Open-source News

GNOME's libspelling Turns To Threads For Much Faster Spell Checking

Phoronix - Thu, 08/08/2024 - 18:47
GNOME's libspelling library is seeing up to eight times faster spell checking performance thanks to threading and other optimizations...

fsck.exfat Can Now Check & Repair Filenames With Invalid Characters

Phoronix - Thu, 08/08/2024 - 18:33
For those making use of Microsoft's exFAT file-system on Linux systems, the user-space programs within exfatprogs have been updated that also include more robust "fsck.exfat" capabilities for checking and repairing exFAT file-systems...

Hyprland 0.42 Wayland Compositor Ditches Wlroots, Adds Explicit Sync Support

Phoronix - Thu, 08/08/2024 - 18:25
Hyprland 0.42 has been released as the newest feature release to this dynamic tiling Wayland compositor that remains "100% independent" and "doesn't sacrifice on its looks." Hyprland had been doing some heavy lifting via the Wlroots library but now in version 0.42 that dependency is eliminated...

How to Sync New and Changed Files Using ‘rsync’ Command

Tecmint - Thu, 08/08/2024 - 13:55
The post How to Sync New and Changed Files Using ‘rsync’ Command first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

As a system administrator or Linux power user, you may have probably come across or even on several occasions, used

The post How to Sync New and Changed Files Using ‘rsync’ Command first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Parrot OS: Security-Focused Linux Distro for Security and Privacy

Tecmint - Thu, 08/08/2024 - 12:31
The post Parrot OS: Security-Focused Linux Distro for Security and Privacy first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Parrot Security (ParrotOS, Parrot) is a free and open-source Debian-based Linux distribution, which is designed for security experts, developers, and

The post Parrot OS: Security-Focused Linux Distro for Security and Privacy first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

9 Best Self-Hosted Alternatives to Google Photos

Tecmint - Thu, 08/08/2024 - 11:24
The post 9 Best Self-Hosted Alternatives to Google Photos first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Google Photos is a powerful and formidable solution for backing up, managing, organizing, and sharing photos. However, it’s not without

The post 9 Best Self-Hosted Alternatives to Google Photos first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Valve's SteamOS 3.6.9 Beta Brings Many Fixes & Supports More Controllers

Phoronix - Thu, 08/08/2024 - 09:09
Valve has just released a SteamOS 3.6.9 beta as the newest update to their Arch Linux derived operating system powering the Steam Deck and other gaming devices...

GhostWrite Vulnerability Affects RISC-V CPU, Mitigating Takes A ~77% Performance Hit

Phoronix - Thu, 08/08/2024 - 02:27
Security researchers with the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security have disclosed GhostWrite, a new CPU vulnerability affecting a common RISC-V processor...

More HDR Preparations Merged In Time For GNOME 47

Phoronix - Thu, 08/08/2024 - 00:45
Following the recent Mutter 47 beta release that also marks the feature freze point for GNOME 47, there still are some High Dynamic Range (HDR) display preparations being merged ahead of this next stable desktop release due out in September...

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X & Ryzen 7 9700X Offer Excellent Linux Performance

Phoronix - Wed, 08/07/2024 - 21:00
This could quite well be my simplest review in the past twenty years of Phoronix. The AMD Ryzen 9000 series starting with the Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X launching tomorrow are some truly great desktop processors. The generational uplift is very compelling, even in single-threaded Linux workloads shooting ahead of Intel's 14th Gen Core competition, across nearly 400 benchmarks these new Zen 5 desktop CPUs impress, and these new Zen 5 desktop processors are priced competitively. I was already loving the Ryzen 7000 series performance on Linux with its AVX-512 implementation and performing so well across hundreds of different Linux workloads but now with the AMD Ryzen 9000 series, AMD is hitting it out of the ball park. That paired with the issues Intel is currently experiencing for the Intel Core 13th/14th Gen CPUs and the ~400 benchmark results makes this a home run for AMD on the desktop side with only some minor Linux caveats.

Pages