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David Sterba sent in his pull request early of the Btrfs file-system changes that are ready for merging into the Linux 5.5 merge window next week...

Btrfs Gets A Big Improvement For More Robust RAID1 In Linux 5.5  Phoronix

We have done a lot of benchmarks on Intel/AMD x86_64 for Ubuntu 19.10 for seeing how its performance is looking, but what about IBM POWER9 with the likes of the libre Raptor Blackbird? Here are some Ubuntu 19.04 vs. 19.10 POWER benchmarks I recently carried out...

A few weeks back I wrote about NVIDIA's Nitin Gupta working on proactive memory compaction for the Linux kernel to more proactively compact memory rather than doing so on-demand when it can lead to high latencies for applications needing lots of huge-pages...

NVIDIA's Proactive Memory Compaction Work Revised For The Linux Kernel  Phoronix

NVIDIA's Proactive Memory Compaction Work Revised For The Linux Kernel  Phoronix

While it's taking painfully long to get X.Org Server 1.21 organized for release, at least in the interim there continues to be new xorg-server 1.20 point releases that back-port many of the prominent fixes...

When we polled our readers nearly 4 years ago with this question, most people responded that they did not have any devices connected to the Internet of Things. However these days, there are approximately three connected devices per capita globally and that number is only expected to grow. Of course, not every person has exactly three devices. Some people have ten and others still have none.

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While the Linux 5.5 cycle begins next week, looking ahead to early next year when the Linux 5.6 cycle will begin, there is expected to be another power management improvement coming for AMD Radeon graphics cards...

Linux 5.6 Will Bring Another Radeon Run-Time Power Management Improvement  Phoronix

Mutt is a command line email app for Linux and here's how to set it up  Ghacks Technology News

In this article, you will learn how to install the dig command and nslookup command on Linux. These commands are used for network troubleshooting and gathering information about domain names. Dig, short for Domain...

A few days ago 7 Days to Die saw a performance boost on Mesa Git from its "glthread" threading implementation while now a number of game emulators have seen similar whitelisting...

Ending out the week is an exciting development in the Intel open-source graphics driver space... Shared Virtual Memory (SVM) support! This is another step towards their upcoming discrete Xe GPUs and ultimately their exciting oneAPI conquest...

Intel SVM Support Published For Linux - Another Step On The March To Xe GPUs  Phoronix

Intel SVM Support Published For Linux - Another Step On The March To Xe GPUs  Phoronix

PinePhone smartphone can run desktop Linux apps, also makes phone calls  Liliputing

The inaugural release of Glimpse is now available, the fork born out of calls for renaming The GIMP project to something not considered offensive...

Dozens of VNC Vulnerabilities Found in Linux, Windows Solutions  BleepingComputer

RADV's ACO Back-End Is Helping Radeon Navi Linux Gaming Performance  Phoronix