Flashcards are one of the best tools for memorizing information. This is partly because of their versatility.Steve Emms (LinuxLinks)
DXVK 2.6.1 Released With More Bug Fixes & Performance Optimizations
DXVK 2.6.1 was just released as the newest update to this Direct3D 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 over Vulkan API implementation used by Valve's Steam Play (Proton) and other softwarefor enjoying older Windows games on Linux...
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The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for April 6th, 2025, brings news about APT 3.0, Firefox 137, KDE Plasma 6.3.4, Linux kernel 6.15 RC, and more.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Five Year Old Ubuntu Bug For NVIDIA Suspend/Resume Experience: Now Working On X11, Wayland Not Yet
For those looking toward a pleasant suspend and resume experience on Ubuntu with the default GNOME desktop, the Ubuntu 25.04 cycle is poised to allow for addressing a five-year-old Ubuntu bug report around the experience. However, for the near-term this is only expected to be in good shape for those using the GNOME X11 session with the GNOME Wa…
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FFmpeg Lands AES-NI Optimized Implementation For Big Speed-Up
FFmpeg is known for carrying a lot of hand-optimized Assembly code for speeding up this widely-used multimedia library and taking advantage of AVX-512 and other modern CPU ISA capabilities. Merged yesterday was support for making use of AES-NI for those relying on Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) within FFmpeg for encrypted video streams...
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A type 2 hypervisor, or hosted hypervisor, interacts with the underlying host machine hardware through the host machine's operating system.Steve Emms (LinuxLinks)
Apple M1 / M2 / M3 Core Support Might Soon Be Merged For The GCC Compiler
When it comes to compiler support for Apple Silicon and their hardware at large, Apple has long been focused on the LLVM/Clang toolchain given their long history with it, employing many of the developers, and Xcode being based on LLVM. The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) though may soon see upstream support for the newer Apple Cores thanks to the work of GCC devel…
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Linux 6.14.1 Released With An Initial Set Of Fixes & Hardware Quirks
For those that prefer waiting for the first point release before upgrading to a new feature release, Linux 6.14.1 was released this morning with an initial collection of fixes atop the Linux 6.14 codebase from two weeks ago...
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Catch up on the latest Linux news: APT 3.0, Plasma 6.3.4, Nitrux 3.9.1, Linux Lite 7.4, Firefox 137, Thunderbird 137, Fedora 43 ushers in RPM 6, and more.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Among the pull requests coming in at the tail end of the Linux 6.15 merge window with 6.15-rc1 expected tonight are all of the Kbuild updates as the infrastructure for building out the kernel.lxer.com
LuckFox has introduced a compact Linux development board named Luckfox Nova, built around the Rockchip RK3308B. This quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A35 processor runs at 1.3GHz and is designed for audio processing and smart voice applications.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
Turbostat Utility Bumps 1024 CPU Core Limit To 8192 Cores After HPE Breaches It With 1152 Cores
On Sunday prior to releasing Linux 6.15-rc1, one of the last feature pulls was merging updates for the Turbostat utility that lives within the Linux kernel source tree. The Turbostat tool provides CPU frequency and power statistics along with the ability to query temperatures and other CPU metrics on AMD and Intel processors...
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Merged a few days ago for the Linux 6.15 kernel were all of the performance events updates for which there are a few notable patches on the AMD and Intel side this cycle.lxer.com
Linus Torvalds announced the general availability of the first Release Candidate of the upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel series for public testing.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
In addition to the recent optional IO_uring support for the PostgreSQL database server on Linux and async I/O batch mode, another exciting performance improvement was merged this weeklxer.com
Thunderbird launches Thundermail and Pro services to offer an open-source alternative to Gmail and Office365, focused on privacy, freedom, and user control.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Linux 6.15-rc1 Released With New Performance Optimizations, Updated Zstd & New Hardware
The Linux 6.15 merge window has been capped off with the Linux 6.15-rc1 test kernel having been just released...
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MOVEit is managed file transfer software. The software encrypts files and uses file transfer protocols such as FTP(S) or SFTP to transfer data.Steve Emms (LinuxLinks)
As a win for the open-source community from NVIDIA, the company recently announced they are making their PhysX and Flow GPU-accelerated source code open-source.lxer.com
We are getting close to another OS release! Help us to ensure that the changes in the upcoming Fedora Linux release work!Sumantro Mukherjee (Fedora Project)
With RHEL 10 likely to be released in the next 60 days or so, users of AlmaLinux and other Red Hat clones are on notice to prepare to upgrade.Christine Hall (FOSS Force)
APT 3.0 has been officially released as the first stable version following an interesting development cyclelxer.com
NVIDIA Makes PhysX & Flow GPU Code Open-Source
As a win for the open-source community from NVIDIA, the company recently announced they are making their PhysX and Flow GPU-accelerated source code open-source...
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Apple Z2 Touchscreen / Touch Bar Driver Lands In Linux 6.15
As we close out the Linux 6.15 merge window this weekend culminating with the Linux 6.15-rc1 release, the input driver updates were merged that include introducing the new Apple Z2 driver...
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You can now install the latest and greatest Linux 6.14 kernel series on your Ubuntu distribution. Here’s how to do it!Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
In addition to all the KDE Plasma activity this week, GNOME developers have also been quiet busy working on a variety of improvements to the open-source desktop on their side of the pond.lxer.com
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PostgreSQL Turns To AVX-512 For CRC32 Computations: Up To 3x Faster
In addition to the recent optional IO_uring support for the PostgreSQL database server on Linux and async I/O batch mode, another exciting performance improvement was merged this week. Landing in the PostgreSQL database server this week was support for using AVX-512 instructions for CRC32C computations...
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Large Atomic Write Preparations Land In Linux 6.15
One of the early pull requests for Linux 6.15 that I've been meaning to highlight are the VFS iomap updates sent in by Microsoft engineer Christian Brauner. In particular, the VFS iomap pull brings preparations for large atomic writes and its upcoming usage by the XFS and EXT4 file-systems...
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Linux 6.15 Performance Events Adds Support For AMD Zen 5 Load Latency Filtering
Merged a few days ago for the Linux 6.15 kernel were all of the performance events updates for which there are a few notable patches on the AMD and Intel side this cycle...
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Linux 6.15 Kbuild Adds Support For LoongArch Debian & Faster gendwarfksyms
Among the pull requests coming in at the tail end of the Linux 6.15 merge window with 6.15-rc1 expected tonight are all of the Kbuild updates as the infrastructure for building out the kernel...
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We hope to finish this whole lot within a week, then move on to election, lobbying etc.Roy Schestowitz
Wine 10.5 is out with ARM64 large page support, updated Mono 10.0, Bluetooth pairing, Vulkan H.264 decoding, and more.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
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APT 3.0 package manager for Debian-based systems is now available with a compeltely revamped command-line interface and other changes.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
LACT 0.7.3 is out this weekend as the newest feature update to this Linux GPU configuration and monitoring toollxer.com
APT 3.0 Debian's package manager gains a faster, smarter solver, better diagnostics, an improved human-readable UI, and more.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
The latest Linux kernel 6.14 is now available as an opt-in option for Proxmox VE 8 via the pve-no-subscription or pvetest repositories.sk (OSTechNix)
FEX 2504 is out with its newest monthly feature update for this open-source emulator that allows running x86/x86_64 binaries on AArch64 Linux hostslxer.com
Merged on Friday for the nearly-over Linux 6.15 merge window were the RISC-V CPU architecture updates for this next kernel release.lxer.com
Valkey 8.1 in-memory data store is here with boosts in performance, lower latency, enhanced observability, and more.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
The cryptography subsystem updates for the in-development Linux 6.15 merge window are quite exciting with some optimizations for modern x86_64 Intel/AMD processors enticing us the most.lxer.com