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FUTEX2 futex_waitv Wired Up For Other Architectures With Linux 5.16-rc3

Phoronix - Fri, 11/26/2021 - 08:19
FUTEX2 as in the new futex_waitv system call landed in Linux 5.16 back during the merge window for improving the efficiency of running Windows games on Linux for those that rely on Windows' WaitForMultipleObjects functionality with futex_waitv is now the ability to wait on multiple futexes. That new system call is now supported on more architectures with the next Linux 5.16 release candidate...

PHP 8.1 Released With Fibers, Enumerations, Read-Only Properties & Much More

Phoronix - Fri, 11/26/2021 - 03:16
PHP 8.1.0 was just officially released as the latest annual feature update to this widely-used, server-side programming language...

Archinstall 2.3 Released For Easily Installing Arch Linux

Phoronix - Thu, 11/25/2021 - 18:49
Added to the Arch Linux install media back in April was Archinstall for easy and quick installations. It's worked very well for basic Arch Linux installs in a matter of minutes while with Archinstall 2.3 now available it has even more features...

Wireshark 3.6 Released With Support For World of Warcraft "WOWW" Protocol, Many Others

Phoronix - Thu, 11/25/2021 - 18:28
Wireshark as the very useful and powerful open-source packet analyzer for networking and other communication protocols is out with a shiny new release...

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