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MidnightBSD 3.2 Released With Ravenports On x86_64, New AMD Features

Phoronix - Tue, 07/23/2024 - 00:53
MidnightBSD 3.2 is out as the newest feature update to one of the few desktop-focused BSD operating systems still being maintained. MidnightBSD 3.2 continues to be derived from FreeBSD sources while shipping with a nice Xfce-based desktop experience...

X.Org Server Patches Look To Cleanup VRR Handling, Make It Xinerama-Aware

Phoronix - Tue, 07/23/2024 - 00:11
Open-source developer Enrico Weigelt has in recent months taken to near single-handedly maintain and further enhance the aging X.Org Server codebase. The latest area that Weigelt has been working to improve is around the X.Org Server's Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) support...

Linux 6.11 "MM" Patches Include Many Improvements, A 10x Speedup For One Optimization

Phoronix - Mon, 07/22/2024 - 22:53
Andrew Morton on Sunday sent in his "MM" pull requests for Linux 6.11 of the areas of the kernel he manages...

GNU C Library 2.40 Released With New C23 Features & New Performance Tunables

Phoronix - Mon, 07/22/2024 - 20:30
GNU C Library "glibc" 2.40 is now available with more C23 features being enabled as well as some new performance tunables on x86_64 and AArch64 along with other improvements to this widely used libc implementation...

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