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PlayStation 3 Emulator RPCS3 Now Supports Raspberry Pi 5
RPCS3 is an open-source emulator (and debugger) for the Sony PlayStation 3, making it possible for users to play and debug PlayStation 3 games on non-PS3 hardware, like Intel/AMD desktop PCs and laptops running Windows, macOS, or Linux. Now, RPCS3 is a...
2024-12-10 18:31
This PlayStation 3 Emulator Now Supports Raspberry Pi 5
RPCS3 is an open-source emulator (and debugger) for the Sony PlayStation 3, making it possible for users to play and debug PlayStation 3 games on non-PS3 hardware, like Intel/AMD desktop PCs and laptops running Windows, macOS, or Linux. Now, RPCS3 is a...
2024-12-10 18:31
PlayStation 3 Emulator Adds Support for Raspberry Pi 5
RPCS3 is an open-source emulator (and debugger) for the Sony PlayStation 3, making it possible for users to play and debug PlayStation 3 games on non-PS3 hardware, like Intel/AMD desktop PCs and laptops running Windows, macOS, or Linux. Now, RPCS3 is a...
2024-12-10 18:31
Fedora Project Leader Matthew Miller: A change of hats!
Okay, wow… deep breath…. Hi everyone! I’ve been the Fedora Project Leader for more than ten years. That’s half of Fedora’s existence as a distribution project. It is my dream job, and I love it, and honestly, I could do it forever. However, I...
2024-12-10 17:00
systemd 257 Debuts With systemd-keyutil & systemd-sbsign Tools, Other Improvements
Coincidentally coming one day after the GNU Shepherd 1.0 service manager release, the systemd 257 release is now shipping as the newest feature release for this widely-used service manager / init system to Linux systems. Systemd 257 brings a number of ...
2024-12-10 14:51
What is SBOM? Software bill of materials explained
An SBOM boils down to a detailed and accessible list of all the components that make up your software and where they come from. n this article, we’ll examine what an SBOM is, what information it must include, and the approaches that developers and ma...
2024-12-10 14:35
SiFive, ESWIN Computing and Canonical announce availability of Ubuntu on the  HiFive Premier P550
We are pleased to announce that SiFive, ESWIN Computing and Canonical are enabling Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on the HiFive Premier P550, a development platform that offers a premium RISC-V development experience, an important milestone for the RISC-V developmen...
2024-12-10 14:29
Ptyxis Becomes Ubuntu's Recommended Replacement To GNOME Terminal
While the Ubuntu desktop has been offered the newer GNOME Console as an alternative to GNOME Terminal, there's been a recent fondness around Ptyxis and apparently is becoming the recommended replacement to GNOME Terminal for the Ubuntu camp...
2024-12-10 13:23
New Linux Patch Establishes "CONFIG_X86_64_NATIVE" For -march=native Kernel Builds
Last week I wrote about Linux patches cleaning up x86 32-bit kernel builds for x86_64 CPUs. The new iteration of those patches were sent out today, including the addition of a patch adding the CONFIG_X86_64_NATIVE Kconfig tunable for enabling "-march=n...
2024-12-10 11:00
Perf Support For 2,048 CPU Cores Is Becoming Not Enough - Patches Bump Kernel Limit
Currently the Linux kernel's "perf" performance monitoring subsystem has a limit on 2,048 CPU cores for its CPU map that is set by the MAX_NR_CPUS value. But that's becoming not enough in today's high core count era that patches are looking to raise it...
2024-12-10 10:41
Spark or Hadoop: the best choice for big data teams?
I always find the Olympics to be an unusual experience. I’m hardly an athletics fanatic, yet I can’t help but get swept up in the spirit of the competition. When the Olympics took place in Paris last summer, I suddenly began rooting for my country ...
2024-12-10 10:26
Updated Dasharo Firmware Pulls In Raptor Lake Instability Fix, Other Enhancements
For those wanting to run Coreboot or Coreboot-derived firmware on a modern desktop motherboard with good performance and features, the main contender currently is 3mdeb's Dasharo downstream that can be flashed on the MSI PRO Z790-P/Z790-P motherboards ...
2024-12-10 10:00
Optimizing Linux MD Bitmap Code Yields 89% Throughput Boost For Quad SSDs
A promising patch for the Linux kernel is optimizing the locking contention and scattered address space for the MD bitmap code to improve both the storage throughput and latency...
2024-12-10 06:39
IBM Deprecating Linux Drivers For CXL Coherent Accelerators & CAPI Flash
IBM engineers announced they are deprecating the upstream CXL and CXLFLASH Linux kernel drivers with plans to then remove the drivers from the mainline kernel the following cycle. Before getting too worked up when seeing the "cxl: Deprecate driver" pat...
2024-12-10 06:18
Servo Browser Engine Landed More Performance Optimizations In November
The Servo browser engine project is out with their latest monthly status update to outline improvements made to this Rust-based open-source engine...
2024-12-10 05:57
NVIDIA Releases EGL-Wayland 1.1.17
NVIDIA published EGL-Wayland 1.1.17 on Monday as the newest update to this Wayland EGL external platform library to provide client-side Wayland support to EGL atop the EGLDevice and EGLStream extensions...
2024-12-10 05:53
Raspberry Pi 500 & Official USB Monitor Announced
Raspberry Pi today announced the Raspberry Pi 500, an updated version of its keyboard PC, this one powered by the Raspberry Pi 5. And it’s also announced a device many won’t have expected: an official monitor! This year, Raspberry Pi has announced ...
2024-12-09 17:35
GNOME 46.7 Improves Accessibility of Quick Settings’ Keyboard Backlight Toggle
GNOME 46.7 is now available as the seventh maintenance update to the GNOME 46 desktop environment series with various bug fixes, updated translations, and other changes. The post GNOME 46.7 Improves Accessibility of Quick Settings’ Keyboard Backlight...
2024-12-09 17:32
NTSYNC Linux Patches Revived To Help Boost Steam Play Gaming Performance
Back in May for the Linux 6.10 kernel the initial bits of the NTSYNC driver was upstreamed for helping to emulate the Windows NT synchronization primitives so Windows games running under Wine/Proton (such as Valve's Steam Play) can enjoy a very nice pe...
2024-12-09 15:15
GNU Shepherd 1.0 Service Manager Released As "Solid Tool" Alternative To systemd
GNU Shepherd as a service manager for both system and user services that is used by Guix and relying on Guile Scheme has finally reached version 1.0. For those not pleased with systemd, GNU Shepherd can be used as an init system and now has finally cro...
2024-12-09 13:42