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QEMU 5.0 Released For This Important Open-Source Emulator For Linux Virtualization

Phoronix - Wed, 04/29/2020 - 03:53
QEMU 5.0 is out today for this processor emulator that is a key piece to the Linux virtualization stack...

Proton 5.0-7 Being Prepared With Newer DXVK, Updated VKD3D Layer

Phoronix - Wed, 04/29/2020 - 00:05
Valve along with their comrades at CodeWeavers are preparing Proton 5.0-7 as the newest version of their Wine-based software powering Steam Play for running Windows games on Linux...

Ubuntu 20.04 Gaming Performance Across Desktops, X.Org vs. Wayland

Phoronix - Tue, 04/28/2020 - 22:00
Last month we provided some early benchmarks looking at the Ubuntu 20.04 X.Org vs. Wayland gaming performance under GNOME 3.36, but now that Ubuntu 20.04 LTS has been officially released, here is a look at the AMD Radeon Linux gaming performance across a wide variety of desktops on both X.Org and Wayland where supported.

Fedora 32 Officially Released With EarlyOOM, SSD TRIM Finally Flipped On, GNOME 3.36

Phoronix - Tue, 04/28/2020 - 21:58
Fedora 32 has officially been released as the latest installment of this Red Hat supported community Linux distribution known for its bleeding-edge features and packages...

New Intel "Adaptive" P-State Frequency Governor Volleyed For Better GPU-Bound Efficiency

Phoronix - Tue, 04/28/2020 - 20:48
The Intel P-State driver has been going through a number of improvements recently including transitioning to the "Schedutil" governor by default on some systems so far in this governor making use of scheduler utilization data. But Intel's graphics team meanwhile has been working on P-State changes to improve the GPU-bound energy efficiency and that is now spun as a new "adaptive" governor...

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