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Linux Gaming: How to get started  GameCrate

XanMod-ing Ubuntu To Perform Closer To Intel's Clear Linux  Phoronix

Earlier this month many Phoronix readers were interested in our fresh tests of the XanMod-patched Linux kernel for boosting the desktop and workstation performance compared to Ubuntu's default Linux kernel. Among many patches, XanMod does pull in some kernel patches from Intel's performance-optimized Clear Linux, so we figured it would be interesting to see how the XanMod'ed Ubuntu compares to Clear Linux performance.

AMD's next generation Zen 3 CPU code will be added to the Linux kernel before 2020 starts  Daily Gaming Worlld

One of several projects implementing the OpenGL graphics API over Vulkan has been Think Silicon's GLOVE library. GLOVE currently is focuses on OpenGL ES 2.0 + EGL 1.4 support and is a standalone project unlike Mesa's Zink Gallium3D driver working on OpenGL / GLES over Vulkan too. GLOVE 0.4 is out today as a big feature update...

Think Silicon's GLOVE OpenGL-Over-Vulkan Library Now Works On Wayland, Windows + macOS  Phoronix

Last week I eagerly reported on Ryzen CPUs on Linux finally seeing CCD temperatures and current/voltage reporting thanks to new patches to the k10temp driver by Google's Guenter Roeck who oversees the kernel's hardware monitoring "HWMON" subsystem. The patches seem to be working well and are tentatively queued in hwmon-next, but more testing is still needed...

AMD Zen Thermal/Power Reporting Improvements Could Hit Linux 5.6 But More Testing Needed  Phoronix

AMD Zen 3 Linux update suggests a radically different CPU design to Zen 2  PCGamesN

While there has been the initial Microsoft exFAT file-system driver since Linux 5.4, that code is based on a vintage snapshot of prior Samsung code. Samsung engineers meanwhile have been working to upstream a much newer and better off exFAT implementation to replace that existing driver and it looks like it could be ready for Linux 5.6...

Samsung's Better exFAT Driver Gets Revised Ahead Of Mainline Linux Integration  Phoronix

Not to be confused with Ubuntu's Mir display stack or Rustlang's MIR, the new MIR effort by Red Hat developer Vladimir Makarov is a new project focused on providing a lightweight JIT compiler...

NAKIVO Releases Backup & Replication v9.1 | StorageReview.com  StorageReview.com

NAKIVO Releases Backup & Replication v9.1 | StorageReview.com  StorageReview.com

With the upcoming Linux 5.6 kernel cycle will be the first of many patches to come surrounding AMD Zen 3 "Family 19h" support...

AMD Zen 3 "Family 19h" Enablement Beginning With The Linux 5.6 Kernel  Phoronix

Kubuntu Focus: Initial Impressions Of This Powerful New Linux Laptop  Forbes

AMD Includes Zen 3 Microcode In Linux Kernel  Fossbytes

Zen 3: AMD’s new architecture microcode surfaced in the Linux kernel  Optocrypto

Last year, I brought you 19 days of new (to you) productivity tools for 2019. This year, I'm taking a different approach: building an environment that will allow you to be more productive in the new year, using tools you may or may not already be using.

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