Linux 5.5-rc2

• Linux 5.5-rc2

  You all know the deal by now: another week, another rc.
  
  Things look normal - rc2 is usually fairly calm, and so it was this
  week too. All the stats look normal too - the bulk of this is drivers
  (gpu, rdma, networking, scsi, usb stand out, but there's noise
  elsewhere too), with the rest being random things all over - io_uring,
  filesystems (ceph, overlayfs), core networking, arch updates, header
  files, etc etc.
  
  So peeps - go build it, install it and boot it, and report back any
  problems you see,
  
  Linus

ArcMenu 38 Adds KRunner Inspired Layout + More

ArcMenu 38 touts a couple of really interesting changes, including a crop of new app menu layouts inspired by other operating systems and desktop environments. Now, if you checked out the previous release of ArcMenu back in October then you’ll be more than familiar with the configurable set of app menu layouts it introduced. But if you’re not? It’s something that makes the extensions really worth checking out, particularly if you’re into desktop customisation and theming. ArcMenu is a free, open source software designed for the GNOME Shell desktop environment. The latest version of the add-on is available to install from the GNOME Extensions website (below) on GNOME Shell 3.28 and above.

All the world's top 500 supercomputers run Linux

All of the world's 500 fastest supercomputers use Linux, and the aggregate processing capacity of the top 500 has now grown to 1.65 exaflops. The 54th edition of the TOP500 supercomputing list shows that the entry level to the list has also grown to 1.14 petaflops, up from 1.02 petaflops from the previous list released in June. The top 10 systems remain unchanged from the previous list, with IBM-built Summit and Sierra remaining in first and second place with speeds of 148.6 petaflops and 94.6 petaflops respectively. Both employ Power9 CPUs and NVIDIA Telsa V100 GPUs.