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Google Posts New Version Of Live Update Orchestrator For Speedy Kernel Updates In Production Environments

Phoronix - Fri, 05/16/2025 - 12:00
Back in March Google unveiled the Live Update Orchestrator "LUO" as a new means of live kernel updates for running production systems with a particular emphasis on servers running cloud workloads. A second iteration of the Live Update Orchestrator patches were posted for review today...

Intel Core Ultra 7 256V "Lunar Lake" Linux Performance In Mid-2025 vs. Launch Day

Phoronix - Fri, 05/16/2025 - 02:30
Given the significant gains to the Intel Arrow Lake performance on Linux since launch that I showcased last month on Phoronix, I was also eager to see how the Intel Lunar Lake performance has evolved since its debut last year. In this article is a look at those relatively weak launch-day Linux performance numbers for the Core Ultra 7 256V compared to where they are performing now on Ubuntu 25.04 for showing how far the Intel Lunar Lake performance has evolved since last September.

Rust Language Celebrates Ten Years By Releasing Rust 1.87

Phoronix - Fri, 05/16/2025 - 01:40
Rust 1.87 is now available as the newest version of this popular programming language. With the Rust 1.87 release it also marks ten years already of this system programming language focused on memory safety and modern features...

Mutter SDK Merged For GNOME 49

Phoronix - Fri, 05/16/2025 - 01:29
Adding to the excitement for this September's GNOME 49 release is introducing the Mutter SDK...

KDE Plasma 6.4 Beta Released With Aurorae & KWin-X11

Phoronix - Thu, 05/15/2025 - 23:37
The beta release of the KDE Plasma 6.4 beta desktop is now available for testing ahead of its official release in June...

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