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Arch-Based SalientOS + EndeavourOS Take On Clear/Fedora/Ubuntu With The Ryzen 9 5900X

Phoronix - Mon, 02/22/2021 - 23:10
Given the recent release of Arch Linux based EndeavourOS and a Phoronix Premium supporter recently pointing out SalientOS as another interesting Arch-based Linux distribution, here are benchmarks showing how these easy/quick to deploy Arch based operating systems with sane defaults compare to that of Ubuntu, Fedora Workstation, and Intel's own Clear Linux. This round of February 2021 Linux benchmarking was carried out on an AMD Ryzen 9 5900X desktop stemming from premium member feedback.

Microsoft Contributes Integrity Improvements To Linux 5.12

Phoronix - Mon, 02/22/2021 - 21:53
Microsoft engineers continue increasing their contributions to the Linux kernel where it makes business sense for them, such as in the case of securing the Azure cloud given that around 50% or more of the instances run Linux. With Linux 5.12 there are integrity subsystem improvements coming from Microsoft...

AMDGPU With Linux 5.12 Sees Last Minute Duty Cycle Scaling, Other Bits

Phoronix - Mon, 02/22/2021 - 20:30
Sent in last week were some AMDGPU "fixes" for Linux 5.12. While there are some fixes as part of the series, there are some new (minor) features enabled...

dav1d 0.8.2 Released For Speeding Up AV1 Decode On x86, ARM

Phoronix - Mon, 02/22/2021 - 19:07
Dav1d is already the most performant and leading AV1 software decoder we have seen while out today is v0.8.2 that should speed-up the video decode process even more on modern x86/x86_64 and ARM hardware...

Intel's Laptop Hinge Sensor Driver Sent In For Linux 5.12, Other Staging/IIO Work

Phoronix - Mon, 02/22/2021 - 16:23
Greg Kroah-Hartman sent in the staging/IIO updates for the Linux 5.12 kernel and this time around are lighter than normal but still with a few interesting items worth mentioning...

A friendly guide to the syntax of C++ method pointers

opensource.com - Mon, 02/22/2021 - 16:01

If you're looking for performance, complexity, or many possible solutions to solve a problem, C ++ is always a good candidate when it comes to extremes. Of course, functionality usually comes with complexity, but some C++ peculiarities are almost illegible. From my point of view, C++ method pointers may be the most complex expressions I've ever come across, but I'll start with something simpler.


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