XiGMAKiD

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  XiGMAKiD

• Friday at 5:43 PM

"Archinstall 2.3 now available it has even more features... this updated Arch Linux installer should be working its way into the next monthly Arch install media refresh."
Trying vanilla Arch linux has never been easier

Spoiler: source

Archinstall 2.3 Released For Easily Installing Arch Linux - Phoronix

www.phoronix.com

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  XiGMAKiD

• Wednesday at 7:30 AM

"This new optimized version of the "heavily used" csum_partial() function is showing a "big reduction" in the cost by 50~80% across a range of processors."
This one is for you, server people

Spoiler: source

Another Sizable Performance Optimization To Benefit Network Code With Linux 5.17 - Phoronix

www.phoronix.com

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  XiGMAKiD

• Nov 20, 2021

Don't forget Mumblebee, Megaton, and Starcream

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  XiGMAKiD

• Nov 16, 2021

"Airlie is continuing to work on the code and figure out how to best share/leveraging the Vulkan Video support among drivers and ultimately figure out the path for getting this support upstreamed into mainline Mesa."
Godspeed Airlie

Spoiler: source

Vulkan Video Support Progressing For Open-Source Intel, AMD Radeon Hardware - Phoronix

www.phoronix.com

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  XiGMAKiD

• Nov 6, 2021

"Over the past nine years Valve has done an incredible job advancing gaming for Linux and allowing it to reach heights never once imagined."
Here's for the future of gaming on linux

Spoiler: source

It's Been 9 Years Since Valve Rolled Out The Steam Linux Beta - Phoronix

www.phoronix.com

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  XiGMAKiD

• Nov 3, 2021

"There is a lot of good stuff this round especially when it comes to the open-source Intel and AMD Radeon drivers."
Both are top tier open source supporters

Spoiler: source

Linux 5.16 Graphics Drivers: Alder Lake S Is Stable, Initial DG2, AMD DP 2.0 + USB4 - Phoronix

www.phoronix.com

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  XiGMAKiD

• Nov 1, 2021

"...ongoing Linux I/O optimizations many of which are now coming to mainline in 5.16, numerous AMD driver enhancements, NVIDIA's proprietary driver stack finally introducing GBM support, X.Org Server 21.1 released, and much more."
A lot has happened last month

Spoiler: source

Linux I/O Optimizations, AMD Improvements, NVIDIA GBM Excited Linux Users Last Month - Phoronix

www.phoronix.com

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  XiGMAKiD

• Oct 28, 2021

"As of writing, Intel has not yet provided any Linux kernel patches/optimizations around Thread Director."
Until the optimizations for Alder Lake arrive Linux users should just go with AMD route

Spoiler: source

Intel Announces 12th Gen Core "Alder Lake" CPUs, Linux Tests Forthcoming - Phoronix

www.phoronix.com

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  XiGMAKiD

• Oct 25, 2021

"Intel's stellar track record of open-source support and timely enablement of new hardware under Linux has continued thus far under Gelsinger's time so far as Intel CEO."
Give credit where credit's due, good job Intel.

Spoiler: source

Pat Gelsinger's Open-Source Bias, Intel's Pledge To Openness - Phoronix

www.phoronix.com

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  XiGMAKiD

• Oct 21, 2021

"...AMD engineers for the "AMDGPU" kernel graphics driver are looking to make use of Intel's new i915 buddy allocator code... On the reverse, a prior example is from a few years ago where AMDGPU's scheduler code was similarly shifted into DRM common code."
Example of how to open source

Spoiler: source

AMD GPU Driver Looks To Make Use Of Intel's New Buddy Allocator Code In The Linux Kernel - Phoronix

www.phoronix.com

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  XiGMAKiD

• Oct 18, 2021

"Overall the (X)Wayland-based experience was great on Ubuntu 21.10 for both KDE Plasma and GNOME Shell."
Gaming on Wayland vs X.Org, young vs mature, the choice is yours ;-)

Spoiler: source

Ubuntu 21.10 Radeon Gaming With KDE Plasma vs. GNOME Shell + Wayland vs. X.Org - Phoronix

www.phoronix.com

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  XiGMAKiD

• Oct 16, 2021

Running EndeavourOS now, looks like it's gonna be my base for future install

http://imgur.com/a/guu5vne

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  XiGMAKiD

• Oct 14, 2021

Happy birthday KDE a.k.a Koolest Desktop Ever

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  XiGMAKiD

• Oct 14, 2021

Me: Mom I want numa numa song
Mom: We have numa numa song at home
Numa numa song at home:

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  XiGMAKiD

• Oct 13, 2021

"Red Hat already employs numerous open-source graphics driver developers... has now put out a call to hire yet another experienced Linux GPU driver developer."
Another GPU related news this time from Red Hat, something big is happening in linux space

Spoiler: source

Red Hat Is Hiring Another Linux Developer To Work On GPU Hardware Enablement - Phoronix

www.phoronix.com

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  XiGMAKiD

• Oct 10, 2021

"Notable with Flatpak 1.12 is better control around sub-sandboxes which most notably is being used by the Steam Flatpak."
I've never used Flatpak before but it seems neat.

Spoiler: source

Flatpak 1.12 Released - Better Sub-Sandbox Handling To Benefit Steam - Phoronix

www.phoronix.com

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  XiGMAKiD

• Oct 7, 2021

"FWUPD 1.7 brings additions like handling for Logitech devices... support for creating Redfish user accounts... support including more Synaptics CAPE devices, Elan fingerprint readers,.."
More firmware support released especially for Logitech

Spoiler: source

FWUPD 1.7 Released With Supporting More Hardware For Firmware Updates On Linux - Phoronix

www.phoronix.com

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  XiGMAKiD

• Oct 6, 2021

"Now for Linux 5.16 is a significant amount of new driver code for actually getting the display support into shape for both DG2 and ADL-P."
Looks like Intel is making some progress on it's soon-to-be-released GPUs

Spoiler: source

Linux 5.16 Preps More Display Code For Alder Lake P & DG2/Alchemist - Phoronix

www.phoronix.com

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  XiGMAKiD

• Oct 4, 2021

Successfully compiled and installed my first custom Arch linux kernel using linux-tkg from Frogging-Family

http://imgur.com/a/3JXeUuj

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  XiGMAKiD

• Oct 1, 2021

"Proton was previously working for DLSS Vulkan titles while now DLSS for D3D12 games should be working..."
Nvidia has joined the game

Spoiler: source

Proton Experimental Enables NVIDIA DLSS For D3D12 Games, Proton Now Handles More Games - Phoronix

www.phoronix.com

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  XiGMAKiD

• Sep 28, 2021

"Google Chrome largely outperforming Firefox still by significant margins on Linux in these particular benchmarks...while the Mozilla browser does compete well for WebAssembly workloads and HTML5 canvas performance."
Not sure if browser benchmark is still a thing but there you go

Spoiler: source

Firefox 92 vs. Chrome 94 Browser Benchmarks On Ubuntu Linux - Phoronix

www.phoronix.com

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  XiGMAKiD

• Sep 24, 2021

"While many Linux distributions offer [security features], many of the technologies aren't being used to their best potential..."
Hopefully my distro of choice is good, btw I use Arch

Spoiler: source

Lennart: Linux Comes Up Short Around Disk Encryption, Authenticated Boot Security - Phoronix

www.phoronix.com

Authenticated Boot and Disk Encryption on Linux

Posts and writings by Lennart Poettering

0pointer.net

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  XiGMAKiD

• Sep 23, 2021

"...it's possible there could be some quirks and other issues to deal with given AMD hasn't been supporting ACPI CPPC usage on Linux..."
Hopefully that'll change, fingers crossed

Spoiler: source

An Early Look At The AMD P-State CPPC Driver Performance vs. ACPI CPUFreq - Phoronix

www.phoronix.com

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  XiGMAKiD

• Sep 20, 2021

"...long story short as is well known ACPI CPUFreq is less than ideal and AMD P-State is being worked on to improve the situation for newer AMD CPUs..."
Looks like Steam Deck is getting good support from AMD

Spoiler: source

AMD + Valve Focusing On P-State / CPPC Driver With Schedutil For Better Linux Efficiency - Phoronix

www.phoronix.com

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  XiGMAKiD

• Sep 17, 2021

Trying Arch Linux with jwm, lightweight customizable window manager but needs to be customized very carefully otherwise you'll get bamboozled h a r d