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The AMD EPYC 9005 "Turin" processors that launched last year offer excellent performance and power efficiency out-of-the-box. For those wanting to pursue maximum power efficiency and running in the most optimal configuration for performance-per-Watt, AMD EPYC BIOS tunables as well as recent Linux kernel driver improvements can help in driving even greater efficiency. Today's article is a look at the impact of the AMD P-State driver usage and options with recent kernel versions as well as the Power Profile Selection BIOS option for the impact on 5th Gen EPYC performance and power efficiency.

What to claim from Prime Gaming, February 21st edition - plenty for Steam Deck / Linux  GamingOnLinux

Playstation 2 Emulator PCSX2 enables Wayland by default  GamingOnLinux

We are nearing one year since the first Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 Elite laptops shipped with Windows 11 ARM. For the upcoming Ubuntu 25.04 release it's looking like more of these ARM-powered laptops will have somewhat usable support at least for those wanting to avoid Intel Core Ultra or AMD Ryzen laptops...

Server Operating System Market to Worth More than US$ 43.35 Billion By 2033 | Astute Analytica  GlobeNewswire

The latest open-source project enabling Wayland support by default today is PCSX2 as the PlayStation 2 game emulator for Linux and other platforms...

PCSX2 Enables Wayland Support By Default - After Previously Calling It "Super Broken"  Phoronix

Gentoo Linux Announces Official QCOW2 Images For Cloud VMs  Phoronix

One of the Linux distributions we hear very little about in the industry for cloud/VM usage is Gentoo Linux. But that could change with the Gentoo project now putting out official QCOW2 disk images to make it easier deploying this source-based Linux distribution within virtual machines...

How to Set Up ExpressVPN for Linux (CLI Guide)  ExpressVPN

It's looking like Linux 6.15 will be the kernel that does away with the Z3fold and Zbud allocators...

OpenRazer v3.10 brings support for Razer Basilisk V3 35K and more on Linux  GamingOnLinux

The Ubuntu 25.04 feature freeze is now in effect as Canonical and the Ubuntu Linux developer community work toward releasing the "Plucky Puffin" in April...

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle gets DLSS 4 and FSR 3.1 but breaks on Steam Deck / Linux with Mesa  GamingOnLinux

Google engineers themselves haven't been energetically pursuing Wayland support within the Ozone abstraction layer for the Chrome/Chromium web browser but thankfully the consulting firm Igalia continues pushing this native Wayland support along. Nick Yamane with Igalia has out a new blog post covering the remaining items being addressed...

Linux developers argue over Rust in kernel  Techzine Europe

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Single user mode, also known as rescue mode, is a minimal environment in Linux that allows system administrators to perform

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The Linux kernel mailing list drama around the Rust programming language use within the kernel continues... Linus Torvalds has largely refrained from the ongoing LKML discussions around a Rust policy for the Linux kernel and in-fighting between kernel developers and maintainers with differing views over Rust. This evening though Linus Torvalds did decide to chime in on the conversation...

Linux royalty backs adoption of Rust for kernel code, says its rise is inevitable  The Register

Zero Trust World: Endpoint risks for Linux environments  SC Media