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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: November 17th, 2024
The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for November 17th, 2024, brings news about Linux kernel 6.12, Archinstall 3.0, DXVK 2.5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5, PeaZip 10.1, digiKam 8.5, new Steam Client update, Fedora Linux 42 features, as well as all the latest d...
2024-11-18 08:57
GCC 15 Compiler Development Shifts From Features To Bug Fixing
GCC 15 feature development is now officially over with entering stage three development to focus on fixing compiler bugs...
2024-11-18 08:54
Raspberry Pi OS Now Defaults To 512MB Swap, Updates Labwc Compositor
With last month's Raspberry Pi OS update they now default to Wayland on all Raspberry Pi models alongside various other operating system improvements. Out today is the latest iteration of the Debian-based Raspberry Pi OS with software updates and other...
2024-11-18 07:02
LLVM Clang 20 Merges Intel Diamond Rapids Support With "-march=diamondrapids"
Following AMX-FP8 support, AMX-AVX512, and other new Intel CPU ISA features being added to the LLVM Clang 20 compiler codebase, the Intel Diamond Rapids target is now upstreamed for allowing "-march=diamondrapids" targeting for these next-generation Xe...
2024-11-18 07:00
DXVK 2.5.1 Released To Fix A Major Regression & Other Bugs
DXVK 2.5 released one week ago with better video memory management handling, various Direct3D additions, and more. DXVK 2.5.1 is out today to fix a "major regression" as well as a few other bugs...
2024-11-18 06:39
Btrfs With Linux 6.13 Delivers Performance Improvements & Other Features
Along with the early Bcachefs pull request for Linux 6.13, SUSE engineer David Sterba submitted all of the Btrfs file-system feature updates in an early pull request for this next kernel version. Btrfs is seeing new performance optimizations and other ...
2024-11-18 06:18
FreeBSD 14.2 Beta 3 Released - FreeBSD Now Publishing OCI Container Images
The third weekly beta release of FreeBSD 14.2 is now available for testing ahead of the planned stable release in early December. Besides a few fixes notable to FreeBSD 14.2-BETA3 is that they are now putting out OCI container images among their releas...
2024-11-18 06:03
Linux 6.13 For ARM64 Brings GCS Support & Protected VMs With Arm CCA
The ARM64 (AArch64) architecture changes have been submitted for the now-open Linux 6.13 merge window...
2024-11-18 05:48
Linux Kernel 6.12 Has Landed – And It’s a Big One
Linus Torvalds has announced the release of Linux kernel 6.12, and an eclectic assortment of changes contained within make it one of the most biggest kernel releases for a while. In terms of features, I mean. I didn’t sit bean-counting the code byte-...
2024-11-17 22:50
Linux Kernel 6.12 Officially Released, This Is What’s New
Linux kernel 6.12 is now available for download with new features, enhanced hardware support, networking and filesystems improvements, and much more. Here's what's new! The post Linux Kernel 6.12 Officially Released, This Is What’s New appeared first...
2024-11-17 22:27
Linux 6.12 Released With Real-Time Capabilities, Sched_Ext, More AMD RDNA4 & More
As expected, minutes ago Linus Torvalds just released the Linux 6.12 kernel as stable. Linux 6.12 brings many new features, new hardware support, and is rounded out by the fact of expected to become this year's Long Term Support (LTS) kernel version...
2024-11-17 17:22
Archinstall 3.0 Arch Linux Menu-Based Installer Is Here with a Revamped Interface
Archinstall 3.0 Arch Linux menu-based installer is now available with a revamped interface based on Curses for more complex layouts. The post Archinstall 3.0 Arch Linux Menu-Based Installer Is Here with a Revamped Interface appeared first on 9to5Linux ...
2024-11-17 11:20
Linux Fixes Hosts Randomly Rebooting During Virtualization With Ryzen 7000/8000 CPUs
Ahead of the Linux 6.12 kernel release expected today there is a last minute "x86/urgent" pull request. Notable with this last minute x86 urgent fixes for Linux 6.12 -- and also to be back-ported to prior kernel versions -- is working around an issue w...
2024-11-17 09:56
Free Towns OS: an open source recreation of FM Towns OS
A few weeks ago I linked to a story by Misty De Meo, in which they explored what happened to the various eccentric Japanese PC platforms. One of the platforms mentioned was FM Towns, made by Fujitsu, which came with its own graphical operating system f...
2024-11-17 09:23
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Linux 6.13 Adding "slab_strict_numa" SLAB Option For Helping ARM Performance
As part of the SLAB (SLUB) allocator updates pending for the upcoming Linux 6.13 cycle is a new "slab_strict_numa" option that is reported to further help ARM Linux performance such as for Ampere Computing servers...
2024-11-17 05:55
Archinstall 3.0 Overhauls The Text-Based Arch Linux Installer
Archinstall is the convenient text/CLI-based installer for Arch Linux that allows getting the Linux distribution easily installed in a matter of minutes. Released today is Archinstall 3.0 that overhauls the Arch Linux installer with now using the curse...
2024-11-17 05:33
Rust Coreutils 0.0.28 Delivers Better Performance & Increased Compatibility
Rust Coreutils 0.0.28 "uutils" has been released for this implementation of the GNU Coreutils utilities within the Rust programming language for better memory safety and greater robustness. With the Rust Coreutils 0.0.28 there is increased GNU compatib...
2024-11-17 05:25
Microsoft finally publishes ISO for Windows on ARM
This option is for users that want to create a Windows 11 on Arm virtual machine on supported hardware using an ISO file or to install Windows 11 on Arm directly without a DVD or USB flash drive.  The ISO file can also be used to manually create boota...
2024-11-17 00:44
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Bcachefs Brings Self-Healing Work & Better Reflink Repair For Linux 6.13
Bcachefs has now joined the party of various kernel components sending in preemptive pull requests ahead of the Linux 6.13 merge window that is expected to open following the expected Linux 6.12 release on Sunday...
2024-11-16 20:26
digiKam 8.5 Released with Face Management Improvements, Color Label Usability
digiKam 8.5 open-source photo management software is now available for download with face management improvements and color label usability. Here's what's new! The post digiKam 8.5 Released with Face Management Improvements, Color Label Usability appea...
2024-11-16 19:15