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It's been a while since last running benchmarks evaluating the performance of GCC's profile guided optimizations (PGO) for helping to optimize the performance. But stemming from the discussions around PGO'ing the Linux kernel (though that effort is stalled for now), several Phoronix readers inquired about seeing some fresh PGO figures with GCC 11. So here are such benchmarks of GCC 11 with the upcoming Ubuntu 21.10 running on an AMD Ryzen 9 5950X desktop.

ZutaCore Joins the Open19 Foundation  Business Wire

The myths behind Linux security.  The CyberWire

The myths behind Linux security.  The CyberWire

With the Linux 5.15 kernel is a new build-time option to further harden the kernel around side channel attacks and information leakage. Enabling this option can have some (small) performance cost and a slightly larger kernel...

Linus Torvalds: Get ready for another 30 years of Linux  ZDNet

Tachyum Boots Linux on Prodigy FPGA  StreetInsider.com

Windows 365 No Deal for Non-Biz Linux Users  TechNewsWorld

Windows 365 No Deal for Non-Biz Linux Users  TechNewsWorld

Tachyum Boots Linux on Prodigy FPGA  Yahoo Finance

How to create a new AWS ec2 Instance on Amazon Cloud  H2S Media

Con Kolivas Contemplates Ending Kernel Development, Retiring MuQSS & -ck Patches  Phoronix

Con Kolivas has worked on many patches for the Linux kernel over the past two decades and particularly focused on innovations around desktop performance/interactivity. For over a decade now he's primarily been focused on maintaining his work out-of-tree and not catering to mainline acceptance but now he is thinking of bowing out once more and ending his kernel development effort...

Here’s What’s New In The Latest EndeavourOS Release  Fossbytes

David Airlie submitted today the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) graphics/display driver updates for the Linux 5.15 merge window...

Get Latest and Valid LPI 010-160 Practice Test [Labor Day Discount 2021]  The African Exponent

Going from ~11 FPS to ~602 FPS for an open-source game marks the latest work on Zink for OpenGL atop Vulkan within Mesa...

Containers are a critical part of today's IT operations. A container image contains a packaged application, along with its dependencies, and information on what processes it runs when launched.

You create container images by providing a set of specially formatted instructions, either as commits to a registry or as a Dockerfile. For example, this Dockerfile creates a container for a PHP web application:

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Windows 365 No Deal for Non-Biz Linux Users  E-Commerce Times

The x86/IRQ changes for the Linux 5.15 kernel bring some unexpected improvements to old hardware...