F2FS File-System Adding Zstd Compression Support In Linux 5.7
Being introduced by Linux 5.6 is optional F2FS transparent data compression support that was implemented with LZO and LZ4. Now for the Linux 5.7 kernel there is Zstd compression support on the way...
Trying Out Ubuntu 20.04 With ZFS + Zsys Automated APT Snapshots
As part of the ZFS improvements for Ubuntu 20.04 with Canonical's Zsys initiative is the ability to automatically take snapshots on APT operations for being able to do a system rollback/revert if necessary following package management changes. I've begun trying out the ZFS/Zsys changes for Ubuntu 20.04 and so far is working well...
Valve's Half-Life: Alyx Released - Linux Build Still Coming
Valve today released their Half-Life: Alyx virtual reality first-person shooter game and built atop their Source 2 engine...
NVIDIA Nsight Graphics 2020.2 Adds Vulkan GPU Trace Support
NVIDIA has released a new feature update to their Nsight Graphics standalone developer tool for debugging and profiling applications/games built atop a variety of 3D APIs...
MythTV 31 Released With Video Decode Improvements, Finally Supporting Python 3
For those stuck in home isolation amid the coronavirus pandemic, MythTV 31 has been released for any open-source DVR and HTPC needs...
Qt 5.15 Beta 2 Released For This Last Big Update Before Qt 6
The second beta of the forthcoming Qt 5.15 tool-kit is now available for testing...
Jcat 0.1 Released As Alternative To Microsoft Catalog Files
Richard Hughes of Fwupd/LVFS, PackageKit, and Colord notoriety last month announced Jcat as a new open-source project he initiated to serve as an alternative to Microsoft's Catalog files proprietary format...
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS vs. Clear Linux On The Intel Core i9 9900KS, AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
While we have been seeing Ubuntu 20.04 LTS offer better performance with newer hardware platforms, how does the performance compare to Intel's performance-optimized Clear Linux? Here are some benchmarks on both AMD Ryzen 9 3900X and Intel Core i9 9900KS systems.
Linux 5.7 To Improve Spreading Of Utilization, Other Scheduler Work
More improvements were queued in recent days to sched/core of CPU scheduler improvements on the table for the forthcoming Linux 5.7 kernel cycle...
Linux 5.6-rc7 Released - Looking Like A Calm Release
Linus Torvalds commented that while Linux 5.6-rc7 may be going through strange times, the Linux 5.6 kernel development is looking normal...