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Rustls 0.23.17 Brings More Performance Improvements

Phoronix - Sat, 11/16/2024 - 21:37
Rustls 0.23.17 is out today as the newest version of this modern TLS library written in the Rust programming language and a great alternative to the likes of OpenSSL...

GCC 15 Moves C Default Language Version To C23

Phoronix - Sat, 11/16/2024 - 19:56
The GCC 15 compiler on Friday switched its default C language version from the GNU dialect of C17 to the current C23 standard...

Linux 6.13 Introducing New Rust File Abstractions

Phoronix - Sat, 11/16/2024 - 19:52
Alongside the VFS pull requests on Friday for case insensitive Tmpfs support and atomic writes for EXT4 and XFS, Christian Brauner also submitted a pull request for introducing some new file abstractions for the Rust programming language within the Linux kernel...

KDE Developers Spent The Week Fixing Bugs & Polishing

Phoronix - Sat, 11/16/2024 - 19:22
While Plasma 6.3 feature development is continuing, KDE developers this week spent more time fixing bugs and polishing up existing code for ensuring a solid foundation to this open-source desktop...

systemd 257-rc2 Released With New systemd-keyutil Tool

Phoronix - Sat, 11/16/2024 - 09:25
Released last week was systemd 257-rc1 while succeeding that already is systemd 257-rc2 and it comes with a new tool: systemd-keyutil...

Valve Releases Half-Life 2 20th Anniversary Update

Phoronix - Sat, 11/16/2024 - 09:14
In commemorating twenty years since the release of the highly acclaimed Half-Life 2 game, Valve today released the Half-Life 2 20th Anniversary update with various fixes and other refinements. Half-Life 2 is also being made free-to-own through November 18th for those that never experienced this legendary game...

Tmpfs Adding Case Insensitive Support For Wine / Steam Play & Flatpaks

Phoronix - Sat, 11/16/2024 - 02:44
In addition to the EXT4 and XFS atomic write support, another interesting pull request sent in today by Microsoft's Christian Brauner is adding case-insensitive file/folder support for the Tmpfs file-system to benefit use-cases like Wine / Steam Play compatibility layers and sandboxing/container facilities like Flatpak...

Linux 6.13 To Expand Atomic Write Support To EXT4 & XFS

Phoronix - Sat, 11/16/2024 - 00:41
Prominent Linux developer Christian Brauner with Microsoft has begun sending out various pull requests of VFS feature changes for the imminent Linux 6.13 merge window. One of the interesting early pull requests is the VFS untorn writes series with getting atomic writes support enabled for the EXT4 and XFS file-system...

Linux 6.13 Very Exciting With New Feature Code For AMD EPYC Zen 5, Intel Panther Lake

Phoronix - Fri, 11/15/2024 - 23:49
While Linux 6.12 should be out this weekend with its many exciting features, following that will mark the start of the Linux 6.13 kernel cycle with what will be the first stable kernel release of 2025... Already there is a lot of exciting feature work expected to land during the Linux 6.13 merge window...

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