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Linux Foundation Launches The High Performance Software Foundation

Phoronix - Mon, 05/13/2024 - 18:40
Back at Supercomputing 23, the Linux Foundation announced their intent on forming the High Performance Software Foundation for helping to advance open-source software for high performance computing (HPC). The Linux Foundation is now using ISC 24 this week in Hamburg, Germany for announcing that the High Performance Software Foundation has launched...

x32 Shadow Stacks, Locking Optimizations, Intel VFM & Other x86 Changes For Linux 6.10

Phoronix - Mon, 05/13/2024 - 18:33
Today marks the first official day of the Linux 6.10 merge window. Among the horde of pull requests sent out today were the numerous x86 pull requests of material that's been queuing up in TIP.git of which there are many changes benefiting both Intel and AMD...

GNU Linux-libre 6.9 Released: More Deblobbing, Fixes Intel Graphics On GuC-Less Systems

Phoronix - Mon, 05/13/2024 - 17:58
Building off last night's release of Linux 6.9 stable, GNU Linux-libre 6.9-gnu has debuted as this kernel downstream that works on stripping out support for any drivers/hardware depending upon closed-source firmware/microcode and other alterations in the name of software freedom...

Intel-Powered Aurora Supercomputer Breaks The Exascale Barrier

Phoronix - Mon, 05/13/2024 - 17:00
Intel, HPE, and Argonne National Laboratory have announced at ISC High Performance 2024 that the Aurora Supercomputer has broken the Excascale barrier and is now the fastest AI supercomputer currently in existence...

15 Useful ‘dpkg’ Commands for Debian/Ubuntu Users

Tecmint - Mon, 05/13/2024 - 14:31
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Debian GNU/Linux, the foundational operating system for several Linux distributions including Knoppix, Kali, Ubuntu, Mint, etc., uses various package managers such as dpkg, apt, apt-get,

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Arch Linux Powered CachyOS Adds Bcachefs Installer Support

Phoronix - Mon, 05/13/2024 - 13:00
Arch Linux derived CachyOS is known for its aggressive performance optimizations and running well on modern hardware. It's also leading when it comes to adopting other new Linux/open-source features. With this weekend's May 2024 ISO update, CachyOS has rolled out initial support for installing to a root file-system based on Bcachefs...

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