Phoronix Forums http://phoronix.com/forums/ Phoronix is the leading source for GNU/Linux hardware reviews and has been serving the alternative OS community since 2004. en Sun, 19 May 2013 19:27:08 GMT vBulletin 60 http://phoronix.com/forums/images/misc/rss.png Phoronix Forums http://phoronix.com/forums/ NetBSD 6.1 Brings In More Features http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80766-NetBSD-6-1-Brings-In-More-Features&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 19:10:04 GMT *Phoronix: NetBSD 6.1 Brings In More Features* The NetBSD project has announced the simultaneous releases of NetBSD 6.0.2 and NetBSD 6.1, with the... Phoronix: NetBSD 6.1 Brings In More Features

The NetBSD project has announced the simultaneous releases of NetBSD 6.0.2 and NetBSD 6.1, with the latter introducing new features to the open-source operating system...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTM3NTQ ]]> Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds phoronix http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80766-NetBSD-6-1-Brings-In-More-Features <![CDATA[Using Six Monitors With AMD's Open-Source Linux Driver]]> http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80759-Using-Six-Monitors-With-AMD-s-Open-Source-Linux-Driver&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 18:50:13 GMT Phoronix: Using Six Monitors With AMD's Open-Source Linux Driver

Linux graphics drivers have come a long way in recent years for both the open and closed-source solutions from AMD, NVIDIA, and Intel. In this Sunday article, a Phoronix reader has shared his experiences in going from failing to setup two monitors under Linux just a few years ago with NVIDIA to now successfully driving six monitors on a single system using the AMD Linux driver...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTM3NTM ]]> Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds phoronix http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80759-Using-Six-Monitors-With-AMD-s-Open-Source-Linux-Driver openSUSE servers expecting some downtime due to literally a crash. http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80752-openSUSE-servers-expecting-some-downtime-due-to-literally-a-crash&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 17:18:15 GMT http://news.opensuse.org/2013/05/18/16052/ Image: http://en.opensuse.org/images/4/43/Failgeeko.png ---Quote--- Server outages the coming days... http://news.opensuse.org/2013/05/18/16052/


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Server outages the coming days
May 18th, 2013 by Jos Poortvliet

Believe it or not: a car crashed into the Nuremberg SUSE office building. Our geekos are fine but the power will have to be shut down so repairs can take place. You can expect some availability issues for our servers the coming days. Hopefully things will be back up next week!
]]> Distributions deanjo http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80752-openSUSE-servers-expecting-some-downtime-due-to-literally-a-crash Benchmarking The Intel P-State, CPUfreq Changes http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80747-Benchmarking-The-Intel-P-State-CPUfreq-Changes&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 12:10:08 GMT Phoronix: Benchmarking The Intel P-State, CPUfreq Changes

On Friday there was the controversial news about the Linux "ondemand" cpufreq governor no longer being fit for best performance and power-savings on modern processors. Fortunately, for better handling the CPU frequency stage changes on modern Intel CPUs, Intel recently introduced the new P-State kernel driver...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTM3NTI ]]> Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds phoronix http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80747-Benchmarking-The-Intel-P-State-CPUfreq-Changes FreeBSD Still Working On Next-Gen Package Manager http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80743-FreeBSD-Still-Working-On-Next-Gen-Package-Manager&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 08:10:19 GMT *Phoronix: FreeBSD Still Working On Next-Gen Package Manager* The FreeBSD camp continues to develop pkgng, a next-generation binary package... Phoronix: FreeBSD Still Working On Next-Gen Package Manager

The FreeBSD camp continues to develop pkgng, a next-generation binary package manager for the operating system...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTM3NTE ]]> Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds phoronix http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80743-FreeBSD-Still-Working-On-Next-Gen-Package-Manager Sumo Lounge Emperor http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80737-Sumo-Lounge-Emperor&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 05:30:35 GMT *Phoronix: Sumo Lounge Emperor* Taking a break from our usual Linux hardware coverage and performance benchmarking this weekend is a look at the... Phoronix: Sumo Lounge Emperor

Taking a break from our usual Linux hardware coverage and performance benchmarking this weekend is a look at the Sumo Emperor, a comfortable basis for lounging or working from a laptop.

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=18726 ]]> Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds phoronix http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80737-Sumo-Lounge-Emperor DNF Still Advancing As Experimental Yum For Fedora http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80736-DNF-Still-Advancing-As-Experimental-Yum-For-Fedora&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 00:40:05 GMT *Phoronix: DNF Still Advancing As Experimental Yum For Fedora* DNF is the experimental fork of the Yum package manager that premiered in Fedora... Phoronix: DNF Still Advancing As Experimental Yum For Fedora

DNF is the experimental fork of the Yum package manager that premiered in Fedora 18. While much hasn't been heard of this experimental Yum replacement since its debut, work on it has still been progressing and is turning out to be in great shape, is slowly approaching feature-parity with Yum, and is faster...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTM3NTA ]]> Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds phoronix http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80736-DNF-Still-Advancing-As-Experimental-Yum-For-Fedora Logitech Begins Supporting Linux Users http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80730-Logitech-Begins-Supporting-Linux-Users&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 00:20:19 GMT *Phoronix: Logitech Begins Supporting Linux Users* While Linux game developers and publishers have grown more interested in the Linux market-share... Phoronix: Logitech Begins Supporting Linux Users

While Linux game developers and publishers have grown more interested in the Linux market-share over the past year following Valve's major Linux play, one of the sectors that is still lagging behind is gaming hardware and peripherals. Fortunately, Logitech is finally beginning to show their Linux cards...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTM3NDk ]]> Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds phoronix http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80730-Logitech-Begins-Supporting-Linux-Users Openbenchmarking.org main page is damaged http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80729-Openbenchmarking-org-main-page-is-damaged&goto=newpost Sat, 18 May 2013 22:02:03 GMT Image: http://i.imgur.com/M5WDbWJ.png Translation from German: XML-processing error: is not correctly marked up Adress: openbenchmarking.org...

Translation from German:
XML-processing error: is not correctly marked up
Adress: openbenchmarking.org
Line:63 Position: 3629

Happens every time I reload the page. I do not block ads. ]]> Site Discussion brosis http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80729-Openbenchmarking-org-main-page-is-damaged Logitech supports linux! http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80722-Logitech-supports-linux!&goto=newpost Sat, 18 May 2013 15:47:23 GMT I had to snicker when I looked at Logitech's site today. They have added a linux selection box..... when you check it, this is what you find....



Oh well, it's a start. At least they have a linux selection box in their search which is better then most sites. ]]> General Hardware deanjo http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80722-Logitech-supports-linux! Modern Intel Gallium3D Driver Still Being Toyed With http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80719-Modern-Intel-Gallium3D-Driver-Still-Being-Toyed-With&goto=newpost Sat, 18 May 2013 12:00:06 GMT Phoronix: Modern Intel Gallium3D Driver Still Being Toyed With

While it's not the default Linux graphics driver for Sandy Bridge or Ivy Bridge hardware, the "ilo" independently-developed Gallium3D driver for modern Intel graphics hardware continues to be developed...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTM3NDg ]]> Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds phoronix http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80719-Modern-Intel-Gallium3D-Driver-Still-Being-Toyed-With Linux 3.10 Kernel Benchmarks On A Core i7 Laptop http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80708-Linux-3-10-Kernel-Benchmarks-On-A-Core-i7-Laptop&goto=newpost Sat, 18 May 2013 08:10:12 GMT *Phoronix: Linux 3.10 Kernel Benchmarks On A Core i7 Laptop* As our latest coverage of the Linux 3.10 kernel comes new comparison benchmarks of... Phoronix: Linux 3.10 Kernel Benchmarks On A Core i7 Laptop

As our latest coverage of the Linux 3.10 kernel comes new comparison benchmarks of the latest development kernel compared to its predecessor from an Intel Core i7 laptop sporting NVIDIA graphics...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTM3NDc ]]> General Linux phoronix http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80708-Linux-3-10-Kernel-Benchmarks-On-A-Core-i7-Laptop GCC 4.8.1 Compiler Due To Be Out Next Week http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80707-GCC-4-8-1-Compiler-Due-To-Be-Out-Next-Week&goto=newpost Sat, 18 May 2013 07:00:17 GMT *Phoronix: GCC 4.8.1 Compiler Due To Be Out Next Week* The first point release to the GCC 4.8 compiler was made available in release candidate... Phoronix: GCC 4.8.1 Compiler Due To Be Out Next Week

The first point release to the GCC 4.8 compiler was made available in release candidate form on Friday, ahead of the official release that's expected next week...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTM3NDY ]]> General Linux phoronix http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80707-GCC-4-8-1-Compiler-Due-To-Be-Out-Next-Week PTS Git: phodevi: Report CPU scaling... http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80705-PTS-Git-phodevi-Report-CPU-scaling&goto=newpost Sat, 18 May 2013 04:00:06 GMT *Phoronix Test Suite* *Git Commit:* phodevi: Report CPU scaling... phodevi: Report CPU scaling driver along side the CPU scaling governor... Phoronix Test Suite
Git Commit: phodevi: Report CPU scaling...

phodevi: Report CPU scaling driver along side the CPU scaling governor

http://www.phorogit.com/index.php?p=...8a3cabe2c5d7f1 ]]> Phoronix Test Suite - Developments phoronix-test-suite http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80705-PTS-Git-phodevi-Report-CPU-scaling Richard Stallman is right yet, again. http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80704-Richard-Stallman-is-right-yet-again&goto=newpost Sat, 18 May 2013 02:12:09 GMT Just watch the embedded video (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/10/software-tracks-social-media-defence) to get a clue. RMS also launched... Just watch the embedded video to get a clue. RMS also launched compaign "You will not find me on Facebook", so he is correct as usual. ]]> General Discussion brosis http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?80704-Richard-Stallman-is-right-yet-again