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AMD Linux Graphics Driver To Switch To More Aggressive Power Heuristics By Default

Phoronix - Wed, 10/16/2024 - 18:51
It looks like for the upcoming Linux 6.13 kernel cycle there could be a nice performance boost for AMD Radeon discrete graphics cards with the AMDGPU kernel driver poised to set more aggressive power heuristics by default...

Intel Low Power Mode Daemon v0.0.8 Brings New Features

Phoronix - Wed, 10/16/2024 - 18:33
The open-source Intel Low Power Mode Daemon (LPMD) software is out with a new release for optimizing active idle power on modern Intel Core systems under Linux. The Intel LPMD daemon is able to configure the system depending upon workload, utilization, and other hints for delivering the most power efficient cores and behavior of the processor...

New Patches Allow For Deleting Files ~54% Faster On F2FS

Phoronix - Wed, 10/16/2024 - 18:24
A set of patches sent out today for testing allow for faster truncating on the Flash-Friendly File-System (F2FS) that can yield around a 54% speed-up for deleting files...

Microsoft's Azure Linux 3.0 Adds Valkey, Enables Other New Features

Phoronix - Wed, 10/16/2024 - 18:04
Microsoft has released Azure Linux 3.0.20241005 as the "October 2024" update to the company's in-house Linux distribution...

Intel ISPC 1.25 Released With New Targets For Xe2 Lunar Lake & Battlemage

Phoronix - Wed, 10/16/2024 - 17:57
ISPC 1.25 has been released as the newest feature update to the Intel Implicit SPMD Program Compiler as the C language variant for "single program, multiple data" programming to target both Intel's CPUs and GPUs...

How to Run Own Online SMS Portal with playSMS in Linux

Tecmint - Wed, 10/16/2024 - 14:00
The post How to Run Own Online SMS Portal with playSMS in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

playSMS is an open-source SMS management software that allows you to send and receive SMS messages using various gateways and

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CentOS Stream: The Perfect Distribution for Development Projects

Tecmint - Wed, 10/16/2024 - 12:00
The post CentOS Stream: The Perfect Distribution for Development Projects first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

CentOS Stream has become a key part of the Red Hat ecosystem, offering developers an exciting opportunity to shape the

The post CentOS Stream: The Perfect Distribution for Development Projects first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Python 3.14 Alpha 1 Released With Early Changes

Phoronix - Wed, 10/16/2024 - 08:38
It was just last week that Python 3.13 saw its official release with many great features from a new interactive interpreter to an experimental JIT and removing the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) in the experimental free-threaded build mode. Python 3.14 Alpha 1 is already out today in the first very early stage development milestone toward next year's big Python update...

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