security The Register

New version of Linux kernel gives users even more control - Techzine Europe

Google News - Mon, 11/18/2024 - 21:58

New version of Linux kernel gives users even more control Techzine Europe

GCC 15 Compiler Development Shifts From Features To Bug Fixing

Phoronix - Mon, 11/18/2024 - 21:54

GCC 15 feature development is now officially over with entering stage three development to focus on fixing compiler bugs...

Raspberry Pi OS Now Defaults To 512MB Swap, Updates Labwc Compositor

Phoronix - Mon, 11/18/2024 - 20:02

With last month's Raspberry Pi OS update they now default to Wayland on all Raspberry Pi models alongside various other operating system improvements. Out today is the latest iteration of the Debian-based Raspberry Pi OS with software updates and other changes...

Raspberry Pi OS Now Defaults To 512MB Swap, Updates Labwc Compositor - Phoronix

Google News - Mon, 11/18/2024 - 20:02

Raspberry Pi OS Now Defaults To 512MB Swap, Updates Labwc Compositor Phoronix

LLVM Clang 20 Merges Intel Diamond Rapids Support With "-march=diamondrapids"

Phoronix - Mon, 11/18/2024 - 20:00

Following AMX-FP8 support, AMX-AVX512, and other new Intel CPU ISA features being added to the LLVM Clang 20 compiler codebase, the Intel Diamond Rapids target is now upstreamed for allowing "-march=diamondrapids" targeting for these next-generation Xeon processors...

DXVK 2.5.1 Released To Fix A Major Regression & Other Bugs

Phoronix - Mon, 11/18/2024 - 19:39

DXVK 2.5 released one week ago with better video memory management handling, various Direct3D additions, and more. DXVK 2.5.1 is out today to fix a "major regression" as well as a few other bugs...

Btrfs With Linux 6.13 Delivers Performance Improvements & Other Features - Phoronix

Google News - Mon, 11/18/2024 - 19:18

Btrfs With Linux 6.13 Delivers Performance Improvements & Other Features Phoronix

Btrfs With Linux 6.13 Delivers Performance Improvements & Other Features

Phoronix - Mon, 11/18/2024 - 19:18

Along with the early Bcachefs pull request for Linux 6.13, SUSE engineer David Sterba submitted all of the Btrfs file-system feature updates in an early pull request for this next kernel version. Btrfs is seeing new performance optimizations and other enhancements for Linux 6.13...

FreeBSD 14.2 Beta 3 Released - FreeBSD Now Publishing OCI Container Images

Phoronix - Mon, 11/18/2024 - 19:03

The third weekly beta release of FreeBSD 14.2 is now available for testing ahead of the planned stable release in early December. Besides a few fixes notable to FreeBSD 14.2-BETA3 is that they are now putting out OCI container images among their release media...