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      Valve's Steam Controller Now Shipping

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 17:15

    For those eager to get their hands on Valve's new Steam Controller, the gaming controller is now shipping...
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      Omarchy 3.7 Linux Distribution Overhauls Gaming Support, Adds Unified CLI

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 14:55

    Omarchy as the Arch Linux based desktop distribution using the Hyprland compositor and led by David Heinemeier Hansson "DHH" is out with a big OS update...
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      GCC 16 Compiler Delivering Some Decent Performance Gains Over GCC 15

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 13:42

    With the GCC 16.1 compiler released last Thursday, I have begun running more compiler benchmarks on this first GCC 16 stable feature release. GCC 16 comes heavy on new changes in being the annual feature release and delivering changes from AMD Zen 6 and Arm AGI CPU support to new C++ features and even the Algol 68 programming language front-end. It's also looking quite good in the performance department relative to the GCC 15 compiler from last year.
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      CachyOS Switches Python To Using Tail-Call Interpreter For 5~15% Better Performance

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 13:12

    CachyOS is a very fast out-of-the-box Linux distribution and for those concerned about Python performance, the newest updates to this Arch Linux based distribution will provide even better performance...
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      Linux File-System Proliferation A Burden: Requirements Laid Out For Any Future File-Systems

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:28

    The growing number of file-systems within the Linux kernel source tree is causing an ongoing burden for upstream developers maintaining the virtual file-system (VFS) code around it and associated code. As a result of the continuing rise of new file-systems being proposed for the Linux kernel, documentation is being introduced to establish clear guidelines for getting new file-systems accepted into the mainline kernel...
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      Mesa Begins Seeing Patch Activity For AMD GFX12.1 Graphics

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 9:58

    Since last November we've begun seeing new open-source driver activity for their next-gen GPU IP with their GFX12.1 graphics engine. GFX12 (12.0) was for the Radeon RX 9000 series RDNA4 hardware while GFX 12.1 is some new revision for yet-to-be-known products while there is also GFX13 bring-up and GFX12.5 too...
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      Linux 7.1-rc2 Released With Audio Fix For Steam Deck OLED, Other Fixes

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 20 hours ago

    Linux 7.1-rc2 is out for testing with its accumulation of initial bug and regression fixes that have been collected over the past week since the Linux 7.1 merge window was capped off...
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      Brush v0.4 Released As "Significant" Release For This Rust-Based Shell

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 1 day ago

    Brush v0.4 debuted today for this "Bourne Rusty Shell" as a Bash/POSIX-compatible shell written in the Rust programming language...
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      ReactOS Introduces Unified Live/Install Media, New Storage Driver

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 1 day ago

    ReactOS as the "open-source Windows" operating system project striving for binary compatibility with Microsoft Windows has seen some exciting improvements this week...