Linux

Arch Linux Based CachyOS Takes The Lead On Intel Arrow Lake
Following the recent Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu Linux benchmarks I wanted to expand the testing to look at how well other Linux distributions as well were performing on this new 24-core Arrow Lake desktop processor. To much surprise ...
2024-12-20 10:33
DXVK 2.5.2 Brings Fixes & Optimizations For Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 Atop Vulkan
DXVK 2.5.2 is out today as the newest point release to this open-source software implementing the Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 APIs atop Vulkan for powering Windows games on Valve's Steam Play (Proton) as well as being used by other software and some games dir...
2024-12-20 08:48
Building RAG with enterprise open source AI infrastructure
How to create a robust enterprise AI infrastructure for RAG systems using open source tooling?A highlight on how open source can help
2024-12-20 08:18
Liquorix vs. Linux 6.12 Upstream Kernel Performance Across Many Workloads
A Phoronix Premium subscriber a while back requested some fresh benchmarks of how the Liquorix downstream of the Linux kernel is comparing against the latest upstream kernel... Here are some benchmarks looking at the Liquorix flavor of the Linux kernel...
2024-12-20 08:14
Fedora Server User Survey: Your Cattle or Your Pets
Do you use Fedora Server? The Fedora Server Working Group would love to hear from you through our short 10 question survey. Your answers will help us focus our efforts to improve Fedora Server and provide better support for your use cases. We Have Ide...
2024-12-20 08:00
Ryzen AI NPU6 Support Added To AMDXDNA Driver For Linux 6.14 Debut
The latest round of drm-misc-next material was sent out yesterday to DRM-Next in advance of the upcoming Linux 6.14 merge window...
2024-12-20 06:30
Weighted Interleave Auto-Tuning Being Worked On For Linux
Joshua Hahn has posted the latest "request for comments" draft working on weightedd interleave auto-tuning for the linux kernel in order to better enhance the performance characteristics of primarily Linux servers with multiple memory nodes...
2024-12-20 06:04
OpenMoonRay 1.7 Brings More NVIDIA GPU Acceleration, Additional Features
In early 2023 DreamWorks open-sourced their MoonRay renderer as OpenMoonRay. Since then they have continued advancing this award-winning production MCRT renderer. Before closing out 2024 they have now released OpenMoonRay 1.7...
2024-12-20 05:48
Kdenlive Update Adds New Subtitle Tools, Effects + More
A sizeable update to the free, open-source video editor Kdenlive is now available to download. Kdenlive 24.12 arrives stuffed like a seasonal bird with bug fixes, performance tweaks, and usability enhancements. Additionally, the editor’s developers h...
2024-12-20 01:30
IPFire Linux Firewall Preps for Wi-Fi 7, Adopts Post-Quantum Cryptography
IPFire 2.29 Core Update 190 open-source hardened Linux firewall is now available for download with support for post-quantum cryptography and other changes. Here's what's new! The post IPFire Linux Firewall Preps for Wi-Fi 7, Adopts Post-Quantum Cryptog...
2024-12-19 17:17
Intel & Canonical Collaborate On Graphics Preview Stack For Ubuntu 24.10
Intel and Canonical have been collaborating to provide an early "Graphics Preview" stack for Ubuntu 24.10 to provide better support for the new Intel Core Ultra Series 2 "Lunar Lake" and Intel Arc B-Series "Battlemage" graphics...
2024-12-19 14:33
LibreOffice 24.8.4 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 55 Bug Fixes
LibreOffice 24.8.4 is now available for download as the second maintenance update in the LibreOffice 24.8 series with 55 bug fixes. All LibreOffice 24.8 office suite users must update to this version as soon as possible. The post LibreOffice 24.8.4 Off...
2024-12-19 14:15
Leap 15.5 Nears End of Life
The release of Leap 15.6 on June 12 set in motion the End of Life for maintenance and security for Leap 15.5, which will happen at the end of December. Users should upgrade to openSUSE Leap 15.6 to continue to receive security and maintenance updates. ...
2024-12-19 13:00
Life at Canonical: Victoria Antipova’s perspective as a new joiner in Product Marketing
Life at Canonical: Victoria Antipova’s perspective as a new joiner in Product Marketing
2024-12-19 12:34
Linux 6.13 Is A Great Holiday Gift For AMD Systems With Many New Features
Of the many new features in Linux 6.13 for that kernel debuting by late January, AMD customers once again have a lot to look forward to from new Zen 5 features being enabled to additional performance optimizations. Here is a look at some of the most ex...
2024-12-19 12:18
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K "Arrow Lake" Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu Linux Performance
One of the areas for benchmarking exploration that I had been meaning to dive into since the launch of the Intel Arrow Lake processors back in October was checking out the Microsoft Windows 11 vs. Linux performance for the new Core Ultra 9 285K flagshi...
2024-12-19 10:30
OpenVINO 2024.6 Released With Intel Arc B-Series Support, NPU Optimizations
Intel's OpenVINO open-source AI toolkit is out with a new feature release today for closing out the year. The OpenVINO 2024.6 release brings initial support for the Arc B-Series "Battlemage" graphics cards as well as further optimizing the Intel NPU su...
2024-12-19 08:55
Fish Shell 4.0 Beta Released With C++ Code Ported To Rust
The Fish Shell as the interactive, user-friendly command line shell debuted its 4.0 beta release ahead of the holidays. Notably in this release is porting the C++ code over to the Rust programming language...
2024-12-19 08:48
AlmaLinux 10 Beta Running Great With Nice Performance As Free/Community Alternative To RHEL 10
Along with the recent release of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 beta, the AlmaLinux crew released their AlmaLinux 10 beta as the latest wares for this popular community/free alternative to upstream RHEL. I've been running some early benchmarks and tes...
2024-12-19 06:50
AMD Updates Linux Patches For L3 Smart Data Cache Injection SDCIAE Handling
Back in August AMD posted Linux patches for L3 Smart Data Cache Injection Allocation Enforcement (SDCIAE). That L3 Smart Data Cache Injection (SDCI) work was since announced as part of the AMD EPYC 9005 "Turin" processors. A second iteration of those S...
2024-12-19 06:29