phpMyAdmin 5.0 Released To Drop Old PHP/HHVM Support, Modernized UI
For server administrators with extra downtime around the holidays, phpMyAdmin 5.0.0 is now available for this widely-used web interface for administering MySQL/MariaDB databases...
Linux 5.4 EXT4 / XFS / Btrfs RAID Performance On Four HDDs
Recently a Phoronix reader inquired about seeing some fresh hard drive RAID benchmarks on the current kernel release and using Btrfs / EXT4 / XFS. While we don't often look at HDD RAID performance these days compared to speedier SSD testing, since the reader was a generous Phoronix Premium member I was happy to oblige to his test request. Here is a look at the Linux 5.4 HDD RAID performance per his request with Btrfs, EXT4, and XFS while using consumer HDDs and an AMD Ryzen APU setup that
More Benchmarks From Linux 5.5 Looking Like A Scheduler Snafu Even On Smaller CPUs
For the Linux 5.5 kernel that's about half-way through its development phase we have been pointing out some rather significant performance regressions affecting both AMD EPYC and Intel Xeon servers but there are also regressions to be found with desktop class systems too...
Linux 5.6 Adds TEE For AMD's Secure Processor To Run "Trusted Applications" On Raven APUs
Last month I wrote about AMD working on TEE driver support to load "trusted applications" onto the AMD Secure Processor under Linux. That work is now queued for introduction with Linux 5.6 and wired through for Raven Ridge APUs...
Wine-Staging 5.0-RC3 Fixes Some Active Directory Programs Like Cisco VPN & Honeywell
Based on Wine 5.0-RC3 released yesterday is now Wine-Staging 5.0-RC3 with its 800+ patches on top and it comes with two new additions this week...
MPV 0.31 Video Player Adds Pseudo Client Side Decorations, Wayland Improvements
MPV, the open-source cross-platform media player derived from MPlayer/mplayer2 long ago, is out with a new feature release before closing out 2019...
Coreboot Had An Exciting Decade Thanks To Google's Chromebooks, Efforts Like LinuxBoot
With all but the very first Google Chromebook devices running Coreboot in place of traditional proprietary BIOS, this has been a big win for Coreboot during the 2010s but there has also been notable offshoots like LinuxBoot and Libreboot...
Latte Dock 0.10 Sees First Development Version For Release Next Summer
Latte Dock, the dock designed for KDE Plasma desktops, is working on a v0.10 feature update due out next summer while out this weekend is the first development release...
Debian Developers Decide On Init System Diversity: "Proposal B" Wins
The Debian developer voting over init system diversity options has wrapped up and a decision has been made...
Wine 5.0-rc3 Released With Another 46 Bugs Fixed
Even with the Christmas holiday slowing down the rate of changes for some of the developers, this week's Wine 5.0 release candidate managed to arrive with 46 bug fixes...