Benchmarking The Different CachyOS Linux Kernel Flavors

CachyOS ships with a good Linux kernel configuration by default balancing the different features as well as performance. But they also ship a variety of other kernel builds for those preferring a more leading-edge kernel or the current LTS

3 июня 2026 г. · 1 минута · alex (devops)

KDE Plasma 6.8 Still Planning To End X11 Support, 95% Of Plasma 6.6 Users Are On Wayland

KDE developers are sticking to their plans for Plasma 6.8 going Wayland-exclusive in dropping X11 support. Meanwhile it turns out 95% of current Plasma 6.6 users are running already on Wayland…

3 июня 2026 г. · 1 минута · alex (devops)

Microsoft Announces Open-Source "Intelligent Terminal"

Microsoft today announced their newest open-source creation… Under the MIT license it’s the Intelligent Terminal…

3 июня 2026 г. · 1 минута · alex (devops)

The Linux Kernel Ready To Make TSC A Hard Requirement For x86 CPUs

Now that the Linux kernel has been removing Intel 486 CPU support and also proceeding to drop other vintage CPUs like the AMD K5 CPU support and AMD Elan, the Linux kernel is ready to make the TSC support unconditional for x86 processors…

3 июня 2026 г. · 1 минута · alex (devops)

NBD-VRAM Provides Swap Space On Your NVIDIA GeForce GPUs

An open-source developer has created NBD-VRAM as a way to create swap space on your consumer NVIDIA GPU’s video memory under Linux…

2 июня 2026 г. · 1 минута · alex (devops)

X.Org Server Starts June With Nine New Security Vulnerabilities Discovered Via AI

There are nine new security vulnerabilities impacting the X.Org Server as well as the XWayland component. Yep, more than a decade after X.Org Server security issues began coming to light with a security research acknowledging it’s a disaste

2 июня 2026 г. · 1 минута · alex (devops)

AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE Linux Performance

Yesterday AMD kicked off Computex 2026 in announcing the Radeon RX 9070 GRE alongside a number of other product announcements. With the Radeon RX 9070 GRE going on sale today, the review embargo has now lifted on this new RDNA 4 consumer gr

2 июня 2026 г. · 1 минута · alex (devops)

Intel Xeon Diamond Rapids EDAC Driver Changes Readied For Linux 7.2

Ahead of Intel Diamond Rapids server processors launching in 2027, the Linux kernel continues getting into shape for these next-gen Xeon processors. The latest enablement work taking place for Diamond Rapids is readying the Error Detection

2 июня 2026 г. · 1 минута · alex (devops)

Some Elements Of Intel APX Not Proving Beneficial On Nova Lake / Diamond Rapids

Some compiler tuning merged today to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is disabling some features of Advanced Performance Extensions (APX) for upcoming Intel Nova Lake and Diamond Rapids processors as they are not proving worthwhile for per

2 июня 2026 г. · 1 минута · alex (devops)

Intel Preparing WiFi 8 "UHR" Support For Their IWLWIFI Linux Driver

Intel open-source software engineers have been busy beginning to prepare their upstream IWLWIFI wireless driver in the Linux kernel for supporting their next-gen WiFi adapters supporting the WiFi 8 “Ultra High Reliability” standard…

1 июня 2026 г. · 1 минута · alex (devops)