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Linux 5.9-rc5 Looks Fairly Normal Aside From Wildfires + Performance Regression

Phoronix - Mon, 09/14/2020 - 08:31
Linus Torvalds announced Linux 5.9-rc5 this evening as the newest weekly test release of the forthcoming Linux 5.9 kernel gearing up for a stable release in October...

NVIDIA Announces $40 Billion Deal To Acquire Arm

Phoronix - Mon, 09/14/2020 - 07:53
The recent rumors panned out and NVIDIA just announced they have reached a definitive deal with SoftBank to acquire Arm...

Mark Shuttleworth Now Plans To Restore Ubuntu's Community Council

Phoronix - Mon, 09/14/2020 - 03:07
Back on Friday there was Mark Shuttleworth's comments following some friction within the Ubuntu community and uncertainty over roles. After thinking about it over the weekend, he has decided to go ahead and work to reinstate the Ubuntu Community Council...

The Latest On The Linux 5.9 Kernel Regression Stemming From Page Lock Fairness

Phoronix - Sun, 09/13/2020 - 23:06
Last week we reported on a Linux 5.9 kernel regression following benchmarks from Linux 5.0 to 5.9 and there being a sharp drop with the latest development kernel. That kernel regression was bisected to code introduced by Linus Torvalds at the start of the Linux 5.9 kernel cycle. Unfortunately it's not a trivial problem and one still being analyzed in coming up with a proper solution. So the short story is it's a work-in-progress while this article has some additional insight and benchmarks done over the course of the past few days.

Habana Labs' Gaudi NIC Support Being Worked On For Linux Kernel

Phoronix - Sun, 09/13/2020 - 21:41
Intel-owned AI startup Habana Labs is working on expanding their "Gaudi" support to now include the NIC network interface found on this AI training accelerator hardware...

Erlang Is Seeing Work On "BeamAsm" - A JIT Compiler Yielding Much Performance Uplift

Phoronix - Sun, 09/13/2020 - 19:00
Lukas Larsson of Erlang Solutions is proposing "BeamAsm" as a JIT compiler for the Erlang virtual machine...

Xfce 4.16pre1 Released As The First Step Towards This Next Desktop Update

Phoronix - Sun, 09/13/2020 - 15:15
Following the very delayed Xfce 4.14, the Xfce 4.16 release is progressing with plans for releasing this year. Xfce 4.16pre1 was released at the end of August while it was the release announcement that was delayed for this lightweight desktop environment update...

Overcoming resistance to open management

opensource.com - Sun, 09/13/2020 - 15:00

In this installment of our "Managing with Open Values" series, I chat again with Braxton, Director of Pricing for a nationwide U.S. insurance company and people manager.


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Phoronix Test Suite 10.0 Milestone 2 Now Available For Testing

Phoronix - Sun, 09/13/2020 - 13:01
The second development release of the forthcoming Phoronix Test Suite 10.0-Finnsnes is now available for testing...

GNOME 3.38 RC2 Released With Last Minute Changes

Phoronix - Sun, 09/13/2020 - 12:06
GNOME 3.38 is due for release next week while the second and final release candidate is now available as one last chance for testing...

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