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Coreboot/Dasharo Being Ported To The MSI PRO Z690-A DDR5 Motherboard

Phoronix - Fri, 10/21/2022 - 00:30
Earlier this year Coreboot and the Dasharo downstream were ported to the MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 motherboard. This was very exciting in that a current-generation Intel desktop motherboard could run Coreboot and readily available through various Internet retailers. But many inquired about whether the MSI PRO Z690-A DDR5 variant would see similar support and now that too is being worked on...

System76 Upgrades Thelio Desktops With Intel Raptor Lake, AMD Zen 4 CPU Options

Phoronix - Thu, 10/20/2022 - 23:00
After last month launching the redesigned Thelio chassis, System76 today has rolled out their latest System76 Thelio desktop options with Intel 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" and AMD Ryzen 7000 "Zen 4" processor options now available...

OpenBSD 7.2 Released With Support For Ampere Altra, Apple M2

Phoronix - Thu, 10/20/2022 - 22:30
Coming on the same day as Ubuntu 22.10, Theo de Raadt has released OpenBSD 7.2 as the latest version of this popular BSD operating system...

Ubuntu 22.10 Released With GNOME 43 Desktop, Raspberry Pi Improvements, PipeWire Audio

Phoronix - Thu, 10/20/2022 - 22:10
Canonical has formally released Ubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" as the latest six-month, non-LTS update to Ubuntu Linux...

Intel Core i5 13600K + Core i9 13900K "Raptor Lake" Linux Preview

Phoronix - Thu, 10/20/2022 - 21:00
Last month Intel announced 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" processors while today these processors officially go on sale. Today also marks the review embargo lift with Intel having provided Phoronix with the new Core i5 13600K and i9 13900K processors for Linux testing.

Glibc Picks Up More AVX-512 Optimizations - ~30% Less Cycles For Some String Functions

Phoronix - Thu, 10/20/2022 - 17:30
The widely depended upon GNU C Library "glibc" has seen another round of optimization work for benefiting those with AVX-512 processors from Intel or now on the AMD side too with Zen 4...

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