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Linux PC acting up? Here's my first course of action (and why it fixes things most of the time)  ZDNET

10 Linux features you should be using to get the best performance and functionality  ZDNet

In today's launch-day review of the Framework Desktop with AMD Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo" were a number of benchmarks comparing the mini/SFF PC to Framework Laptops, the Strix Halo powered HP ZBook Ultra G1a laptops, and similar devices. With this being a desktop after all, for those wondering how the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 compares in a desktop form factor to the 16-core Ryzen 9 9950X series processors, this article has all those benchmark numbers.

AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 vs. Ryzen 9 9950X vs. Ryzen 9 9950X3D Linux Performance Review  Phoronix

Framework Desktop With AMD Ryzen AI Max Offers Excellent, Linux-Friendly Performance Review  Phoronix

AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 vs. Ryzen 9 9950X vs. Ryzen 9 9950X3D Linux Performance Review  Phoronix

Today the review embargo lifts on the much anticipated Framework Desktop computer powered by AMD Ryzen AI Max 300 Series "Strix Halo" SoCs. Aside from offering an enclosure to allow old Framework motherboards to be re-tasked as a makeshift desktop computer, the Framework Desktop is the company's first dedicated desktop computer offering and it's very impressive in building around the Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo" platform. Here is a look at the Framework Desktop with initial testing under Linux and a wide assortment of benchmarks.

AlmaLinux 9 & 10 Now Support NVIDIA GPUs Natively — Here's How to Set Them Up  It's FOSS News

Canonical just announced the release of Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS as the newest point release for this long-term support (LTS) operating system across desktop, server, and cloud...

Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS Released With Linux 6.14 HWE Kernel  Phoronix

It's just not Microsoft Windows and to a lesser extent Linux that can have challenges in dealing with heterogeneous CPU cores like Intel P/E hybrid cores but FreeBSD developers have begun working through those headaches too in trying to ensure a good experience of modern laptops running this BSD operating system...

Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS Is Now Available for Download Powered by Linux Kernel 6.14  9to5Linux

openSUSE Leap 16.0 almost ready for full release  Techzine Global

Think Linux desktop market share isn't over 6%? This 15 million-system scan says otherwise  ZDNet

Rust 1.89 is out today as the newest update to this popular programming language implementation prided by its memory safety features and more...

Shielded Technologies Joins Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust as Premier Member  PR Newswire

Chimera Linux: Linux Meets FreeBSD, but Is It for You?  How-To Geek

Similar to Clang-Tidy for tidying up C/C++ code using LLVM/Clang components, Flang-Tidy is in development as a tool for Fortran static analysis built upon LLVM's modern Flang compiler code. Flang-Tidy may be upstreamed in the future to LLVM while for now it's developed by TU Munich and Max Planck Computing...

Linux 6.17 Will Correctly Map By Default F13 To F24 Keys On PS/2 Keyboards  Phoronix

It has taken until 2025 for the AT/PS2 keyboard driver to map F13 through F24 function keys by default. But that day has come and the support was merged today as part of the input driver changes for the Linux 6.17 kernel...