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Linux 6.18-rc4 Fixes Another Performance Regression In The Power Management Code

Phoronix - Fri, 10/31/2025 - 18:36
Last week there was a fix for a "serious performance regression" in the Linux kernel's power management code that affected some Intel-powered Chromebooks. This week the power management fixes ahead of Linux 6.18-rc4 is addressing another performance regression...

AerynOS 2025.10 ISOs Released - GNOME 49, Switches Back To GNU libstdc++

Phoronix - Fri, 10/31/2025 - 18:12
AerynOS 2025.10 ISOs were released today for closing out the month of October. AerynOS as a reminder is the Linux distribution that was started by Ikey Doherty and originally known as Serpent OS that has since evolved into an open-source team effort...

Krita Lands Basic HDR Support On Wayland

Phoronix - Fri, 10/31/2025 - 18:04
The KDE/Qt-aligned Krita digital painting application is the latest creative app now supporting high dynamic range (HDR) on Linux when using Wayland...

Vulkan 1.4.331 Brings Two New Extensions

Phoronix - Fri, 10/31/2025 - 17:48
Just one week after Vulkan 1.4.330 brought five new extensions, Vulkan 1.4.331 is now available with another two new extensions for this high performance graphics and compute API...

Genode-Powered Sculpt OS 25.10 Brings Performance Improvements & Better Drivers

Phoronix - Fri, 10/31/2025 - 08:22
The Genode operating system framework continues innovating over a decade and a half later on this original open-source OS creation and with that Sculpt OS as its general purpose OS. Out today is Sculpt OS 25.10 to incorporate the latest enhancements to the platform...

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