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Raspberry Pi 5 & New AMD Ryzen CPUs Excited Linux Readers The Most In 2023

Phoronix - Wed, 12/27/2023 - 18:50
Over the course of 2023 I authored 180 Linux hardware reviews and featured benchmark articles, not to mention the thousands of original open-source/Linux news items. As we are about to hit the end of 2023, here is a look back at the most popular Linux hardware reviews of the year...

KDE's Nate Graham On X11 Being A Bad Platform & The Wayland Future

Phoronix - Wed, 12/27/2023 - 18:33
As we roll into 2024, Wayland sadly is still proving to be a divisive topic with some frustrated with it either from past experiences or not all software yet being fully adapted to make use of Wayland directly with all available features. There's also some still hoping for an X11 renaissance that will never materialize. Well known KDE developer Nate Graham is out with a blog post today outlining his latest Wayland thoughts, how X11 is a bad platform, and the recent topic of "Wayland breaking everything" isn't really accurate...

Nobara 39 Released - Customized Version Of Fedora Catering To Gamers/Enthusiasts

Phoronix - Wed, 12/27/2023 - 09:13
Nobara 39 was released today as this modified Fedora Linux downstream that focuses on adding user-friendly fixes and various gamer/enthusiast type desktop optimizations...

Meteor Lake EPP Tuning For Greater Performance Or Power Efficiency With Intel Ultra Core 7

Phoronix - Tue, 12/26/2023 - 23:00
With all of my initial Intel Core Ultra 7 155H benchmarking since last week from the Windows 11 vs. Linux performance to the integrated Intel Arc Graphics performance it was at the Linux 6.7 kernel defaults / OS defaults. But for those wanting to push the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H further for better performance or conversely wanting to extend the battery life further for devices like the Acer Swift Go 14 laptop, the Intel P-State Energy Performance Preference (EPP) can be adjusted. Here's a look at the sometimes significant difference to power and performance when adjusting the Intel Meteor Lake CPU between the default balanced performance mode and the alternative power saver and performance modes.

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