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Ubuntu 24.04 Helping Achieve Greater Performance On Intel Xeon Scalable Emerald Rapids

Phoronix - Fri, 03/08/2024 - 23:55
While Ubuntu 24.04 LTS won't be officially out until the back-half of April, here is an early look at how the Intel Xeon Scable "Emerald Rapids" performance is looking right now compared to Ubuntu 23.10 and the current Ubuntu 22.04 LTS series in a variety of benchmarks. As largely expected with the software updates, the new Ubuntu 24.04 LTS will help achieve greater server/HPC performance on recent Intel processors.

VirtualBox KVM Backend Adds Support For SR-IOV Graphics

Phoronix - Fri, 03/08/2024 - 22:53
Announced one month ago by Cyberus Technology was an open-source KVM back-end for VirtualBox. This work by Cyberus allows for using the KVM hypervisor with VirtualBox as opposed to its custom kernel module maintained by Oracle. That KVM back-end has now been extended to support SR-IOV graphics virtualization...

Improved Debugging Of Suspend/Resume For AMD Ryzen Laptops On Linux Coming With MP2 STB

Phoronix - Fri, 03/08/2024 - 22:43
AMD engineers and those debugging s2idle suspend/resume issues for Ryzen laptops under Linux will soon have more information at disposal for newer SoCs supporting MP2 STB functionality...

Improved Case-Insensitive File Handling Coming To Linux 6.9

Phoronix - Fri, 03/08/2024 - 21:26
The optional case-insensitive file/folder handling under Linux that's hooked up for various file-systems like EXT4 and F2FS will benefit from improved performance on the upcoming Linux 6.9 kernel cycle...

Linux 6.8 Squeezing In Support For A Few Newer HP HyperX Controllers

Phoronix - Fri, 03/08/2024 - 19:56
Sent in today as part of the input subsystem fixes for the current Linux 6.8 kernel cycle are adding support for several more HP HyperX gaming controllers...

Linux 6.9 Set To Drop The Old NTFS File-System Driver

Phoronix - Fri, 03/08/2024 - 19:42
Merged two years ago with Linux 5.15 with the "NTFS3" driver developed by Paragon Software with working read-write support and other improvements for supporting Microsoft's NTFS file-system driver. This driver was a big improvement over the original NTFS read-only driver found in the mainline kernel and faster than using the NTFS-3G FUSE file-system driver. Now with enough time having passed and the NTFS3 driver working out well, the older NTFS driver is set for removal...

How to Add Text to Existing Files in Linux

Tecmint - Fri, 03/08/2024 - 14:57
The post How to Add Text to Existing Files in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

In the wide world of Linux, learning simple yet powerful commands is key to becoming a proficient user. One such essential skill is appending lines

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How to Check How Long a Process Has Been Running in Linux

Tecmint - Fri, 03/08/2024 - 13:53
The post How to Check How Long a Process Has Been Running in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Linux, with its powerful command-line interface, provides users with a myriad of tools to monitor and manage processes efficiently. One essential piece of information for

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