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Linux 7.4 Slated To Land The AVX-512 Optimized xor_gen For A Big Performance Win

Over the past few months there have been patches floating around for an AVX-512 optimized xor_gen() for the Linux kernel for that functuon used by the Linux software RAID code. It's been shhowing very nice performance gains with this function being used for generating and validating parity blocks such as for RAID5 and RAID6. The upcoming Linux 7.4 cycle is slated to merge this nice enhancement for benefiting AMD Zen 4 and newer or current Intel server CPUs with AVX-512...

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LibreOffice Supports Languages Other Software Vendors Don’t

The Document Foundation's Italo Vignoli explains how LibreOffice’s support for N’Ko, Adlam, and bidirectional text shows what can happen when software priorities are not dictated solely by market demand. The post LibreOffice Supports Languages Other Software Vendors Don’t appeared first on FOSS Force.

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AMD P-State Driver For Linux 7.4 Will Tune For Zen 6 Client CPUs

Linux 7.4 looks like it will be a very exciting kernel update for AMD customers. On the AMD Radeon graphics side HDMI 2.1 is being enabled by default with the AMDGPU driver with the HDMI FreeSync, VRR, and ALLM features in tow. On the AMD Ryzen client CPU side, there will be Zen 6 tuning with the AMD P-State CPU frequency scaling driver...

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Orion for Linux beta update lets you customise the toolbar

A new beta of Orion for Linux, the native WebKitGTK port of Kagi’s iOS and Mac web browser, is out. Orion Beta v0.4.3 continues to flesh out the browser’s feature set to reach parity with its Apple kin. You can now customise the toolbar. A context menu option was present in earlier beta builds but opened a button picker that wasn’t functional – now it is. Drag items out of the toolbar on to the palette to remove them, or drag ones from the palette to the toolbar to add them. Drag to re-order buttons and, if you go too […]