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      Linux 6.19 Adding Support For The Line 6 POD HD Pro X Audio Effects Processor

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 3 November

    The upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel will add support for the Line 6 POD HD Pro X audio effects processor that has been in the market for several years now -- the past decade! -- but only now seeing the necessary additions for Linux support...
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      Devuan 6.0 Released For Debian 13 Without systemd

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 3 November

    Devuan 6.0 "Excalibur" is now available as the fork of Debian GNU/Linux without the use of systemd. Devuan 6.0 is Debian 13 but for "init freedom" lets you use either SysVinit, OpenRC, or Runit as the init system...
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      Linux 6.18-rc4 Released: "None Of It Looks Particularly Scary"

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 2 November

    Linus Torvalds just released Linux 6.18-rc4 as the latest weekly test release. Linux 6.18 is looking to be in good shape for potentially releasing on-time at the end of November otherwise the first week of December...
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      NASM 3.00 Assembler Is Ready With Intel APX & AVX10 Support

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 2 November

    Slipping under my radar in October was the release of NASM 3.00 and the follow-up NASM 3.01 release shortly there after. This widely-used open-source assembler is now ready with support for Intel's Advanced Performance Extensions (APX) and AVX10...
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      Linux 6.18-rc4 Introducing More AMD 6 Model IDs, Other x86 Fixes

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 2 November

    Merged this weekend ahead of the Linux 6.18-rc4 test kernel release due out later today is the "x86/fixes" for the week. There are a few notable changes on the x86 (x86_64) side of the kernel this week for Linux 6.18...
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      Perforator 0.0.7 Released With New Features For Continuous Performance Profiling

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 2 November

    Open-sourced at the start of the calendar year was Perforator as a continuous profiling tool to find code inefficiencies. Yandex who open-sourced it claimed that it could lead businesses to saving "billions of dollars a year on server infrastructure." It's been a few months since the last feature release but out this weekend is Perforator 0.0.7...
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      Steam On Linux Gaming Finally Cracks 3% For October 2025

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 2 November

    Steam on Linux use has hit an all-time high! With the Steam Survey results for October 2025 coming out this evening, Steam on Linux has finally cracked the 3% threshold! A few months back Steam on Linux was close to 3% before stumbling a bit but now it's above that elusive threshold. The only time Steam on Linux use was close to the 3% mark was when Steam on Linux initially debuted a decade ago and at that time the overall Steam user-base was much smaller than it is today. Long story short, thanks to the ongoing success of Valve's Steam Deck and other handhelds plus Steam Play (Proton) working out so well, these October numbers are the best yet...
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      FreeBSD 15.0 Beta 4 Released With Newer Linux WiFi Drivers & Updated OpenZFS

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 2 November

    The fourth and final beta of FreeBSD 15 is out today for testing with the official release continuing to align for an early December debut...
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      Debian's APT Will Soon Begin Requiring Rust: Debian Ports Need To Adapt Or Be Sunset

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 1 November

    Debian developer Julian Andres Klode sent out a message on Halloween that may give some Debian Linux users and developers a spook: the APT packaging tool next year will begin requiring a Rust compiler. This will place a hard requirement by Debian Linux on Rust support for all architectures. Debian CPU architectures with ports currently but lacking Rust support will either need to see support worked on or be sunset...