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Patches Posted For Removing The SLAB Allocator From The Linux Kernel

Phoronix - Tue, 11/14/2023 - 13:00
Since the Linux 6.5 kernel this summer the SLAB allocator has been officially deprecated. This followed the demise of SLOB and trying to get all Linux users over to the SLUB allocator. Patches have now been posted for stripping out the SLAB allocator for good from the mainline kernel...

Firefox Is Going To Try And Ship With Wayland Enabled By Default

Phoronix - Tue, 11/14/2023 - 09:11
Guardrails have been in place where the Firefox browser has enabled Wayland by default (when running on recent GTK versions) but as of today that code has been removed... Firefox will try to move forward with stable releases where Wayland will ship by default!..

Intel's Aurora Supercomputer Debuts On TOP500 In Spot #2

Phoronix - Tue, 11/14/2023 - 04:30
The Aurora supercomputer originally was supposed to be completed by Intel and Cray/HPE for the Argonne National Laboratory back in 2018. Now at the end of 2023, it's made its first debut on the TOP500 list... But only as a partial deployment and is coming in at spot number two...

One Of Ubuntu's Great Features Has Been Broken For One Month

Phoronix - Tue, 11/14/2023 - 01:39
One of the great niche features of Ubuntu Linux has been the Ubuntu Mainline Kernel PPA that's been maintained by Canonical for providing daily kernel builds of the Linux Git kernel state as well as of all point releases and release candidates. Sadly it's now been broken for one month for this very convenient feature...

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