APT 3.3.5 improves dependency solver performance by up to 20%, reduces page faults by 65%, and updates repository signing-key handling. The APT package manager, used by Debian, Ubuntu, and other Debian-based Linux distributions to install, update, and remove software, has been updated to…
The I3C changes for Linux 7.4 were submitted this week by Bootlin's Alexandre Belloni and subsequently merged... - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals I3C Hub & HDR-DDR Support Merged For Linux 7.4 Michael Larabel is…
Mixonline Update your browser to view this website correctly. Update my browser now Montreal, Canada (October 29, 2026)—Canadian producer and mix engineer Douglas Romanow has upgraded his latest Toronto studio with a new 7.1.4 system for stereo and Dolby Atmos mixing. Romanov,…
Canonical has restarted development of Ubuntu Core Desktop, an immutable, snap-based take on Ubuntu that sat dormant after a developer preview in 2023. Jon Seager, Canonical's VP Engineering for Ubuntu, says a dedicated team is now working on it. The objective…
Realtek's rtw88 keeps its state check and interrupt operation under a shared lock. I examine both possible lock orders, then follow the 2021 patch that introduced this shutdown pattern. The gap in igb made me look for an implementation that kept the…
The RISC-V architecture changes were merged today for the Linux 7.4 kernel with one nice optimization standing out... - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals RISC-V Has A Nice Portable Performance Optimization…
The F2FS (Flash Friendly File-System) improvements have been merged for Linux 7.4 to further enhance this flash-optimized solution... - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals F2FS Adds Opt-In Multi-Grain Timestamps With Linux 7.4, Other Improvements…
Everyone's favorite Unix init system is adding support for the Unix world's favorite new programming language. What's the worst that could happen? Don't worry, this isn't here just yet. Agent P and his trusty team released systemd version 262 about a…
The many Linux wired and wireless networking driver improvements were merged this week for the ongoing Linux 7.4 merge window.... - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals Linux 7.4 Networking Brings Hardware Pacing…
A change merged for Linux 7.4 is showing some mighty big speed-ups for the FAT32 file-system... - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals FAT32 File-System Seeing As Much As 265x Improvement With Linux 7.4 Michael Larabel…
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