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Submission + - Linux Kernel 6.11 Released With Major Filesystem and GPU Improvements (kernel.org)

Submitted by tranquillevet
tranquillevet writes: Linus Torvalds has announced the release of Linux Kernel 6.11, marking one of the most feature-rich kernel updates of the year. The release brings significant performance and hardware support upgrades, particularly in filesystems, GPUs, and ARM platforms.

Among the highlights:

Bcachefs Filesystem Integration: After years of development, the Bcachefs filesystem is now officially part of the mainline kernel. Designed for speed and reliability, it combines features of XFS, Btrfs, and ZFS, offering checksumming, snapshots, compression, and multi-device support.

GPU Updates: Enhanced support for AMD RDNA3 and Intel Arc GPUs, improving performance and compatibility on modern hardware.

ARM Advancements: Expanded support for ARM SoCs, making Linux even more capable on mobile and embedded platforms.

Networking & Security: New TCP optimizations, better WireGuard integration, and expanded Rust language support continue the kernel’s push toward modern development practices.

Torvalds noted in his release announcement that while 6.11 adds “a lot of cool stuff,” the kernel remains “stable and boring where it matters.”

The release is already available on kernel.org
, and most major Linux distributions are expected to roll it out in upcoming updates.

Do you think Bcachefs will become the default filesystem in future Linux distros, or will it remain a niche choice alongside EXT4 and Btrfs?

Comment cherry picking hardware (Score 5, Informative) 260

by therus121 (#61042408) Attached to: Intel Benchmarks Say Apple's M1 Isn't Faster
The PCWorld article seems to have been dictated by the Intel marketing department word for word; Tom's has better analysis, which mentions a lot of the smoke and mirrors intel is using: https://www.tomshardware.com/u... There's quite the whiff of desperation from intel with these heavily skewed testing methodologies.

Submission + - Amid Pandemic, US Renewable Power Sources Have Topped Coal For 40 Days (reuters.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Electricity generated by renewable sources like solar, wind and hydro has exceeded coal-fired power in the United States for a record 40 straight days, according to a report based on U.S. government data released on Monday. The boost for renewables is due to a seasonal increase in low-cost solar and hydro power generation, alongside an overall slump in electricity demand caused by coronavirus-related stay-at-home orders, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. Coal tends to be the first power source to be cut by utilities when demand falls because subsidized renewable sources are cheaper to operate and often backed by state clean-energy mandates.

Every day between March 25 and May 3, solar, wind and hydro plants together produced more electricity than the nation’s coal-fired plants — accounting for about a fifth of the grid’s power, IEEFA said. The longest back-to-back stretch previously was nine days in 2019. In total in 2019, renewables beat coal on just 38 days, IEEFA said. IEEFA added it is possible that renewable energy in the United States could exceed coal on an annual basis for the first time this year, a year earlier than it initially forecast, if the power consumption trends caused by the health crisis continue.

Comment Sun Ray's work well and are cheap (Score 4, Informative) 349

by therus121 (#30503128) Attached to: Where Are the Cheap Thin Clients?
Have a look at the 'Sun Rays' from Sun - they've been around for years; they are cheap and very reliable: http://www.sun.com/software/index.jsp?cat=Desktop&subcat=Sun%20Ray%20Clients The prices shown on the Sun site are list-price - we get a Very healthy discount off of this, which brings the prices down even further.

The Next Three Days are the x86 Days 589

Posted by CmdrTaco from the those-are-the-days dept.
Pinky wrote in to note that "Today, tomorrow and the next day are the only days we'll get dates like this: 2/8/6 3/8/6 4/8/6 like the x86 computers :-)" And yes folks, in the August news cycle vortex, even this strikes my fancy. In recent years we've seen numerical giants like 3/1/4, 6/6/6 and 1/2/3, but now really, what do any of us have to look forward to? Is our future dull and meaningless without cool numbers in dates? Oh the humanity of it all ...

Ballmer Beaten by Spyware 501

Posted by Zonk from the don't-tell-anecdotes-at-a-public-event dept.
Devil's BSD writes "At a Windows Vista reviewers conference, Microsoft platform president Jim Allchin told a rather amusing story about Steve Ballmer. Apparently, a friend asked him to rid his computer of the spyware and malware that had accumulated over the years. As the story goes, neither Ballmer nor Microsoft's top engineers could fix the infested computer. The article goes on to discuss and compare Microsoft's new security offering, Windows Live OneCare."

IRS to Allow Tax Preparers to Sell Your Info? 289

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the personal-tax-software-sales-set-to-skyrocket dept.
merkel writes "The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the IRS has proposed rule changes allowing tax-return preparers, like H&R Block, to sell an individual's return information to marketers and data brokers. The proposed rule [PDF], which does contain some substantive protections for the processing of electronic returns, was published in the Federal Register on December 8, 2005. The official comment period has passed, but hearings will be held this month."

Microsoft To Construct iPod/DS/PSP Killer 318

Posted by Hemos from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.
Karsten writes "According to The Mercury News Microsoft is developing a PSP/DS/GBA/iPod-killer. J. Allard is leading the project." J. Allard is the man behind the Xbox, and from looking at the article it sounds like it's at least a year before this device, if it hits daylight, would be coming.

Skype 5-way Calling Limit Cracked 427

Posted by CmdrTaco from the well-isn't-that-unsurprising dept.
BobPaul writes "It turns out when Skype limited 10 way calling to Intel Processors only it really was arbitrary! Maxxus has a patched version of Skype that allows 10-way calling regardless of the processor installed. There's also info about the patch: "The patch is the result of two phases: code analysis and design of the patch. The code analysis, or reverse engineering, reveals the relevant code block, which overrides Skype's limitation for Intel's dual-core CPUs. The patch design isolates the minimal set of instructions that need to be modified to cancel this limitation." Windows only so far."

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