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Bcachefs Fixes Deadlock In Recovery, More Fixes Coming

Phoronix - Wed, 03/20/2024 - 18:43
Following the revised Bcachefs code making it into Linux 6.9 and a warning for Bcachefs multi-device users to move past Linux 6.7, a batch of fixes was merged overnight for Linux 6.9 while further fixes to this file-system are expected soon...

XWayland Rootful Lands HiDPI / Fractional Scaling Support

Phoronix - Wed, 03/20/2024 - 18:30
Running XWayland in rootful mode now allows for working HiDPI and fractional scaling support...

How to Install Symfony Framework in Linux

Tecmint - Wed, 03/20/2024 - 12:05
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The Symfony is a free, full-stack PHP framework used for building web applications. It’s well-known for its self-contained components that seamlessly integrate into any PHP

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The Significant Corporate Importance & Pressure Around Mesa Open-Source Linux 3D Drivers

Phoronix - Wed, 03/20/2024 - 08:06
It has taken many years but the Mesa 3D open-source graphics drivers have proven very successful from the open-source AMD Vulkan and OpenGL drivers proving they can be capable of competing with the closed-source drivers not only for gaming but also workstation tasks, the Windows vs. Linux graphics driver performance gap largely closed, Microsoft even leveraging Mesa for their translations to the D3D12 API, vendors like Imagination developing once unthinkable open-source drivers, etc. But with the increasing importance to corporations, so has the responsibilities and concerns of Mesa driver developers...

AMD With Upstream Linux Nears "The Ultimate Goal Of Confidential Computing"

Phoronix - Wed, 03/20/2024 - 03:00
More AMD SEV-SNP bits are upstreamed now for the in-development Linux 6.9 kernel that is putting the EPYC processor support on the mainline kernel trajectory for "the ultimate goal of the AMD confidential computing side" to hopefully be in great shape come Linux 6.10 later in the year...

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