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Intel's Zswap IAA Compress Batching Work Is Very Interesting For Linux Performance

Phoronix - Wed, 11/13/2024 - 21:21
The Intel In-Memory Analytics Accelerator (IAA) found in various Xeon SKUs since Sapphire Rapids can be of big benefit to Linux servers/workstations with a Linux kernel patch series that has been in the works to provide Zswap IAA compress batching...

NVIDIA MLX5 Introducing Data Direct Placement "DDP" In Linux 6.13 For Boosting Bandwidth

Phoronix - Wed, 11/13/2024 - 19:55
The NVIDIA MLX5 driver for NVIDIA Mellanox ConnectX-5 network adapters is preparing to introduce a new Data Direct Placement "DDP" feature with the upcoming Linux 6.13 kernel merge window...

Uncached Buffered IO Is Performing Great, Working Now On Btrfs / EXT4 / XFS

Phoronix - Wed, 11/13/2024 - 19:38
As covered last week Linux I/O expert Jens Axboe has been taking a fresh pursuit of uncached buffered I/O for Linux. This "RWF_UNCACHED" work was originally started back in 2019 while a renewed effort around it is showing ~65% faster read/write performance and so far has been extended to work across EXT4, Btrfs, and XFS file-systems...

AMD Continues Backing AlmaLinux For Community Enterprise Linux OS

Phoronix - Wed, 11/13/2024 - 19:15
The AlmaLinux operating system project that was started from the fallout of the RHEL/CentOS development shift several years ago has once again courted AMD as a sponsorship of this community enterprise Linux operating system...

xcompmgr 1.1.10 Released For Classic "Eye Candy" Compositor On X.Org

Phoronix - Wed, 11/13/2024 - 18:28
Xcompmgr 1.1.10 was released yesterday as the newest update to this basic X11 compositor providing "eye candy" effects for classic X.Org usage...

Jan: An Open Source ChatGPT-Alternative That Runs 100% Offline

Tecmint - Wed, 11/13/2024 - 15:40
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In recent years, AI-driven chatbots like ChatGPT have become popular for tasks such as generating text, answering questions, and assisting

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A Simple Breakdown of Localhost and 127.0.0.1 in Networking

Tecmint - Wed, 11/13/2024 - 14:32
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When working with Linux or any other operating system, you might encounter the terms localhost and 127.0.0.1 quite often. They

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11 Must-Have Docker Tools To Simplify Your Workflow

Tecmint - Wed, 11/13/2024 - 13:55
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Docker is a popular tool for creating, deploying, and managing containerized applications, but managing containers, images, and configurations can become

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