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Intel using BOLT for Linux Distros?
Intel Appears On The Verge Of Some Exciting Performance Optimizations For Linux Distros Over the years on Phoronix you’ve likely read an article or two about BOLT that was developed by Facebook/Meta for optimizing the layout of generated binaries. BOLT made it to the mainline LLVM codebase last year with LLVM 14 for helping to…
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Ubuntu: More Performance on Threadripper
With currently reviewing the HP Z6 G5 A workstation powered by the new 96-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX Zen 4 processor, one of the areas I was curious about was how well HP’s tuned Microsoft Windows 11 compares to that of Linux. In this article is looking at how the Microsoft Windows 11 performance…
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Dev Career: What to Avoid
What does the word career mean to you? To me, it is a roller coaster journey during which we find opportunities, progress, and growth in life. The journey involves learning objectives, work, and other personal and professional aspects. A promising career is one where you enjoy most (if not all) of your daily work. You…
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Leetcode ‘Two Sum’ Tutorial for Dev Interviews
A lot of my friends are using the holidays to prepare for the coding interview process as they apply for new roles. Don’t let this process intimidate you. In this tutorial, freeCodeCamp developer Jessica Wilkins will walk you through solving a popular Leetcode problem called Two Sum. You’ll learn how she thinks and solves the…
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Canonical releases MicroCloud
Canonical has announced a new technology for people interested in deploying their own cloud infrastructure. The new software, called MicroCloud, is intended to be set up with a single command, reducing the amount of human interaction involved in setting up new cloud instances. Support for MicroCloud is included in Ubuntu Pro subscriptions. “Canonical announced today the general…
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LF: Forming ‘High Performance Software Foundation’
This week the Linux Foundation “announced the intention to form the High Performance Software Foundation.” “Through a series of technical projects, the High Performance Software Foundation aims to build, promote, and advance a portable software stack for high performance computing by increasing adoption, lowering barriers to contribution, and supporting development efforts.” From their webpage: As…
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