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Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. The latest Linux kernel has made the Time Stamp Counter (TSC) a hard requirement for x86 processors, ending decades of compatibility code that allowed the ...

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Linux 7.3 commit flattens cgroup scheduling to a single runqueue and adds new cgroup weight modes. Minimum FPS jumped ~7x (4→29), average FPS rose, and max frame latency fell sharply, smoothing ...

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Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...

RIP, 486 processor. You've had a long run since Intel released you back in 1989. While Microsoft stopped supporting you with the release of Windows XP in 2001, Linux kept you alive and well for ...

Unix and later Linux, inherited some of Multics' features, such as the single directory tree, a kernel that's protected from ...