The X.Org Server just got forked (announcing XLibre)github.com116 points·by throwaway1482·el año pasado·178 comments
EXT4 for Linux 6.16 Brings a Change Yielding "Stupendous Performance"phoronix.com21 points·by throwaway1482·el año pasado·6 comments
Bcachefs, Btrfs, EXT4, F2FS and XFS File-System Performance on Linux 6.15phoronix.com8 points·by throwaway1482·el año pasado·0 comments
throwaway1482·el año pasado·discussIt's not the year of the Linux desktop just because your billionaire buddy is using it. If anything, it's been the year of the Linux desktop for many of us for years, you're all late to the party.
throwaway1482·el año pasado·discuss> How hard is it to emulate linux system calls?Just replace the XNU kernel with Linux already.
throwaway1482·el año pasado·discussThose can be emulated with the likes of SELinux, sockets, and bind mounts. It will take a lot of effort and some adaptation, but it could be done.
throwaway1482·el año pasado·discussIf they're going this way, why not just replace the macOS kernel (XNU) with Linux? They'll get so much more.
throwaway1482·el año pasado·discussWell-known developer Enrico Weigelt just forked the X server from freedesktop.org after getting the boot [0].[0] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/merge_requests...[1] https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/commits/xlibre/prepare/