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GNOME 40 Introducing Headless Native Backend, Virtual Monitors

Phoronix - Sat, 03/13/2021 - 00:22
Another feature tacked onto the big GNOME 40 desktop update is a headless native back-end for Mutter and the ability to easily create virtual monitors...

GCC 10 vs. GCC 11 Compiler Performance On The Threadripper 3990X

Phoronix - Fri, 03/12/2021 - 23:19
With GCC 11 stable likely to be released next month, here is the latest in our compiler testing against the current GCC 10 stable release. This round of tests was carried out on a System76 Thelio Major with Ryzen Threadripper 3990X HEDT processor.

Chrome 90 Beta Released With New Origin Trials, AV1 Encode

Phoronix - Fri, 03/12/2021 - 18:40
Following last week's Chrome 89 release, Chrome 90 is now available in beta form...

AMDVLK 2021.Q1.5 Released With Synchronization2, Another Extension To Help DXVK

Phoronix - Fri, 03/12/2021 - 17:56
In addition to yesterday marking the release of Mesa 21.0 that includes the likes of the RADV driver, today AMD released AMDVLK 2021.Q1.5 as their latest official open-source Vulkan driver derived from their cross-platform driver sources...

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