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Fedora Linux 36 Beta Now Available For Testing

Phoronix - Tue, 03/29/2022 - 21:30
After a slight delay the Fedora 36 beta images are officially available today...

Vulkan 1.3.210 Released With Two Notable Extensions

Phoronix - Tue, 03/29/2022 - 21:10
Vulkan 1.3.210 is out today with various specification corrections/clarifications but also two notable extensions...

NVIDIA Launches The GeForce RTX 3090 Ti For $1999+ USD

Phoronix - Tue, 03/29/2022 - 21:00
As expected and following months of rumors and leaks, NVIDIA today formally unveiled the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti as their newest flagship graphics card...

An Early Look At The Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Performance On AMD Ryzen 9 5950X + RX 6800

Phoronix - Tue, 03/29/2022 - 20:00
With Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" less than one month out from release, I have begun testing it on more desktop and server platforms ahead of release. Ubuntu 22.04 LTS overall is in nice shape. On current generation platforms I am not seeing much uplift compared to Ubuntu 21.10 but for those still making use of the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS series with its older compiler and other older packages, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is providing some uplift. Here is a look at Ubuntu 20.04.4 vs. 21.10 vs. 22.04 daily on an AMD Ryzen 9 5950X desktop.

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