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DM-Crypt Adding "High Priority" Option In Linux 6.10

Phoronix - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 17:00
Queued up as part of the DeviceMapper dm-crypt changes for Linux 6.10 is adding a new "high priority" option...

DRM Buddy & AMDGPU Wired Up For Clear Page Tracking In Linux 6.10

Phoronix - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 15:00
Sent in to DRM-Next as part of last week's drm-misc-next changes is implementing support for tracking cleared free memory and is initially wired up for the AMDGPU kernel graphics driver...

XZ Backdoor, Nova Driver, Linux 6.9 Features & Ubuntu 24.04 Made For An Exciting April

Phoronix - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 12:00
April 2024 is now in the books after writing 257 original Linux/open-source-related news articles and another 13 featured articles / Linux hardware reviews. Here's a look back at the most exciting (popular) content from April...

Microsoft Updates Cascadia Code: Its Open-Source Font For Developers

Phoronix - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 08:26
Back in 2019 Microsoft open-sourced Cascadia Code as a font designed for terminals and code editors. The goals are similar to that of Intel's more recent One Mono as another open-source font for developers. It's been three years since the last update to the Cascadia Code open-source font while today rolled out version 2404.23...

Rust-Written Redox OS Gets USB Keyboards & Mice Working

Phoronix - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 07:30
Redox OS as the from-scratch, Rust-written open-source operating system had a successful April with now having USB keyboards and mice now working with their USB HID driver...

Linux Mint Looks To Fork More GNOME Software, Make XApp More Independent

Phoronix - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 00:13
Linux Mint published their monthly status update for April 2024 where they talk about ongoing testing for faster and more reliable repository access via the Fastly CDN to other more interesting software happenings like the likelihood that they will fork more GNOME applications as well as looking to make their XApp applications more distribution agnostic...

Noctua NH-L12Sx77 Makes For A Great Low-Profile CPU Cooler

Phoronix - Tue, 04/30/2024 - 23:14
Last week Noctua announced the NH-L12Sx77 low-profile CPU cooler as effectively an upgraded version of their NH-L12s CPU cooler that is now slightly taller to offer better performance and improved system compatibility.

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