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Windows vs. Linux Benchmarks For AMD Ryzen Server Performance

Phoronix - Fri, 03/25/2022 - 03:00
As a follow-up to last week's article looking at how AMD is making an interesting case for budget-friendly Ryzen dedicated servers and not only in Europe but throughout the world more hosting providers are offering cost-conscious AMD Ryzen powered dedicated server options, here is a look at how various Linux distributions run on an ASRock Rack based AMD Ryzen server up against Microsoft Windows.

Linux 5.18's NFSD Adds Support For NFSv4 Birth Time File Attribute

Phoronix - Fri, 03/25/2022 - 01:47
Chuck Lever III has submitted the NFSD file-system server changes for the in-development Linux 5.18 kernel with a few interesting changes in tow...

Mozilla Formally Introduces MDN Plus As Its Developer Subscription Service

Phoronix - Fri, 03/25/2022 - 00:25
After launching an improved MDN earlier this month and teasing their "MDN Plus" subscription service, today that Mozilla Developer Network premium service is now available...

Tesla FSD Chip Added To Upstream Linux 5.18 Along With The Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

Phoronix - Thu, 03/24/2022 - 20:08
The upcoming Linux 5.18 kernel has mainline support available for Tesla's full self-driving SoC along with other interesting Arm hardware...

GStreamer Lands New NVIDIA Video Encoder Implementation

Phoronix - Thu, 03/24/2022 - 19:31
For those relying on software that leverages the GStreamer multimedia framework and you use the NVIDIA proprietary driver stack on Windows or Linux, with the next release you will be able to enjoy a better NVIDIA GPU-based video encoding experience...

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