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Codon 0.17 Released For LLVM-Based Python Implementation For 10~100x Speedups

Phoronix - Sun, 08/25/2024 - 18:19
Codon is an open-source project that leverages the LLVM compiler infrastructure and aims for super fast Python code with as much as 10~100x speedups. Released this week was Codon 0.17 as the newest step forward for this alternative Python implementation...

Archinstall 2.8.3 Arch Linux Installer Adds COSMIC Desktop Option

Phoronix - Sun, 08/25/2024 - 18:05
Just one week after the Archinstall 2.8.2 update, another release of this command-line driven Arch Linux installer is now available for quick and easy Arch deployments...

GNU DDD 3.4.1 Released As GUI Front-End To GDB

Phoronix - Sun, 08/25/2024 - 03:12
As the first new release in more than one year, GNU DDD 3.4.1 is now available as a GUI front-end to the GNU Debugger (GDB)...

Mesa's PanVK Vulkan Driver Prepares For Arm Mali Valhall Support

Phoronix - Sat, 08/24/2024 - 22:00
Mesa's PanVK driver that provides open-source Vulkan API support for Arm Mali graphics is preparing to support newer "Valhall" hardware...

Linus Torvalds Begins Expressing Regrets Merging Bcachefs

Phoronix - Sat, 08/24/2024 - 18:45
There's been some Friday night kernel drama on the Linux kernel mailing list... Linus Torvalds has expressed regrets for merging the Bcachefs file-system and an ensuing back-and-forth between the file-system maintainer...

FreeBSD 13.4 Nears Release With Modernized DVD Package Set, Driver Updates

Phoronix - Sat, 08/24/2024 - 18:31
FreeBSD 13.4-RC1 has been released ahead of its planned official release in early September. While the FreeBSD 14 series delivers the latest and greatest, FreeBSD 13.4 is a nice incremental update for those still depending upon a FreeBSD 13 base...

KDE Lands Per-Monitor Brightness Controls & Better KWin HDR Tone Mapping

Phoronix - Sat, 08/24/2024 - 18:10
Ahead of the KDE Plasma 6.2 soft feature freeze happening next week, KDE developers have been preparing some last minut features for the desktop...

Wine 9.16 Begins Working On Driver Store Implementation, Pbuffer Support For Wayland

Phoronix - Sat, 08/24/2024 - 08:23
Wine 9.16 is out as the newest bi-weekly development snapshot for this open-source software that enables running Windows games and applications on Linux...

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