Software Engineering Phoronix

Linux Floppy Driver For Apple's Super Woz Integrated Machine "SWIM" In Old Macs Improved

The Linux driver for Apple's legacy Super Woz Integrated Machine (SWIM) floppy disk controller received significant performance patches and fixes.

Software Engineering Phoronix

New Linux Driver Improving Support For GETAC Rugged Laptops

A new Linux driver (GETAC MPMD) is proposed to improve ACPI support and programmable button functionality for GETAC rugged laptops.

Software Engineering Phoronix

Ubuntu Kernel Team Warns Of Temporary AMD GPU Performance Regression Up To 42x

The Ubuntu Kernel Team warns users of a severe AMD GPU compute performance regression (up to 42x) in upcoming kernel releases.

Hardware/Chips Phoronix

Imagination PowerVR BXM-4-64 GPU Firmware Upstreamed For The T-Head TH1520

Firmware for the Imagination PowerVR BXM-4-64 GPU used in the Alibaba T-Head TH1520 SoC has been added to the upstream linux-firmware repository.

Other Lobste.rs

Faulty Towers, vibe sickness, and the vibe bobsled

A discussion on Lobste.rs regarding 'vibe sickness' and the general atmosphere of current tech trends.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

Lobsters Interview with matheusmoreira about Lone Lisp

Interview with Matheus Moreira about Lone Lisp, a freestanding Lisp language built directly on Linux system calls, bypassing libc.

Software Engineering Lobste.rs

Enterprise Haskell at H-E-B

Discussion on Lobste.rs regarding the use of Enterprise Haskell at the grocery chain H-E-B.

Software Engineering Hacker News

An Update on Igalia's Layer Based SVG Engine in WebKit (Reducing Layer Overhead)

Igalia is working on a layer-based SVG engine for WebKit to reduce overhead and improve rendering performance.

Software Engineering Hacker News

PSA about abuse of cat(1) command. Don't abuse cats

A technical discussion and PSA regarding the inefficient use of the cat(1) command in shell scripting.

Other Hackaday

Using Solar Air Heating to Dry Clothes

A project demonstrating the use of solar air heating panels to dry clothes, focusing on thermal energy rather than photovoltaics.

Hardware/Chips Phoronix

AMD Preps More Graphics Driver Improvements For Linux 7.3

AMD is preparing several graphics and compute driver improvements for the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel.

AI/ML Phoronix

Mozilla AI Releases Llamafile 0.10.4 With New Transcribefile Built On Transcribe.cpp

Mozilla AI releases Llamafile 0.10.4, introducing Transcribefile based on the Transcribe.cpp project for speech-to-text.

Open Source Phoronix

OpenBLAS 0.3.34 Improves Multi-Threading, Support For A Memory-Safe C Toolchain

OpenBLAS 0.3.34 is released, featuring improved multi-threading and support for a memory-safe C toolchain.

Software Engineering Phoronix

Frame: A New X11 Server Implementation Written Entirely In x86_64 Assembly

Frame is a novel, esoteric X11 server implementation written entirely in x86_64 Assembly, developed with the help of LLMs.

Open Source Phoronix

KDE KWin Introduces Support For Server-Side Drop Shadows

KDE KWin is introducing support for server-side drop shadows in the upcoming Plasma 6.8 release.

AI/ML Phoronix

AMD's GAIA Continues Striving To Be Your Ultimate AI Companion For Emails

AMD releases GAIA 0.22, an AI companion for emails, along with Lemonade 11.0 and ROCm 7.14.

Open Source Phoronix

FreeBSD Intern Working On Porting AMD ROCm To The BSD World

A FreeBSD Foundation intern is working on porting AMD's ROCm compute stack to FreeBSD.

Software Engineering Hacker News

Algorithm for NP-Complete Sudoku

Discussion regarding an algorithm designed to solve NP-complete Sudoku puzzles.

Other Hacker News

I Started a "Dirt Notebook"

An individual shares their experience starting a 'Dirt Notebook' for capturing raw, unpolished thoughts.

AI/ML Hacker News

A grumpy screed about AI in software engineering

A critical perspective on the integration and impact of AI within the software engineering profession.