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Intel's Linux kernel test robot reports 3888.9 per cent performance boost
Published in News


From changing one line of code

Intel's Linux kernel test robot has recently reported a 3888.9 per cent performance improvement in the mainline Linux kernel after Chipzilla geeks changed one line of code.

SiFive P550 HiFive motherboard shipping, sold out
Published in PC Hardware


Great name for a dev computer

SiFive and generally RISC-V  are recently getting a lot of attention. With ARM and X86 well established in the market, many see RISC-V as a healthy alternative. The company is pacing out strongly as it stands out with its broad portfolio and being produced in silicon with billions of devices shipped,  from the many RISC-V competitors. Now the company announced the availability of the world’s highest performance RISC-V development board simply called SiFive HiFive Premier P550 board.

Torvalds hacked off at hardware people
Published in News
Tuesday, 22 October 2024 11:43

Torvalds hacked off at hardware people


Theoretical attacks

The IT industry’s Mr Sweary Linus Torvalds is finding himself vexed by hardware vendors with poor security and the plethora of actual and theoretical attacks.

Outift which shamed Apple does the same to Amazon
Published in Cloud


37Signals gets off its cloud

The outfit, which publicly shames big-name vendors when it stops being their customers, has focused on Amazon’s cloud operations.

Nvidia boss warns x86 is becoming fragmented
Published in News


Welcome’s AMD and Intel cooperation

Like a leather-jacketed balloon waiting to burst, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has warned that x86’s architecture is in danger of fragmentation, and he welcomes AMD and Intel working closer together to prevent this.

Ubuntu 24.10 'Oracular Oriole' released
Published in News
Friday, 11 October 2024 10:04

Ubuntu 24.10 'Oracular Oriole' released


Ubuntu's 20th anniversary brings a revamped GNOME

Ubuntu 24.10 'Oracular Oriole', the latest version of the Linux distribution,  has been released for the Linux operating system’s 20th anniversary.

Arch Linux teams up with Valve
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 01 October 2024 09:45

Arch Linux teams up with Valve


Give me Steam

The Arch Linux team has announced a partnership with Valve to support critical infrastructure projects, including a build service and secure signing enclave for the Arch Linux distribution.

Filho quits Rust for Linux project
Published in News
Tuesday, 03 September 2024 11:06

Filho quits Rust for Linux project


Fed up with "nontechnical nonsense"

Efforts to integrate Rust code into the Linux kernel encountered a significant hurdle last after one of the maintainers of the Rust for Linux project resigned.

TUXEDO working on Qualcomm Snapdragon X-based Linux laptop
Published in PC Hardware


Neat laptop paired up with Snapdragon X Elite SoC

TUXEDO Computers aims to bring Qualcomm Snapdragon X SoCs to the Linux platform and has recently unveiled such a laptop.

Top boffin claims to have cracked RSA-2048 encryption
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Can be done with a smartphone or even a Linux computer

A top boffin has discovered a way to use his smartphone or Linux computer to crack RSA-2048 encryption.