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Linus Torvalds Lands A 2.6% Performance Improvement With Minor Linux Kernel Patch
Linus Torvalds merged a patch on Wednesday that he authored that with reworking a few lines of code is able to score a 2.6% improvement within Intel's well-exercise "will it scale" per-thread-ops benchmark test case...
2024-10-31 07:10
AMX-FP8 Support Upstreamed Into LLVM For Intel Diamond Rapids
Intel compiler engineer Feng Zou has upstreamed AMX-FP8 support into the LLVM compiler stack. This FP8 extension to the Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) is coming with next-gen Diamond Rapids processors alongside other new ISA extensions...
2024-10-31 06:43
SUSE's Agama Installer Adds QR Code To The Console & Other Improvements
SUSE's Agama OS installer 10 was recently released as the newest feature iteration for this next-gen OS installer for SUSE/openSUSE...
2024-10-31 06:33
SVT-AV1 2.3 Brings More Performance Improvements: AVX-512 & LTO By Default, More Tuning
SVT-AV1 2.3 is now available as the newest feature release to this leading open-source AV1 encoder. With SVT-AV1 2.3 there are yet more performance improvements...
2024-10-31 06:20
AMDVLK 2024.Q4.1 Adds A Few More Vulkan Extensions
One month has passed since the AMDVLK 2024.Q3.3 driver release while today has brought the AMDVLK 2024.Q4.1 release with a few new Vulkan API extensions...
2024-10-31 06:03
Google Chrome Update Offers More Control Over Memory Usage
The latest stable update to Google Chrome introduces an enhanced Memory Saver feature which could help you reduce the browser’s memory footprint. It’s fair to say that Google Chrome is infamous for being a memory hog. Is it deserved? Perhaps once u...
2024-10-30 23:54
Ubuntu 25.04 “Plucky Puffin” Is Slated for Release on April 17th, 2025
Ubuntu 25.04 “Plucky Puffin” operating system has been slated for release next year on April 17th, 2025, and it’s expected to come with the GNOME 48 desktop environment and Linux kernel 6.14. The post Ubuntu 25.04 “Plucky Puffin” Is Slated fo...
2024-10-30 21:06
Ubuntu 25.04 Opens Development with Big Build Change
Ubuntu developers today announced that Ubuntu 25.04 ‘Plucky Puffin’ is officially open for development. There’s even a release date: Ubuntu 25.04 is out on April 17, 2025. Still, that’s a way off; there are 6 months of development stretching ou...
2024-10-30 20:59
Ubuntu 25.04 Opens Development with Major Build Change
Ubuntu developers today announced that Ubuntu 25.04 ‘Plucky Puffin’ is officially open for development. There’s even a release date: Ubuntu 25.04 is out on April 17, 2025. Still, that’s a way off; there are 6 months of development stretching ou...
2024-10-30 20:59
Ubuntu 25.04 Officially Opens for Development
Ubuntu developers today announced that Ubuntu 25.04 ‘Plucky Puffin’ is officially open for development. There’s even a release date: Ubuntu 25.04 is out on April 17, 2025. Still, that’s a way off; there are 6 months of development stretching ou...
2024-10-30 20:59
Ubuntu 25.04 Opens Development with Major Packaging Change
Ubuntu developers today announced that Ubuntu 25.04 ‘Plucky Puffin’ is officially open for development. There’s even a release date: Ubuntu 25.04 is out on April 17, 2025. Still, that’s a way off; there are 6 months of development stretching ou...
2024-10-30 20:59
AMD "Cleaner Shader" Coming For GFX11.0.3 GPUs To Help Ensure User/App Isolation
A new patch posted today for the AMDGPU Linux kernel graphics driver is introducing a "cleaner shader" explicitly for GFX11.0.3 GPUs like the Radeon 780M integrated graphics to help ensure that there is sufficient data isolation between different workl...
2024-10-30 20:27
Audacity 3.7 Delivers Bug Fixes, Improves Compatibility with Linux
Music makers, podcast producers, and amateur audio enthusiasts alike will be pleased to hear a new version of Audacity is out – and it fixes a lot of bugs. Audacity 3.7.0 marks a new series of maintenance releases which will fix flaws, balm bugs, and...
2024-10-30 20:08
Audacity 3.7 Open-Source Audio Editor Is Out to Improve Linux Compatibility
Audacity 3.7 open-source digital audio editor and recording software is now available for download with improved Linux compatibility and various bug fixes. Here's what's changed! The post Audacity 3.7 Open-Source Audio Editor Is Out to Improve Linux Co...
2024-10-30 18:22
Pre-Orders Open for Pine64’s e-Ink Linux Tablet
Forget Amazon’s recent Kindle refresh, the most exciting e-ink device around is the PineNote from prolific open-source hardware makers Pine64. I reported last month that Pine64 had confirmed a new PineNote production run, the first in several years, ...
2024-10-30 18:16
Ubuntu 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" Development Opens - Defaulting To -O3 Optimizations
Canonical has announced the formal state of the Ubuntu 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" development. Among other early changes are now defaulting to -O3 compiler optimizations rather than the default -O2 optimization level when building Debian packages...
2024-10-30 16:02
Mousam is a Detailed Desktop Weather App for Linux
Being a Linux nerd I rarely go outside —that’s a joke— but knowing what the weather is doing beyond my basement walls —still a joke— is useful – if only because it usually gives me an excuse to stay at my desk compiling my own kernel —not...
2024-10-30 15:03
Benchmarks Of Google's Axion Arm-based CPU: Competitive Performance & Compelling Value
Earlier this year Google announced Axion as their first Arm-based CPU for the Google Cloud. Today already they are taking Axion to general availability with the new C4A instances. These new C4A instances are advertised as offering up to 50% better perf...
2024-10-30 12:00
OpenPaX Announced As "Open-Source Alternative To GrSecurity" With Free Kernel Patch
Enterprise security firm Edera today is announcing OpenPaX that they promoted in their advance press notice as a "new open-source alternative to GrSecurity." GrSecurity being the firm focused on providing out-of-tree Linux kernel patches focused in the...
2024-10-30 11:00
TUXEDO OS 4 Launches with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Base and Linux Kernel 6.11
TUXEDO OS 4 distribution is now available for download powered by Linux kernel 6.11 and KDE Plasma 6.1, based on Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS. Here's what's new! The post TUXEDO OS 4 Launches with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Base and Linux Kernel 6.11 appeared first on 9to...
2024-10-30 10:54