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Linux 6.8 Continues Work For Clearing The sysctl Sentinel Bloat

Phoronix - Thu, 01/11/2024 - 19:26
Linux 6.8 is continuing the work toward allowing the sysctl sentinel to be removed, the final empty element on sysctl arrays. This ongoing effort will in turn allow for saving an extra 64 bytes on each sysctl array and will enhance the build time size of the kernel...

Qt 6.5.4 LTS Released As First Commercial-Only Release In The Series

Phoronix - Thu, 01/11/2024 - 19:16
With it being nearly one year since the release of Qt 6.5 LTS and Qt 6.6 having debuted in October, The Qt Company has not put Qt 6.5 LTS into its commercial-only phase with today's Qt 6.5.4 release...

Mesa 23.3.3 Released With A Few Fixes For Intel, RADV & Zink

Phoronix - Thu, 01/11/2024 - 18:57
Eric Engestrom has released Mesa 23.3.3 as the latest stable update to this set of open-source OpenGL and Vulkan graphics drivers plus being the first update of the new year...

How to Keep Linux Process Running After a Crash or Reboot

Tecmint - Thu, 01/11/2024 - 17:26
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In the computer world of Linux, it’s super important to make sure that programs keep running all the time. Sometimes, things like sudden crashes or

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Linus Torvalds Hits Nasty Performance Regression With Early Linux 6.8 Code

Phoronix - Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:30
It's not too often hearing Linus Torvalds himself raising the alarm bells over performance regressions of the Linux kernel, but that happened this evening with the ongoing Linux 6.8 merge window. Torvalds' AMD Ryzen Threadripper system suddenly was suffering from much longer build times at least as a result of new code for this kernel...

GNU Hurd Has Been Making Progress On Its x86_64 Support

Phoronix - Thu, 01/11/2024 - 05:40
While GNU Hurd predates the Linux kernel, its hardware support has been woefully behind with very limited and dated hardware support compared to modern PC/server hardware. Not only that, its been largely x86 limited but during Q4'2023 the developers involved have made progress on x86_64 support and begun tackling AArch64 porting...

Bcachefs Boasts Hefty Optimization For Linux 6.8: 4k MT Random Writes Jump ~30%

Phoronix - Thu, 01/11/2024 - 04:08
Following the Bcachefs file-system having finally been upstreamed in the Linux 6.7 kernel, with the Linux 6.8 merge window now ticking the file-system's lead developer Kent Overstreet has submitted a set of feature additions and performance optimizations to this copy-on-write (CoW) file-system...

XFS Online Repair Picks Up More Features With Linux 6.8

Phoronix - Thu, 01/11/2024 - 03:00
Last year the online repair functionality for XFS began to land with the Linux 6.6 kernel. For the in-development Linux 6.8 kernel, more online repair support for the XFS file-system is now ready...

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