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FUSE Passthrough Mode Merged For Linux 6.9

Phoronix - Sat, 03/16/2024 - 03:13
The FUSE passthrough mode that's been years in the making for better performance was merged upstream today for the in-development Linux 6.9 kernel!..

Bcachefs Sees Improved Journal Pipelining & More Efficient Discard With Linux 6.9

Phoronix - Sat, 03/16/2024 - 02:00
Earlier this week with the original Bcachefs pull request for Linux 6.9 Linus Torvalds wasn't happy with some of the code pertaining to spinning out a new library code so that it could be re-used by at least the XFS file-system. A revised pull request was since submitted without that library spin-out and Torvalds today went ahead and merged that updated file-system driver...

VKD3D-Proton 2.12 Released With Initial Support For NVIDIA Reflex

Phoronix - Sat, 03/16/2024 - 01:04
VKD3D-Proton 2.12 is out today as the newest version of this software used by Valve's Steam Play (Proton) for implementing Direct3D 12 over the Vulkan API. With VKD3D-proton 2.12 is initial support for NVIDIA Reflex technology along with various other features...

The Performance Impact Of Intel's Register File Data Sampling "RFDS" Mitigation

Phoronix - Fri, 03/15/2024 - 22:07
Earlier this week on Patch Tuesday was the disclosure by Intel of the Register File Data Sampling (RFDS) vulnerability and mitigation via updated CPU microcode and a kernel patch. RFDS is around malicious user-space software potentially being able to infer stale register values from kernel space. Register File Data Sampling affects recent Intel Atom / E-core bearing processors including the latest Raptor Lake Refresh processors. In this article are some initial benchmarks of the RFDS performance impact under Linux when using the Core i9 14900K processor.

LXD 5.21 LTS Released With UI By Default, AMD SEV Memory Encryption For VMs

Phoronix - Fri, 03/15/2024 - 20:48
Ahead of next month's Ubuntu 24.04 LTS release, Canonical has released LXD 5.21 as the newest feature update to this container and VM manager. LXD 5.21 now ships with a production-grade graphical user interface by default, brings AMD SEV support for memory encryption of VMs on EPYC CPUs, object storage support, and other features...

ARM64 Rust Support & dpISA 2023 Extensions Merged For Linux 6.9

Phoronix - Fri, 03/15/2024 - 18:45
All of the ARM64 (AArch64) feature updates have been merged for the Linux 6.9 kernel. Besides the new SoC and platform hardware support, there are a few ARM64 architecture updates worth pointing out...

Intel Releases SVT-AV1 2.0 For Even Faster AV1 Encoding

Phoronix - Fri, 03/15/2024 - 18:26
Intel has published SVT-AV1 2.0 as the newest major feature release to this leading open-source CPU-based AV1 video encoder. Along with various API changes, SVT-AV1 2.0 has yet more encode performance optimizations...

Mobileye EyeQ5 SoC Support Upstreamed In Linux 6.9

Phoronix - Fri, 03/15/2024 - 18:16
While Mobileye has already announced EyeQ6 and EyeQ7, being upstreamed in the Linux 6.9 kernel is finally support for the EyeQ5 SoC used for advanced driver-assistance systems in various automobiles. The EyeQ5 is a MIPS-based platform now capable of running an upstream kernel...

3 Best Cloud-Based Music Apps for Linux

Tecmint - Fri, 03/15/2024 - 15:31
The post 3 Best Cloud-Based Music Apps for Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

In the modern era of music streaming, cloud-based music apps have become immensely popular for their convenience and accessibility. Linux users, in particular, seek reliable

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How to Assign Multiple IPs to a Single Network Interface in Linux

Tecmint - Fri, 03/15/2024 - 13:40
The post How to Assign Multiple IPs to a Single Network Interface in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

The concept of creating or configuring multiple IP addresses on a single network interface is called IP aliasing, which is very useful for setting up

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