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GNOME's Mutter 40 Alpha Released With Big Improvements

Phoronix - Thu, 12/03/2020 - 07:08
In working towards the March release of GNOME 40, the Mutter compositor / window manager is out today with its 40 Alpha release...

The Spectre Mitigation Performance Impact On AMD Ryzen 5000 "Zen 3" Processors

Phoronix - Thu, 12/03/2020 - 04:29
For those wondering what the current cost is to the default Spectre mitigation protections on the new AMD Ryzen 5000 series "Zen 3" processors, here are a set of performance tests looking at that overhead with the still relevant mitigations applied by default and then if forcing them off. The Zen 3 mitigation overhead was compared then to similar AMD Zen 2 and Zen+ processors.

#BPF - Linux Journal

Google News - Thu, 12/03/2020 - 03:22
#BPF  Linux Journal

Kevin Dankwardt - Linux Journal

Google News - Thu, 12/03/2020 - 03:22
Kevin Dankwardt  Linux Journal

Syscall User Dispatch Appears Destined For Linux 5.11 To Help Windows Games On Linux

Phoronix - Thu, 12/03/2020 - 01:00
The Syscall User Dispatch support looks like it should be mainlined for the Linux 5.11 kernel. This functionality is important for modern Windows games running on Linux under Wine / Proton...

DXVK 1.7.3 Released With Fixes, Support For New DXGI Interfaces

Phoronix - Thu, 12/03/2020 - 00:08
DXVK 1.7.3 is out as the latest stable update to this project implementing the Direct3D APIs atop Vulkan for accelerating the Linux gaming experience...

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