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      Linux MD RAID5 Seeing Scalability Improvements Up To 17%

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 11:17

    Posted to the Linux kernel mailing list this week was a new patch series working on scalability enhancements to the MD RAID5 software RAID code. Up to a 10~17% improvement was observed in some configurations with these RAID5 scalability patches...
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      GNOME AI Assistant Adds Image Generation Support

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:43

    In development over the past three years has been Newelle as a GNOME-aligned AI virtual assistant. Out this week is Newelle 1.4.5 and it now adds AI image generation support and a redesigned chat interface...
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      KDE Plasma 6.7.2 To Fix KWin's Most Common Crash, Plasma 6.8 To Not Crash When Ejecting CDs

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:29

    While Plasma 6.7.1 was just released this week following the recent stable debut of Plasma 6.7, there are already a number of fixes piling up for Plasma 6.7.2 due out in July. Plus more feature work and fixes for Plasma 6.8 as the next desktop version going Wayland-only...
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      COSMIC's New System Monitor Is Looking Very Slick

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:02

    Not only is GNOME 51 working to replace GNOME System Monitor with its new replacement, but over in System76's COSMIC space they have been baking their own new system monitor too...
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      Shotcut 26.6 Released With HDR Improvements, Vulkan Display On Linux

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 0:10

    Shotcut 26.6 is out today as the newest major feature release for this popular cross-platform, open-source video editing solution...
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      New Intel Linux Driver Patches Enable HDR Over DP MST Connections

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 21 hours ago

    One of the limitations of the Intel Linux driver's high dynamic range (HDR) display support is that it currently doesn't work for any DisplayPort Multi-Stream Transport "DP MST" connections, such as for daisy chaining monitors or multi-monitor docking stations. But the good news is patches are being worked on to address this Intel Linux kernel display driver shortcoming...
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      How NVIDIA GB10 CPU Performance Compares To Vera

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 23 hours ago

    Since delivering NVIDIA Vera CPU benchmarks one month ago and follow-ups like how the ARM Linux server performance has evolved in 8 years or how Vera compares to Ampere Altra that is still quite common in the marketplace, another frequent discussion point and inquiry is about the performance of NVIDIA Vera relative to NVIDIA's GB10 chip. For those curious about the per-core performance and the like, here are some benchmarks of the GB10 up against those initial Vera results.
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      Coreboot 26.06 Brings Support For Intel Nova Lake, AMD Strix Halo & 31 New Boards

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 1 day ago

    Coreboot 26.06 is out today as the latest quarterly feature release for this software project providing open-source system firmware support for a growing number of platforms...
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      Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 2 Released For Monthly Testing

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 1 day ago

    Daily ISOs of Ubuntu 26.10 "Stonking Stingray" continue to be published, but for those preferring something a bit more regulated, out today is Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 2 as the second monthly ISO image...