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Cachy Is The Latest Effort To Provide A Better Linux CPU Scheduler

Phoronix - Sun, 08/23/2020 - 22:23
Cachy is a Linux CPU scheduler that has been generating some attention over the past month that aims for optimal CPU cache usage and based on a Highest Response Ration Next (HRRN) policy...

ATGC Could Come In Linux 5.10 For F2FS, Much Faster Decompression Speeds Too

Phoronix - Sun, 08/23/2020 - 19:10
We previously reported on F2FS "ATGC" functionality for increasing the garbage collection efficiency for the Flash-Friendly File-System. Those patches are now queued up in F2FS' "dev" branch meaning we could see the functionality in place for Linux 5.10...

The Virtual DebConf20 Kicks Off With A Number Of Interesting Debian Talks This Week

Phoronix - Sun, 08/23/2020 - 19:04
The virtual DebConf 20 is happening now through 29 August. Due to COVID-19, the annual Debian Conference is happening exclusively as a virtual event for those wanting to watch a number of interesting Debian/Linux/FLOSS-related talks...

Open organizations through the ages

opensource.com - Sun, 08/23/2020 - 15:00

Consider the evolution of humankind. When we do, we will recognize that having global discussions and acting on global decisions is a relatively new phenomenon—only 100 years old, give or take a few years. We're still learning how to make global decisions and execute on them successfully.

Yet our ability to improve those globally focused practices and skills is critical to our continued survival. And open principles will be the keys to helping us learn them—as they have been throughout history.


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Micron's HSE Open-Source Storage Engine 1.8 Released

Phoronix - Sun, 08/23/2020 - 12:45
Back in April the folks at Micron announced the "HSE" open-source storage engine optimized for SSDs and persistent memory. Version 1.8 of HSE was released on Friday as the first major update since going public earlier this year...

Mozilla's Incredible Speech-To-Text Engine Is At Risk Following Layoffs

Phoronix - Sun, 08/23/2020 - 08:37
For a while now a Mozilla software project that's been an "unsung hero" has been DeepSpeech as their speech-to-text engine. Sadly, following the recent major layoffs at Mozilla and restructuring along with a shift to focusing more on their profitable activities, DeepSpeech for now has an uncertain future...

Drovorub - Hackaday

Google News - Sun, 08/23/2020 - 07:09
Drovorub  Hackaday

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