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05-25-2013, 01:41 AM

Luke_Wolf replied to a thread GCC 4.8.0 vs. LLVM Clang 3.3 Compiler Performance in Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds

I'm not surprised at all, anything that is heavily parallel strongly favours the Bulldozer/Pilerdriver architecture, such that in some benchmarks on...

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05-25-2013, 01:36 AM

leonmaxx replied to a thread GCC 4.8.0 vs. LLVM Clang 3.3 Compiler Performance in Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds

I'm very surprised about FX perfomance in some tests. Clang: seems like next release will finally beat GCC, and be a good replacement for it...

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05-25-2013, 01:34 AM

ofkbm46 started a thread Those hoping for a a lot of cerebral in General Discussion

Those hoping for a a lot of cerebral expertise this point around, then, could leave thwarted. the correct themes ar all here – notes of relationship,...

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05-25-2013, 01:25 AM

ChrisXY replied to a thread AMD RadeonSI Gallium3D Begins Simple CL Demos in Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds

radeonsi, just to show that with current mainline it's pretty much broken. Haven't tested the proposed patches and probably won't because if they...

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05-25-2013, 12:44 AM

SrallBuck started a thread Didn't we all tell you in Open-Source AMD Linux

Will anyone else be joining me tomorrow to see the Champions League match between Dortmund and Bayern Munchen? UEFA Champions League Final 2013...

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05-25-2013, 12:39 AM

peppercats replied to a thread GCC 4.8.0 vs. LLVM Clang 3.3 Compiler Performance in Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds

Interesting, I remember the last time clang was tested using an AMD CPU the performance was abysmal compared to GCC. edit: and for being ~$800...

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05-25-2013, 12:26 AM

varikonniemi replied to a thread AMD RadeonSI Gallium3D Begins Simple CL Demos in Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds

I am glad to see this work being carried out. Currently the open source implementation is about 60-70% of the performance of the proprietary driver...

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05-25-2013, 12:20 AM

phoronix started a thread GCC 4.8.0 vs. LLVM Clang 3.3 Compiler Performance in Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds

Phoronix: GCC 4.8.0 vs. LLVM Clang 3.3 Compiler Performance In preparation for the upcoming release of LLVM 3.3, here is an extensive round of...

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05-24-2013, 11:29 PM

hwertz replied to a thread KDE 4.11 Will Be The Last Major KDE4 Workspaces Feature Release in Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds

I don't think it's idiotic or retarded to not know that KDE is now considered to be composed of three independent components. I mean, I have an up...

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05-24-2013, 10:50 PM

phoronix started a thread Unity 8, Mir Made Progress This Week On Features in Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds

Phoronix: Unity 8, Mir Made Progress This Week On Features Canonical's Kevin Gunn shared a status update for the advancements made by their team...

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05-24-2013, 10:13 PM

AnonymousCoward replied to a thread AMD RadeonSI Gallium3D Begins Simple CL Demos in Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds

I get superior performance with the open source drivers compared to Catalyst, provided I used the r600-sb backend and force enable power management....

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05-24-2013, 09:54 PM

Awesomeness replied to a thread KDE 4.11 Will Be The Last Major KDE4 Workspaces Feature Release in Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds

The current version 4.x number is not a technical but a historical one because “KDE4” was split into the three pillars after 4.3. Plasma is not...

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05-24-2013, 09:28 PM

brosis started a thread Openbenchmarking.org (again) issue in Site Discussion

This result yields the XML error similar to what I reported days before on main page. This is strange, but its repeatable.

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05-24-2013, 09:25 PM

duby229 replied to a thread Linux Desktop Security Could Be A Whole Lot Better in Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds

Thank You alanc. It seems like you are getting some flack on this thread, but no worries. You are doing exactly the right thing. I clearly don't have...

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05-24-2013, 09:19 PM

brosis replied to a thread Linux Desktop Security Could Be A Whole Lot Better in Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds

Yes, nvidia drivers are great for nvidia. The best drivers one can get on Linux for all activities, for nvidia. Yes, optimus is coming, after (3...

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05-24-2013, 08:55 PM

alanc replied to a thread Linux Desktop Security Could Be A Whole Lot Better in Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds

No. Security is not a static thing that you can get all at once and be done. Making your software secure requires you to think of every possible...

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05-24-2013, 08:38 PM

alanc replied to a thread X.Org Libraries Hit By Round Of Security Issues in Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds

And using the exact same set of X libraries that we just fixed all these bugs in. You can't be rid of the X client libraries without being rid of...

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05-24-2013, 08:20 PM

phoronix started a thread LLVM Clang 3.3 RC2 Is Ready For Testing in Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds

Phoronix: LLVM Clang 3.3 RC2 Is Ready For Testing The release of LLVM 3.3 along with its sub-projects like the Clang C/C++ compiler front-end and...

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05-24-2013, 08:17 PM

peppercats replied to a thread Intel Shows Off GNOME3-Based Tizen Shell in Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds

I'm glad GNOME3 is finally finding its way onto places where it belongs instead of the desktop.

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05-24-2013, 08:04 PM

duby229 replied to a thread AMD RadeonSI Gallium3D Begins Simple CL Demos in Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds

Michael, Most people don't mind paying for games that they enjoy. Just because a game needs to be payed for doesnt mean that people don't have it....

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05-24-2013, 07:59 PM

iniudan replied to a thread Intel Shows Off GNOME3-Based Tizen Shell in Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds

Actually AMD releasing their own brand of of thin notebook when Richland APU get release, if I am not mistaken.

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05-24-2013, 07:57 PM

Vim_User replied to a thread Intel Shows Off GNOME3-Based Tizen Shell in Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds

From the Tizen website: https://www.tizen.org/about So having a mouse/touchpad and a keyboard is not something that you won't ever find on Tizen...

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05-24-2013, 07:28 PM

Chaz replied to a thread Intel Shows Off GNOME3-Based Tizen Shell in Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds

Do people seriously say "Guh-nome 3"? 'Cause, like, gnome's been a word for a long time, and it's pronounced "gnome". At least he didn't shout...

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05-24-2013, 07:05 PM

vadimg replied to a thread AMD RadeonSI Gallium3D Begins Simple CL Demos in Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds

There are known problems with Unigine engine (it's not r600g's problems) that require workarounds to make it work properly. Setting the following...

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05-24-2013, 06:55 PM

smitty3268 replied to a thread AMD RadeonSI Gallium3D Begins Simple CL Demos in Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds

Ahh, that's interesting to hear. Have you reported any of these bugs? I'm not aware of any bugs that the developers are working on, and it won't get...

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05-24-2013, 06:54 PM

twriter replied to a thread AMD RadeonSI Gallium3D Begins Simple CL Demos in Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds

@Michael care to elaborate on your issues with RadeonSI? Your experiences seem inconsistent with our own and the many positive comments in this...

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