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Last week I wrote about Linux patches cleaning up x86 32-bit kernel builds for x86_64 CPUs. The new iteration of those patches were sent out today, including the addition of a patch adding the CONFIG_X86_64_NATIVE Kconfig tunable for enabling "-march=native" kernel builds to cater your optimized kernel compilation for the CPU on which you are building the kernel...

Currently the Linux kernel's "perf" performance monitoring subsystem has a limit on 2,048 CPU cores for its CPU map that is set by the MAX_NR_CPUS value. But that's becoming not enough in today's high core count era that patches are looking to raise it to a 4,096 CPU core limit by default...

Perf Support For 2,048 CPU Cores Is Becoming Not Enough - Patches Bump Kernel Limit  Phoronix

GNU Shepherd 1.0 released after two decades in development  Notebookcheck.net

For those wanting to run Coreboot or Coreboot-derived firmware on a modern desktop motherboard with good performance and features, the main contender currently is 3mdeb's Dasharo downstream that can be flashed on the MSI PRO Z790-P/Z790-P motherboards for using with Intel Core Alder Lake and Raptor Lake processors. Firmware consulting firm 3mdeb today published a new Dasharo firmware update for the MSI PRO Z790-P WIFI motherboard...

Working with PDF files on Linux  Network World

Working with PDF files on Linux  Network World

System76 just took everything that was good in Pop!_OS and made it even better  ZDNet

What will the year 2025 bring for Linux PCs?  PCWorld

Predictive Analytics: Enhancing Linux System Reliability with Data-Driven Insights  Analytics Insight

Space Marine 2 adds DLSS3, FSR3 and Frame Generation - more playable on Steam Deck, needs launch option for Desktop Linux  GamingOnLinux

Why I Want to See an Official GNOME-Only OS  How-To Geek

10 Essential Linux Commands for Beginner DevOps Engineers to Automate Workflows  Medium

A promising patch for the Linux kernel is optimizing the locking contention and scattered address space for the MD bitmap code to improve both the storage throughput and latency...

Debian-based Window Maker Live 12.8 comes with recompiled packages and GUI enhancements  Notebookcheck.net

Optimizing Linux MD Bitmap Code Yields 89% Throughput Boost For Quad SSDs  Phoronix

IBM engineers announced they are deprecating the upstream CXL and CXLFLASH Linux kernel drivers with plans to then remove the drivers from the mainline kernel the following cycle. Before getting too worked up when seeing the "cxl: Deprecate driver" patch, this is about the Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface (CAPI) that predates the Compute Express Link...

The Servo browser engine project is out with their latest monthly status update to outline improvements made to this Rust-based open-source engine...

NVIDIA published EGL-Wayland 1.1.17 on Monday as the newest update to this Wayland EGL external platform library to provide client-side Wayland support to EGL atop the EGLDevice and EGLStream extensions...

Proton Experimental adds initial speech synthesis support, lots of game fixes for Steam Deck / Linux  GamingOnLinux