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  2. Read-copy-update - Wikipedia

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    The differences between the two approaches are quite small. Read-side locking moves to rcu_read_lock and rcu_read_unlock, update-side locking moves from a reader-writer lock to a simple spinlock, and a synchronize_rcu precedes the kfree. However, there is one potential catch: the read-side and update-side critical sections can now run concurrently.

  3. kitty (terminal emulator) - Wikipedia

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    kitty is a free and open-source GPU-accelerated [2] [3] terminal emulator for Linux, macOS, [4] and some BSD distributions. [5] Focused on performance and features, kitty is written in a mix of C and Python programming languages. It provides GPU support. kitty shares its name with another program — KiTTY — a fork of PuTTY for Microsoft ...

  4. Homebrew (package manager) - Wikipedia

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    Homebrew is a free and open-source software package management system that simplifies the installation of software on Apple's operating system, macOS, as well as Linux.The name is intended to suggest the idea of building software on the Mac depending on the user's taste.

  5. List of software package management systems - Wikipedia

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    Used to shop for, download, install, update, uninstall and back up video games. Works on Windows NT, OS X and Linux; Uplay: A cross-platform video game distribution, licensing and social gameplay platform, developed and maintained by Ubisoft. Used to shop for, download, install and update video games.

  6. pip (package manager) - Wikipedia

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    In 2011, the Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) was created to take over the maintenance of pip and virtualenv from Bicking, led by Carl Meyer, Brian Rosner, and Jannis Leidel. [ 10 ] With the release of pip version 6.0 (2014-12-22), the version naming process was changed to have version in X.Y format and drop the preceding 1 from the version label.

  7. Context switch - Wikipedia

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    When a task switch occurs the CPU can automatically load the new state from the TSS. As with other tasks performed in hardware, one would expect this to be rather fast; however, mainstream operating systems, including Windows and Linux, [11] do not use this feature. This is mainly due to two reasons:

  8. Windows Subsystem for Linux - Wikipedia

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    Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a feature of Microsoft Windows that allows for using a Linux environment without the need for a separate virtual machine or dual booting. WSL is installed by default in Windows 11. [ 2 ]

  9. Snap (software) - Wikipedia

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    Snap is a software packaging and deployment system developed by Canonical for operating systems that use the Linux kernel and the systemd init system. The packages, called snaps, and the tool for using them, snapd, work across a range of Linux distributions [3] and allow upstream software developers to distribute their applications directly to users.