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AMD Radeon RX 7600 Linux Performance

Phoronix - Wed, 05/24/2023 - 21:00
For those that have been interested in the Radeon RX 7900 series for the great open-source driver support on Linux but have been wanting a cheaper graphics card and perhaps are a 1080p gamer, today's launch of the Radeon RX 7600 will surely be of interest to you. The Radeon RX 7600 is a nice lower-end graphics card for 1080p gamers and has upstream open-source Linux support already -- including the ability to run out-of-the-box already on Ubuntu 23.04 and other newer distributions. Here is my Linux performance review of the AMD Radeon RX 7600.

AMD EDAC Linux Driver Being Extended To Support Ryzen 7000 Series CPUs

Phoronix - Wed, 05/24/2023 - 19:30
With some basic additions to the amd64_edac Linux kernel driver, the Ryzen 7000 series desktop processors are being treated like the EPYC 9004 series for EDAC reporting, including ECC error reporting on supported RAM/motherboard configurations...

Updated AMD Linux Graphics Driver Patches For Color Management

Phoronix - Wed, 05/24/2023 - 18:14
Melissa Wen of Igalia along with developers from AMD and Valve have been working on improved AMD color management support with a particular focus onm the Steam Deck but will also benefit other AMD Radeon Linux users as well...

Patch Posted For Formally Deprecating The SLAB Allocator

Phoronix - Wed, 05/24/2023 - 18:03
Following the recent removal of the SLOB allocator, SLAB is the latest on the chopping block. In order to push users to the SLUB allocator as the preferred solution, SLAB is now going through its deprecation and eventual removal process...

Mageia 9 Beta 2 Released With Linux 6.3 Kernel, KDE Plasma 5.27 + GNOME 44 Desktops

Phoronix - Wed, 05/24/2023 - 17:50
Mageia 9 beta 2 has been released with this Mandriva/Mandrake-lineage Linux distribution nearing its next major release...

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