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2 Useful Tools to Count Lines of Source Code in Programming Languages

Tecmint - Sat, 08/19/2023 - 13:27
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In the realm of software development, managing and understanding codebase metrics is crucial for maintaining code quality, optimizing performance, and ensuring efficient collaboration among development

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Wine 8.14 Released Following Summer Holiday

Phoronix - Sat, 08/19/2023 - 05:00
It's been nearly one month since Wine 8.13 was released while today marked the debut of the Wine 8.14 development milestone...

Linux 6.6 To Support Rumble / Force Feedback On Google Stadia Controllers

Phoronix - Sat, 08/19/2023 - 02:11
For those that happen to have a Google Stadia gaming controller from the days of Google's cloud gaming service, the Linux 6.6 kernel is adding a new driver to enable force feedback (rumble) support with these controllers...

AMD Ryzen 7 7840U Windows 11 vs. Linux CPU Performance

Phoronix - Fri, 08/18/2023 - 22:36
Over the past month I've been delivering a number of Linux laptop tests with the AMD Ryzen 7 7840U for that Zen 4 "Phoenix" SoC within an Acer Swift Edge 16. One of the requests that has come up with my ongoing testing has been how well the default Microsoft Windows 11 installation compares to loading up Linux on this 8-core AMD Zen 4 laptop. Well, in this article is a look at the Linux performance compared to Windows 11, including when making use of the Linux 6.5 development kernel where AMD P-State is now the default and also for seeing what workloads are impacted by the recent AMD Inception vulnerability.

Cryptsetup Lands Support For OPAL Self Encrypting Drives

Phoronix - Fri, 08/18/2023 - 21:44
Linux 6.4 or newer paired with the latest cryptsetup development code has landed support for the OPAL specification for self-encrypting drives...

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