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NVIDIA 575.57.08 Linux Stable Driver Released With Smooth Motion & Other Updates

Phoronix - Fri, 05/30/2025 - 01:19
NVIDIA just released their v575.57.08 driver as the first stable Linux driver in their R575 release branch...

Linux 6.16 Networking Brings Some Big Performance Improvements & OpenVPN Driver

Phoronix - Fri, 05/30/2025 - 01:00
There is a lot of exciting networking changes to find with the in-development Linux 6.16 kernel both for wired and wireless devices as well as some exciting core networking improvements/optimizations...

AMD EPYC 4585PX & EPYC 4565P With DDR5-4800 vs. DDR5-5600 Performance

Phoronix - Thu, 05/29/2025 - 22:30
One of the many advantages with the newly announced EPYC 4005 series for entry-level servers is support for DDR5-5600 ECC memory compared to the current Xeon 6300 series being limited to DDR5-4800 memory. With the launch-day EPYC 4005 "Grado" benchmarks earlier this month of the AMD EPYC 4585PX and EPYC 4565P I was running with DDR5-5600 ECC memory modules. But for those wondering about the performance when using DDR5-4800 comparable to the Xeon 6300 / Xeon E-2400 series, here are some comparison benchmarks for reference.

KDE Plasma 6.4 Beta 2 Brings XWayland Fixes

Phoronix - Thu, 05/29/2025 - 21:04
The second beta release of KDE's Plasma 6.4 desktop is now available for testing ahead of the official release in June...

Linux 6.16 Crypto Brings Faster AES-XTS On AVX-512 CPUs, Intel QAT Gen6 Support

Phoronix - Thu, 05/29/2025 - 20:53
The cryptography subsystem updates have been merged for the start of the Linux 6.16 cycle. Notable with the crypto updates this round are more performance optimizations for Intel and AMD CPUs with AVX-512 and also enabling next-generation Intel QAT accelerators...

Out-Of-Date OpenH264 On Fedora Is Frustrating Users With A High Severity CVE

Phoronix - Thu, 05/29/2025 - 20:10
While OpenH264 support coming to Fedora was widely celebrated as part of offering a better codec experience on Fedora Linux, an increasing number of Fedora users have grown frustrated with the OpenH264 packaging in that it's been out-of-date for several months with a high severity security vulnerability...

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