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Linux 6.10 Wires Up More Compute Express Link "CXL" Functionality

Phoronix - Fri, 05/17/2024 - 18:49
The Compute Express Link (CXL) subsystem development continues to be led by Intel engineers and with the in-development Linux 6.10 kernel there are yet more features in tow...

Intel Readies Xeon Phi Removal For GCC 15

Phoronix - Fri, 05/17/2024 - 18:32
For the GCC 14 compiler release is the deprecation of the Xeon Phi targets. With Intel Knights Landing and Knights Mill being end-of-life at Intel, they are working to do away with the GNU Compiler Collection support. A patch has been posted to drop the Xeon Phi ISAs with GCC 15...

EROFS Adds Zstd & Btrfs Gets Minor Performance Work In Linux 6.10

Phoronix - Fri, 05/17/2024 - 18:21
The EROFS and Btrfs file-systems saw their feature patches merged as part of the ongoing Linux 6.10 merge window...

Sysctl Sentinel Bloat Removal Wrapping Up In Linux 6.10

Phoronix - Fri, 05/17/2024 - 18:12
The year-long effort to removal the sysctl sentinel for clearing bloat from the kernel and allowing faster build times should be crossing the finish line in Linux 6.10...

Top 5 Open-Source Enterprise Software for Linux in 2024

Tecmint - Fri, 05/17/2024 - 15:00
The post Top 5 Open-Source Enterprise Software for Linux in 2024 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Over the years, Linux has been gradually gaining more and more popularity not only with individual users but also with businesses and enterprises looking for

The post Top 5 Open-Source Enterprise Software for Linux in 2024 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

GNOME 47 Aims For Release On 18 September

Phoronix - Fri, 05/17/2024 - 08:43
The GNOME project has now solidified their release schedule for the current GNOME 47 development cycle: GNOME 47.0 should be out on 18 September...

AMD Ryzen 5 8400F vs. Intel Core i5 1440F: 230+ Benchmarks For Sub-$200 CPU Performance

Phoronix - Fri, 05/17/2024 - 05:16
This week AMD announced the Ryzen 5 8400F and Ryzen 7 8700F processors as new Zen 4 budget CPU contenders lacking any integrated graphics. While part of the Ryzen 8000 series, the 8400F also lacks the Ryzen AI support found in the higher-end SKUs. The Ryzen 5 8400F offers 6 cores / 12 threads, a 4.2GHz base clock and 4.7GHz boost clock, and a 65 Watt TDP while retailing for $169~189 USD. Here are some initial benchmarks of the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F in putting it up against 230+ benchmarks under Linux while also monitoring the CPU power consumption and comparing it to Intel's closest contender as the Core i5 1440F that retails for just under $200.

Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund Now Supporting FFmpeg

Phoronix - Fri, 05/17/2024 - 03:29
Following Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund providing significant funding for GNOME, Rust Coreutils, PHP, a systemd bug bounty, and numerous other free software projects, the FFmpeg multimedia library is the latest beneficiary to this funding from the Germany government...

Linux Patch Posted For NVMe Flexible Data Placement (FDP)

Phoronix - Fri, 05/17/2024 - 00:58
A patch has been posted by Samsung engineers for implementing Flexible Data Placement (FDP) support within the Linux kernel's NVMe driver code. NVMe FDP allows for the host system to have more control over the placement of logical blocks on the storage device...

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