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System76 Releases v1.1 Scheduler For Optimizing Linux Desktop/Laptop Responsiveness

Phoronix - Thu, 05/05/2022 - 06:42
System76 has released a new version of the System76-Scheduler, it's Rust-written CPU scheduler designed to improve desktop responsiveness on their Pop!_OS Linux distribution...

Mesa 22.1-rc4 Released With More Zink + Kopper Fixes

Phoronix - Thu, 05/05/2022 - 03:00
Another week of fixes and backports have collected for Mesa 22.1 and now available for testing in the form of Mesa 22.1-rc4...

Microsoft 3D Movie Maker Released As Open-Source

Phoronix - Thu, 05/05/2022 - 01:14
Microsoft has made public the source code to the original Microsoft 3D Movie Maker software...

AMD Renoir Seeing Nice Uplift Moving From Ubuntu 20.04 To 22.04 LTS

Phoronix - Wed, 05/04/2022 - 19:36
With my Ubuntu 22.04 LTS benchmarking thus far it's been focused on shiny and exciting high-end hardware, the latest flagship desktop processors, and interesting old hardware comparisons. But what about Ubuntu 22.04 LTS performance on recent but mature hardware platforms? For this round of testing I am looking at the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS versus Ubuntu 22.04 LTS performance on AMD Ryzen and Intel Core industrial PCs from OnLogic. Especially in the case of AMD Ryzen "Renoir" there is still more performance being squeezed out of this new Ubuntu long-term support release.

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