Linux kernel source expands beyond 40 million lines – it has doubled in size in a decade
It seemed inevitable that the Linux kernel sources would expand beyond 40 million lines early this year. Linux 6.13 was released early […]
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World’s fastest Arm PC put to the test — 128-core Ampere Altra Max CPU claims 128-core Cinebench 2024 world record
Maker and influencer Jeff Geerling describes the recently released Thelio Astra from System76 as “the fastest Arm desktop computer in the world.” […]
Latest Valve Proton Experimental update enables DLSS 3 Frame Generation and fixes performance in dozens of games
Last week, Valve released a new Experimental update for its Proton compatibility later, which builds upon the stable September 19 Proton 9.0-3 […]
Linus Torvalds kicked the Russians out of Linux, now they’re creating a sovereign Linux community in Russia — Ministry of Digital Development steps in
The Russian Ministry of Digital Development has sprung into action with plans to create its own Linux community. Admitting that the decision […]
Linus Torvalds slams supporters of delisted Russian driver maintainers as ‘trolls’
Linus Torvalds has dismissed those concerned about the recent dismissal of Russian kernel driver maintainers as trolls. The notoriously candid software engineer […]
The Arch Linux team is now working directly with Valve — SteamOS and Arch should both benefit greatly
The Arch Linux team has announced on its public mailing list that it will be entering into a direct collaboration with Valve. […]
Linux dev swatted and handcuffed live during a development video stream — perps remain unidentified
Two days ago, tech streamer and host of Code Therapy René Rebe was streaming one of many T2 Linux (his own custom […]
Linux boot time reduced by 0.035 seconds thanks to a one-line kernel patch — aligning the slab in the ACPI code makes Linux boot faster
Linux systems already boot relatively fast, but it’s never fast enough. So, when Linux engineer Colin Ian King (via Phoronix) discovered that aligning […]
Linux distros ban ‘tainted’ AI-generated code — NetBSD and Gentoo lead the charge on forbidding AI-written code
Coming out of the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) community this week, we have a Gentoo Wiki post and an update […]
Qualcomm goes where Apple won’t, readies official Linux support for Snapdragon X Elite
Qualcomm is making good progress on adapting its new Snapdragon X Elite laptop CPU for Linux use. The mobile SoC manufacturer revealed […]