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Ubuntu Provides More Insight Into Their Decision Not To "-O3" Optimize All Packages

Phoronix - Fri, 03/28/2025 - 18:37
Since last year Canonical had been investigating using -O3 compiler optimizations for their Ubuntu package builds in the name of delivering better performance for Ubuntu Linux. A few weeks back though they decided they would not use -O3 optimizations for all packages. They have now provided more engineering insight into their reasoning and the results of their investigation into -O3 compiler optimizations for more packages...

Two Years In The Making, Intel Linux Driver Enables CPS Compression For Alchemist GPUs

Phoronix - Fri, 03/28/2025 - 18:29
A two year old Intel Mesa merge request was finally merged for Mesa 25.1 today for enabling functionality on DG2/Alchemist GPUs and newer...

Linux 6.15 Better Handles PS5 Controllers, AMD Human Presence Detection Off By Default

Phoronix - Fri, 03/28/2025 - 18:16
All of the HID subsystem updates have been merged for the ongoing Linux 6.15 merge window...

Top 6 Telegram Bots to Boost Your Productivity in 2025

Tecmint - Fri, 03/28/2025 - 12:12
The post Top 6 Telegram Bots to Boost Your Productivity in 2025 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Telegram has eventually become something more than a mere messaging app since its official release in 2013. Back then, nobody

The post Top 6 Telegram Bots to Boost Your Productivity in 2025 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Nova DRM Skeleton Patches Further Flesh Out This Open-Source NVIDIA Kernel Driver

Phoronix - Fri, 03/28/2025 - 08:52
Set to be merged for the Linux 6.15 kernel is the very initial NOVA driver core code that will be incrementally built up over time in succeeding kernel versions. For Linux 6.15, this open-source NVIDIA kernel driver isn't of any use for end-users as it's just the very preliminary pieces to begin crafting the foundation for the driver that is leveraging the NVIDIA GSP found with Turing and newer hardware. In preparation for future kernel cycles, the NOVA skeleton driver pieces were posted for review yesterday to begin fleshing out more of the driver's design...

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