Open-source News

Linux overtakes Macs on Steam thanks to the Steam Deck  PCWorld

Linux surpasses MacOS among Steam gamers, Windows takes the lead  Mezha.Media

My favourite Tower Defense game Bloons TD 6 is free on Epic  GamingOnLinux

How to use Proton VPN on a Chromebook without Android or Linux  About Chromebooks

GE-Proton 8-11 is out now for Linux desktop and Steam Deck  GamingOnLinux

Ubuntu 22.04 Users Can Now Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.2  OMG! Ubuntu!

With KDE Plasma 6 development going well and a beta potentially in a few months, the KDE Neon Linux distribution crew has created a new archive with the latest Plasma 6 and KDE Frameworks 6 components to help developers and enthusiasts in testing out this leading-edge open-source desktop code...

Linux Beats Mac In Latest Steam Survey, Radeon RX 7900 XTX Finally Shows Up  Hot Hardware

Soon the most popular 'real' desktop will be the Linux desktop  The Register

Most popular 'real' desktop will soon be the Linux desktop  The Register

How to Install Stable Diffusion on Linux  Fagen wasanni

FreeRDP 3.0 continues getting better for this open-source solution for interoperability with Microsoft RDP for remote desktop purposes...

How to Install Stable Diffusion on Linux in 3 Easy Steps  AMBCrypto Blog

The past several weeks at Phoronix has been very exciting with benchmarking AMD EPYC Genoa-X processors (along with Bergamo) and the incredible uplift delivered by these latest AMD server processors. But for those not yet having the opportunity to test the new EPYC Genoa-X processors locally, those wishing to evaluate the Genoa-X capabilities in the public cloud prior to making an investment in these high-end server processors with 3D V-Cache, or those simply preferring the ease of cloud infrastructure, Azure's new HBv4 series provide an excellent route for leveraging AMD Genoa-X compute capabilities in the cloud. Here are benchmarks of the new Azure HBv4 powered by EPYC Genoa-X compared to prior Azure HPC VMs. The Azure HBv4 performance is outstanding with incredible generational uplift and leading value among Microsoft's HPC-focused VMs.

A Comparative Analysis of Popular Server Operating Systems in ...  Fagen wasanni

With new i915 driver code ready for the upcoming Linux 6.6, new threshold tuning around the RPS (cited as both Render P-States and Requested Power States) for some Intel graphics hardware and in some games can yield around a 10~15% boost to performance...

Intel Graphics With Linux 6.6 Adds Tuning Knobs That Can Yield 10 ...  Phoronix

SK engineer Byungchul Park noticed costly migration overhead especially with TLB shoot-downs hurting performance while he was working with Compute Express Link (CXL) on Linux. That led to some optimization patches to reduce TLB flushes under some select cases that in turn led to a 50% reduction in full flushes and has the possibility of helping performance...

New Linux Optimization Patches Reduced TLB Flushes By Over 50 ...  Phoronix

Prominent KDE developer Nate Graham has published a lengthy blog post outlining the current state of the Plasma 6 desktop, what code porting work has wrapped up, and what major tasks remain before Plasma 6.0 can advance onto its beta and then release phase...