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AMD Rembrandt CPUFreq vs. AMD P-State Linux Testing

Phoronix - Mon, 10/03/2022 - 23:30
Before getting busy with the AMD Ryzen 7000 "Zen 4" desktop testing, I recently wrapped up some benchmarks looking at the ACPI CPUFreq vs. AMD P-State frequency scaling drivers and various governor options for the AMD Ryzen 6000 "Rembrandt" mobile SoCs. If you are curious about the impact of CPUFreq/P-State and the various governors for the latest AMD laptops running Linux, this round of testing is for you.

IceWM 3.0 Released For This Speedy & Simplicity-Minded X11 Window Manager

Phoronix - Mon, 10/03/2022 - 23:30
IceWM 3.0 was released today as the latest major update to this X11 window manager that has been development since the late 90's with a particular focus on simplicity and speed...

OpenMandriva's Rolling Release Reaches "Gold", Continues With AMD Zen Optimized Version

Phoronix - Mon, 10/03/2022 - 20:47
OpenMandriva ROME is a rolling-release version of this Linux distribution whose roots trace back to the days of Mandriva and before that Mandrake Linux. This rolling release flavor of OpenMandriva is now up to a "gold" candidate status...

Debian To Carry Patches For GNOME Dynamic Triple Buffering

Phoronix - Mon, 10/03/2022 - 18:13
There's been a lot happening in Debian recently from improving their handling of non-free firmware to switching to PipeWire and WirePlumber with Debian 12. Another change on the way is picking up Ubuntu's work on dynamic triple buffering for the GNOME desktop...

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