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Linux 6.4-rc2 Released As A Fairly Calm Mother's Day Kernel

Phoronix - Mon, 05/15/2023 - 04:42
Linus Torvalds just released Linux 6.4-rc2 as the second weekly release candidate of the in-development Linux 6.4 cycle...

Linux Features Loved By Microsoft Engineers Working On WSL2

Phoronix - Sun, 05/14/2023 - 21:13
In addition to Microsoft having a significant present at last week's Linux Security Summit, there were also multiple Microsoft engineers at the Linux Foundation's Open-Source Summit that was also taking place in Vancouver. Among the Microsoft Linux talks this week was a presentation on the Linux kernel usage by WSL2 -- including how it's moving closer to a mainline/upstream status and also mentions of Linux kernel features loved by Microsoft's engineering team...

Linux 6.4-rc2 Preps For AMD Zen 4 Model 78h

Phoronix - Sun, 05/14/2023 - 20:07
Sent out this morning were the x86/urgent patches for the Linux 6.4-rc2 kernel due for release later today. With the x86/urgent changes this week are just two AMD patches in preparing the kernel for Family 19h Model 78h processors...

Fedora Program Manager Laid Off As Part Of Red Hat Cuts

Phoronix - Sun, 05/14/2023 - 17:54
As part of the Red Hat layoffs announced in April with around a 4% reduction in headcount for the IBM-owneed company, one of the surprising casualties from that round of cost-cutting is the Fedora Program Manager...

Tellusim Core SDK Published With Linux & Vulkan Support Included

Phoronix - Sun, 05/14/2023 - 17:45
Tellusim as the company known so far for its GravityMark benchmark and being started by Alexander Zapryagaev who was a Unigine Corp co-founder has now launched the Tellusim Core SDK as a new cross-platform, commercial engine...

Xfce's Wayland Compositor Code Continues Improving

Phoronix - Sun, 05/14/2023 - 17:15
A status update was posted this week around xfwm4-wayland with the Xfce Wayland compositor code...

GNU Shepherd 0.10 Released For Guile-Written Init/Service Manager

Phoronix - Sat, 05/13/2023 - 23:56
GNU Shepherd 0.10 is out today as the latest release for this GNU-backed service manager and init system that is written in Guile...

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