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The Weird Way the 404 Media Zine Was Built  404 Media

These are the 3 Linux distros I recommend for servers  Yahoo! Tech

These are the 3 Linux distros I recommend for servers  How-To Geek

Added to the Linux kernel earlier this year was the new X86_NATIVE_CPU Kconfig option to enable compiler optimizations for the local/native CPU in use when building the Linux kernel. In effect about ensuring that the "-march=native" compiler flag is set for the kernel build for optimizing the Linux kernel build for your processor being used. Back with Linux 6.16 I ran some benchmarks of the Linux kernel build with X86_NATIVE_CPU to gauge the impact. Now with the current Linux 6.19 kernel and some different hardware, here are some additional on/off benchmarks for evaluating the impact of the Linux kernel build with X86_NATIVE_CPU...

Linux 6.19 Kernel Benchmarks With X86_NATIVE_CPU Optimization  Phoronix

Fedora Linux 2025: Key Innovations in Versions 42 and 43  WebProNews

CachyOS Challenges Ubuntu In New Server Benchmarks  Dataconomy

InputPlumber 0.70 is out today as the newest feature update to this open-source input router and re-mapper daemon for Linux systems. With more gaming handhelds coming to market and other controllers as well as the upward trajectory of Linux gaming, InputPlumber is becoming more applicable for this daemon to combine various input devices into different virtual device formats...

InputPlumber 0.70 Released With Expanded Hardware Support  Phoronix

An important fix has made it into the X.Org Server XWayland codebase ahead of the new year. XWayland has been fixed to avoid sending incorrect pointer coordinates to X11 clients on pointer enter events...

Recovered Unix v4 tape quickly yields a usable operating system — nostalgia addicts can now boot up Unix v4 in a browser window  Tom's Hardware

The open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers making up Mesa had another very successful year. Even with all the years being invested into Mesa largely by Intel, AMD, Valve, Red Hat, and others, the upward trajectory continues for Mesa on expanding the hardware support, punctually adding new Vulkan extensions, and racking up other wins...

D7VK 1.1 adds experimental Direct3D 6 support for classic PC games on Linux  VideoCardz.com

Running Linux on Sony’s PlayStation 2 is Easier Than You Think  TechEBlog -

Three Linux Conflicts That Still Shape the OS You Use Today  gHacks Technology News

NTFSPlus Becomes "NTFS" as Driver Moves Closer to Kernel Integration  It's FOSS

Three Linux Conflicts That Still Shape the OS You Use Today  gHacks Technology News

Linux finally getting key performance boost feature that Windows 11/10 has had for years  Neowin

I stopped installing Linux distros for fun and finally settled on one  XDA

Liquid Reply Joins Linux Foundation Backed Agentic AI Foundation  Open Source For You