performance improvements

Wine 1.1.9 Released

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Fri, 11/21/2008 - 10:32

Th What's new in this release: * A large number of regression test fixes. * Performance improvements in memory management.

* Improved POP3 support in inetcomm. * Initial implementation of the XInput DLL.


 

Parallels 4.0 Promises Significant Performance Improvements

MacRumors  Tue, 11/11/2008 - 10:42

Parallels has announced the immediate availability of Parallels 4.0. Parallels allows Intel-Mac users to run Windows alongside Mac OS X.

The latest update to their Windows-virtualization software for Intel Macs promises new perform...


 

Available Now: KDE 4.1.3

Linux Today  Fri, 11/07/2008 - 10:05

Softpedia: "The KDE community announced yesterday (November 5th, 2008), in a press release, the immediate availability of the third maintenance of the K Desktop Environment, one of the most popular desktop managers, also known as KDE.

The new release, KDE 4.1.3 (dubbed Change), ships with numerous bugfixes, some translation updates and many performance improvements."


 

Speed Up Linux Hard Drives by Disabling Atime

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Mon, 11/03/2008 - 11:42

Disabling the atime option, which writes a last-accessed time to every single file that's accessed by a Linux system, may net some significant performance improvements.


 

The Fastest OpenOffice.org Edition

Linux Today  Mon, 09/29/2008 - 12:02

OpenOffice.org Ninja: "OpenOffice.org comes in several editions produced by different groups. Each edition has its own features, performance improvements, bug fixes, and new bugs.

Go-oo in particular boasts performance as a feature with its the slogan, "Better, Faster, Freer," but is there truth in advertising?

Let's pit four OpenOffice.org editions against each other in a scientific speed smackdown."


 

X.org 7.4 released

LWN.net  Wed, 09/24/2008 - 04:19

X.org 7.4 is out. Changes include the addition of support for ATI Radeon r[567]00 chipsets, lots of performance improvements, better automatic configuration. the XACE security framework, and a lot more.

Some details can be found in the release notes.


 

Large-Scale CFD Post-Processing Gains Significantly Faster Paral...

Topix - Unix  Tue, 08/19/2008 - 14:59

August 19, 2008 - FieldView version 12.1 is the fastest version of FieldView ever delivered bringing substantial post-processing performance improvements for multi-core workstations and parallel servers.


 

Intelligent Light Releases FieldView v12.1 for CFD

Topix - Unix  Tue, 08/19/2008 - 14:27

FieldView version 12.1 is the fastest version of FieldView ever delivered bringing substantial post-processing performance improvements for multi-core workstations and parallel servers.


 

Large-Scale CFD Post-Processing Gains Significantly Faster Paral...

Topix - Unix  Tue, 08/19/2008 - 08:34

FieldView version 12.1 is the fastest version of FieldView ever delivered bringing substantial post-processing performance improvements for multi-core workstations and parallel servers.


 

Adobe Flash Player 10 Release Candidate

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Tue, 08/12/2008 - 22:43

Adobe has today announced the Flash Player 10 release candidate as the first testing update since early January when their previous Flash Player 10 beta had added many new features such as 3D effects, advanced text layout, an enhanced drawing API, and visual performance improvements...