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Wine 4.18 Released With Many Bug Fixes, Some Feature Work

Phoronix - Sat, 10/19/2019 - 03:25
While three weeks have passed since the previous Wine development release compared to the usual two week cadence, Wine 4.18 is out today and isn't too busy on the feature front but there are more than three dozen bug fixes...

Rewriting Old Solaris C Code In Python Yielded A 17x Performance Improvement

Phoronix - Sat, 10/19/2019 - 00:52
While we normally hear of rewriting code from Python and other scripting languages into C/C++ when its a matter of performance, in the case of Oracle Solaris it was taking old C code and modernizing it in Python 3 to yield a ~17x performance improvement...

DXVK 1.4.3 Works On State Cache Improvements, Lowering CPU Overhead

Phoronix - Sat, 10/19/2019 - 00:48
As another release in time for weekend gamers, DXVK 1.4.3 was released today as the newest update for this library mapping Direct3D 10/11 to Vulkan for accelerating the Wine/Proton-based Linux gaming experience...

The Spectre Mitigation Impact For Intel Ice Lake With Core i7-1065G7

Phoronix - Fri, 10/18/2019 - 22:50
For those wondering if -- or how much -- of a performance impact mitigations still make regarding Spectre for Intel's long-awaited 10nm+ Ice Lake processors, here is the rundown on the mitigation state and the performance impact.

WireGuard Restored In Android's Google Play Store After Brief But Controversial Removal

Phoronix - Fri, 10/18/2019 - 21:34
After Google dropped the open-source WireGuard app from their Play Store since it contained a donation link, the app has now been restored within Google's software store for Android users but without the donation option...

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