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EXT4 For Linux 6.16 Brings A Change Yielding "Really Stupendous Performance"

Ted Ts'o sent out the EXT4 file-system changes today for the Linux 6.16 kernel. While EXT4 may not see as much code churn these days given its mature state compared to say Btrfs and Bcachefs, with Linux 6.16 are some tantalizing performance improvements...
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EXT4 For Linux 6.16 Brings A Change Yielding "Really Stupendous Performance"

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Linux 6.16 Upstreams Support For Hardware-Wrapped Encryption Keys

Google engineer Eric Biggers took time away from all his impressive crypto performance optimizations to the Linux kernel for modern Intel and AMD CPUs to spend time getting support for hardware-wrapped inline encryption keys into the mainline kernel. Google's Android kernel has been carrying this functionality for several years to help enhance security and will now be…
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Linux 6.16 Upstreams Support For Hardware-Wrapped Encryption Keys

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Wayland ext-background-effect-v1 Merged For Background Blur Feature

After being under discussion since January of 2024, the ext-background-effect-v1 staging protocol proposal by KDE developer Xaver Hugl has finally been merged to the Wayland-Protocols repository. This new Wayland protocol is intended for handling effects like background blur on terminals...
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Wayland ext-background-effect-v1 Merged For Background Blur Feature

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ROCm GPU Compute Performance With AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ "Strix Halo"

This month I have been running many Linux benchmarks of the HP ZBook Ultra G1a with the very exciting Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 395 Strix Halo SoC featuring the powerful Radeon 8060S graphics. While there were the very promising OpenGL and Vulkan benchmarks shown so far from AMD Strix Halo on Linux -- including the very compelling performance compared to Microsoft Windows 11 …
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ROCm GPU Compute Performance With AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ "Strix Halo"

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Armbian 25.5 Adds New Board Support, Application Modules, and Receives Community Recognition lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

Armbian 25.5 Adds New Board Support, Application Modules, and Receives Community Recognition Armbian Updates Add OMV Support, Boot Improvements, and Rockchip Optimizations

The Armbian team has released version 25.5, bringing expanded hardware compatibility, improved system tools, and a growing library of post-install application modules.
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Rav1e v0.8 Released For Rust-Based AV1 Encoding

Rav1e v0.8 was released on Monday for this self-proclaimed "fastest and safest AV1 encoder" that makes use of the Rust programming language...
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Rav1e v0.8 Released For Rust-Based AV1 Encoding

Rav1e v0.8 was released on Monday for this self-proclaimed 'fastest and safest AV1 encoder' that makes use of the Rust programming language.
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Linux 6.16 Adds "X86_NATIVE_CPU" Option To Optimize Your Kernel Build For Your CPU

The X86_NATIVE_CPU Kconfig build time option has been merged for the Linux 6.16 merge window as an easy means of enforcing "-march=native" compiler behavior on AMD and Intel processors to optimize your kernel build for the local CPU architecture/family of your system...
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Linux 6.16 Adds "X86_NATIVE_CPU" Option To Optimize Your Kernel Build For Your CPU

The X86_NATIVE_CPU Kconfig build time option has been merged for the Linux 6.16 merge window as an easy means of enforcing '-march=native' compiler behavior on AMD and Intel processors to optimize your kernel build for the local CPU architecture/fami…
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Qt Bridges To Take The UI Toolkit To New Programming Languages: Rust, C#, Java & Swift

The open-source Qt toolkit is deeply rooted in C++ code but over the past decade also has enjoyed Python language bindings. Now thanks to new work by the Qt Group on what they are calling Qt Bridging Technology, the toolkit will be enjoying more robust support across different programming languages...
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Qt Bridges To Take The UI Toolkit To New Programming Languages: Rust, C#, Java & Swift

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Linux 6.16 Adds Ability For Power Code To Freeze The File-System For Suspend & Hibernate lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

Linux 6.16 Adds Ability For Power Code To Freeze The File-System For Suspend & Hibernate

Among the many VFS pull requests merged today by Linus Torvalds for the now-open Linux 6.16 merge window is support by the power subsystem for being able to initiate file-system freeze/thaw events as part of the system suspend and resume cycle.
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Linux 6.16 Adds Ability For Power Code To Freeze The File-System For Suspend & Hibernate

Among the many VFS pull requests merged today by Linus Torvalds for the now-open Linux 6.16 merge window is support by the power subsystem for being able to initiate file-system freeze/thaw events as part of the system suspend and resume cycle...
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Linux 6.16 Adds Ability For Power Code To Freeze The File-System For Suspend & Hibernate

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New Linux Patches Properly Handle The Audio Jack On Sony's PS5 DualSense Controller

While there has been the Sony PlayStation 5 DualSense controller support for Linux going back several years and has been improved upon with more recent versions of the Linux kernel, there's been some shortcomings around the audio jack handling with the DualSense controller. A new patch series out today aims to enhance that capability...
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New Linux Patches Properly Handle The Audio Jack On Sony's PS5 DualSense Controller

While there has been the Sony PlayStation 5 DualSense controller support for Linux going back several years and has been improved upon with more recent versions of the Linux kernel, there's been some shortcomings around the audio jack handling with t…
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NanoKVM Pro Delivers 4K IP-KVM Capabilities with Dual-System Support and Enhanced Remote Management lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

NanoKVM Pro Delivers 4K IP-KVM Capabilities with Dual-System Support and Enhanced Remote Management NanoKVM Pro Delivers 4K IP-KVM Capabilities with Dual-System Support and Enhanced Remote Management

The NanoKVM Pro is a compact IP-KVM device designed for remote access, system control, and local display monitoring.
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GNU Linux-libre 6.15-gnu Neuters The New NOVA NVIDIA Driver

Following last night's release of the Linux 6.15 stable kernel, the FSF Latin America team has released GNU Linux-libre 6.15-gnu for their downstream kernel that strips out the ability to load non-free firmware/microcode and other elements of the Linux kernel deemed for not aligning with their software freedoms...
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GNU Linux-libre 6.15-gnu Neuters The New NOVA NVIDIA Driver

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