Phoronix·32wGit Developers Talk About Potentially Releasing Git 3.0 By The End Of Next Year
Git developers are discussing plans to potentially release Git 3.0 by the end of next year. Recent conversations among the development team have centered around the timeline and scope for this major version release of the widely-used version control system.
Phoronix·34wLinus Torvalds Vents Over "Completely Crazy Rust Format Checking"
Linus Torvalds criticized Rust's automated formatting tool (rustfmt) for making poor decisions about code organization in the Linux kernel. He specifically objected to the tool's heuristics for formatting 'use' statements, arguing that its compressed format makes future maintenance and conflict resolution harder. Torvalds prefers multi-line formatting that allows clean, single-line additions of new imports, and questions whether the Rust style guide's 'small items' rule is appropriate for independent use directives.
Phoronix·31wValkey 9.0 Released With Ability To Achieve One Billion Requests / Second
Valkey 9.0 has been released, marking a major milestone for the Linux Foundation-backed Redis fork. The new version introduces significant performance improvements, with the capability to handle up to one billion requests per second. This key-value database continues to evolve as a popular alternative in the data storage ecosystem.
Phoronix·33wRust-Written Redox OS Enables Multi-Threading By Default
Redox OS, a Unix-like operating system written entirely in Rust, now enables multi-threaded support by default on x86-based systems. This milestone represents significant progress in the development of this memory-safe, microkernel-based OS that aims to bring modern systems programming practices to operating system design.
Phoronix·32wPhosh 0.50 Released, GNOME App Aims To Help You Learn Assembly
Phosh 0.50 has been released alongside GNOME 49, bringing updates to the Wayland compositor designed for mobile devices. Additionally, a new GNOME application has been introduced to help developers learn assembly language programming.
Phoronix·32wValve Developer Contributes Open-Source Driver Fixes For 12 Year Old Hawaii GPUs
Valve's open-source Linux graphics team has contributed driver fixes for AMD's 12-year-old Hawaii GPU architecture. This continues their work on improving Linux GPU driver support for legacy hardware that original vendors no longer maintain, alongside recent achievements like enabling NVIDIA DLSS on the open-source NVK driver.
Phoronix·33wPython 3.14 Performance Looking Good In Benchmarks
Python 3.14 shows performance improvements compared to versions 3.12 and 3.13 in benchmark tests. The release includes performance enhancements, debugging improvements, and a new Zstd compression module. Benchmarks were conducted on an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D system running Ubuntu 25.10 with Linux 6.17, with all Python versions built from source in optimized mode using identical testing conditions.
Phoronix·31wNew Code Merged For Linux 6.18 To Address Linus Torvalds' Rust Formatting Critique
Linux kernel maintainers merged code changes to address formatting issues with Rust imports. The rustfmt tool's default behavior of condensing multi-line imports into single lines was causing merge conflicts. The kernel team implemented a trailing empty comment workaround and updated their coding guidelines to handle this formatting challenge.
Phoronix·31wLinux 6.19 Will Add Support For The Logitech G13 Keypad - 17 Years After Hardware Debut
Linux kernel 6.19, expected in early 2026, will finally include native driver support for the Logitech G13 gaming keypad, a device originally released in 2009. The new driver enables full functionality including all macro keys, the analog thumbstick, RGB LED backlight control, and the monochrome LCD display, bringing official support 17 years after the hardware's initial launch.