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DXVK 2.3 Brings Presentation Improvements, More Game Fixes, "hideNvidiaGpu" Option

Phoronix - Tue, 09/05/2023 - 00:10
It's been nearly four months since the release of DXVK 2.2 for this Direct3D 9/10/11 API implementation built atop the Vulkan API that is used by Valve's Steam Play (Proton) for enjoying Windows games on Linux. Out today is DXVK 2.3 as the latest major step forward for the project...

AMD P-State Fixes & Other Power Management Changes For Linux 6.6

Phoronix - Mon, 09/04/2023 - 22:07
The ACPI and power management updates were merged last week for the Linux 6.6 kernel...

uutils 0.0.21 Released With More Improvements For GNU Coreutils Written In Rust

Phoronix - Mon, 09/04/2023 - 20:17
Released at the end of August was GNU Coreutils 9.4 while out this weekend is uutils 0.0.21 as the open-source, Rust-written re-implementation of the Coreutils utilities...

Printk Cleanups Ready For Linux 6.6 - Stepping Towards Threaded/Atomic Console Printing

Phoronix - Mon, 09/04/2023 - 19:58
A set of printk clean-ups were sent in today for the Linux 6.6 merge window. These clean-ups are important as they are a stepping stone towards the threaded / atomic console printing and in turn that is the last major blocker before the real-time (PREEMPT_RT) support can finally be upstreamed in the kernel...

Fwupd 1.9.5 Released With Optional Passim Support, Firmware Updating For New Devices

Phoronix - Mon, 09/04/2023 - 18:30
Fwupd 1.9.5 is out today as the newest version of this open-source software for enabling system and peripheral firmware updating under Linux that ties into the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS). With the Fwupd 1.9.5 some additional devices are now supported plus there are some other core improvements...

Armbian 23.08 Released With Work-In-Progress ThinkPad X13s Support, New SBCs

Phoronix - Mon, 09/04/2023 - 18:20
Armbian 23.08 is out as the latest quarterly update to this Debian-based Linux distribution optimized for use on Arm single board computers and other devices...

Partial SMT Enablement Support Lands For Linux 6.6

Phoronix - Mon, 09/04/2023 - 18:03
As part of the "smp/core" changes that were merged last week for the Linux 6.6 kernel, partial SMT enablement landed for processors that support more than two threads per physical core to allow greater run-time control over just how many threads to enable...

9 Best Linux Console File Managers

Tecmint - Mon, 09/04/2023 - 13:09
The post 9 Best Linux Console File Managers first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Linux console file managers can be very helpful in day-to-day tasks, when managing files on a local machine, or when connected to a remote one.

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