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Steam Deck Release Pushed Back To February 2022

Phoronix - Thu, 11/11/2021 - 03:48
Valve just sent out an email to pre-order customers that the Steam Deck release is being delayed by two months...

NVIDIA 470.86 Linux Driver Released With VRR/G-SYNC Fix

Phoronix - Thu, 11/11/2021 - 02:55
While since the end of October there has been NVIDIA 495.44 as the stable 495 series driver beta for Linux users, out today is their v470.86 release for those using that older long-term support branch...

OpenZFS 3.0 Could See macOS Support & DirectIO, While ZFS For Windows Continues

Phoronix - Wed, 11/10/2021 - 22:28
The annual OpenZFS Developer Summit wrapped up yesterday with interesting talks on this open-source, cross-platform ZFS file-system implementation...

Sailfish OS 4.3 Released With Better Android App Support

Phoronix - Wed, 11/10/2021 - 22:09
For fans of Jolla's Linux-based smartphone platform, Sailfish OS 4.3 "Suomenlinna" is out today...

NVMe HDD Demoed At Open Compute Project Summit

Phoronix - Wed, 11/10/2021 - 21:45
Seagate engineers yesterday used the Open Compute Project Global Summit for the first public demonstration of a native NVMe hard drive. The hope is moving forward both HDDs and SSDs in the data center will consolidate to using the NVMe interface...

Intel Updates Alder Lake Tuning For GCC, Reaffirms No Official AVX-512

Phoronix - Wed, 11/10/2021 - 20:04
Posted last year for introduction in the GCC 11 stable compiler released earlier this year was the initial Alder Lake "alderlake" target. Now that Intel 12th Gen Core "Alder Lake" processors are officially out, Intel engineers have updated their Alder Lake tuning for the GNU Compiler Collection to yield more efficient performance with GCC 12 due out in Q2'2022...

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