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I've Been Running The AMD Ryzen 7 4700U + Ubuntu 20.04 As My Main System

Phoronix - Fri, 07/17/2020 - 22:08
For about one and a half months now I have been using the AMD Ryzen 7 4700U as my main laptop paired with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. It's been working out very well for not even being the top-of-the-line AMD Renoir SKU. Here is some additional commentary for those thinking about one of the new AMD laptops with Linux use...

Microsoft Releases Its Own Open-Source Process Monitor For Linux

Phoronix - Fri, 07/17/2020 - 21:14
Microsoft's newest open-source Linux software is ProcMon for Linux, a rewritten and re-imagined version of its Processor Monitor found on Windows within their Sysinternals suite...

Kernel Patch Revved For Syscall User Redirection To Help Newer Windows Games On Wine

Phoronix - Fri, 07/17/2020 - 19:15
It looks like the syscall user redirection support could soon be mainlined to the kernel for this new Linux feature that was originally motivated by helping Windows games running on Wine...

It Needs A Restart: GLIBC Drops Support For Restartable Sequences

Phoronix - Fri, 07/17/2020 - 18:51
Well this is a huge Friday morning bummer: the GNU C Library (glibc) is dropping support for the very interesting Restartable Sequences (RSEQ) as some design changes need to be made, thus restarting work on restartable sequences...

Thunderbird 78 Rolls Out With UI Updates, New Features

Phoronix - Fri, 07/17/2020 - 18:25
There is finally a new release of the Thunderbird mail/RSS client available as the annual update to this longtime Mozilla mail client. Thunderbird 78 is the new version out and serves as an Extended-Support Release with many improvements in tow...

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