DXVK 2.5 Brings Memory Management Rewrite & Other Improvements

([Virtualization] 11 November 02:08 PM EST DXVK 2.5)

DXVK 2.5 was just released as the newest version of this open-source project implementing Direct3D APIs atop the Vulkan API for better handling of Windows games on Linux systems as used by Valve's Steam Play (Proton) software.

Memtest86+ 7.20 Adds Support For Intel Arrow Lake & AMD Zen 5

([Hardware] 11 November 01:55 PM EST Memtest86+ 7.20)

Memtest86+ 7.0 debuted back in January while now as we approach the end of 2024, Memtest86+ 7.20 is now available as the latest significant update to this open-source memory tester commonly used on Intel and AMD systems.

Fedora Stakeholders Debate Concerns Over "Karma" Term For Their Updates System

([Fedora] 11 November 01:11 PM EST Karma)

The latest terminology within the Fedora camp causing concern is "karma" that's long been used for conveying feedback around package updates with their Bodhi software used for gating Fedora Linux package updates.

Microsoft Announces Open-Source Hyperlight For Embedded VMM Within Linux/Windows Apps

([Microsoft] 11 November 10:10 AM EST Microsoft Hyperlight)

Microsoft last month announced the open-source Rust-written OpenHCL for running confidential Intel TDX and AMD SEV-SNP virtual machines. Today Microsoft is announcing another interesting open-source, Rust-based project in the virtualization space: Hyperlight. Microsoft's Hyperlight project is an embed-friendly, lightweight VMM for use within Linux and Windows applications.

Basic Support For Many Pre-M1 Apple Devices Coming To Linux 6.13

([Apple] 11 November 09:52 AM EST Linux 6.13 Apple Improvements)

While not as exciting as if it were Apple M3/M4 device support hitting the upstream mainline Linux kernel, but for those with some older Apple (pre-M1) devices around, support for a number of older SoCs and boards is set to arrive with the upcoming Linux 6.13 kernel.

Intel Adapting Energy Aware Scheduling "EAS" To P-State Driver For Lunar Lake

([Intel] 11 November 09:15 AM EST EAS + Intel P-State)

As another effort for boosting the energy efficiency and behavior of Intel Core platforms with a mix of energy efficient "E" and performance "P" cores, a set of patches were posted Friday night for adapting Energy Aware Scheduling (EAS) to the Intel P-State CPU frequency scaling driver with a focus on providing better energy efficient performance initially for Lunar Lake SoCs.

Linux 6.13 Rust Support Allowing For In-Place Modules

([Linux Kernel] 11 November 06:52 AM EST Rust InPlaceModule)

Set to be merged during the upcoming Linux 6.13 merge window is support with the Rust programming language infrastructure for allowing in-place kernel modules.

Intel Diamond Rapids "-march=diamondrapids" Merged Into GCC 15

([Intel] 11 November 06:35 AM EST Diamond Rapids Target)

The Intel Diamond Rapids target has been merged in time for the upcoming GCC 15 compiler release to allow for "-march=diamondrapids" targeting for leveraging the array of new CPU ISA additions found with these next-gen Xeon processors.

Servo Browser Engine Seeing Many Performance Optimizations & SubtleCrypto API

([Free Software] 11 November 06:22 AM EST Servo For October)

The Rust-written Servo browser web layout engine project is out with its October 2024 status update that provides insight to their development activities the past several weeks.

PHPStan 2.0 Released For Leading PHP Static Analyzer

([Programming] 11 November 06:10 AM EST PHPStan 2.0)

PHPStan 2.0 is out today as what is the best open-source static analyzer for the PHP programming language.

Linux 6.12-rc7 Released: Linux 6.12 Stable On Track For Release Next Sunday

([Linux Kernel] 10 November 05:36 PM EST Linux 6.12-rc7)

Linus Torvalds just christened the Linux 6.12-rc7 kernel today for what will hopefully be the last release candidate before declaring Linux 6.12 stable next week Sunday.

Arch Linux Powered CachyOS Pulls In THP Shrinker & AMD Cache Optimizer

([Arch Linux] 10 November 12:24 PM EST CachyOS November 2024 Release)

The Arch Linux based CachyOS Linux distribution has issued its November 2024 media refresh. Notable this time are pulling a few performance-related patches into its kernel build.

Linux Optimization Patches Significantly Speed-Up Debuggers Using /proc/kcore

([Programming] 10 November 09:00 AM EST kcore speed-up)

A set of Linux kernel patches posted on Friday by Meta/Facebook provide for sizable performance optimizations for applications leveraging /proc/kcore such as for debuggers.

Debcow Optimizing Debian Packages For Copy-On-Write File-Systems

([Debian] 10 November 08:00 AM EST Debcow)

Debcow is an experimental implementation of deploying Debian packages on copy-on-write file-systems like Btrfs and Bcachefs. Debcow adapts DPKG to use reflinks for installing packages. With reflinking to the file contents from the Debian package archives rather than copying of files, it can lead to a dramatic speed-up of installing Debian packages: as much as 6x faster on CoW file-systems.