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AMD EPYC 72F3 Linux Performance For 8-Core Zen 3 Server CPU

Phoronix - Tue, 04/27/2021 - 01:20
Over the past month we have been quite impressed by the performance of the EPYC 7003 series Milan processors when looking at the top-tier parts, but how does Zen 3 do for lower-tier server CPUs? Recently we were supplied with two EPYC 72F3 processors from AMD for these 8-core high performance SKUs. In our initial look at the EPYC 72F3 Linux performance is seeing how they compare to the similar previous-generation EPYC 7F32 processor.

Linux 5.13 Bringing Code For Intel SGX Within KVM Guests

Phoronix - Mon, 04/26/2021 - 23:42
Linux 5.11 brought mainline support for Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX) after a lengthy mainlining process. Building off that SGX enclaves support in the mainline kernel more recently has been support for SGX with KVM virtualization and now for mainline Linux 5.13 that guest-side support is landing for KVM guests...

OpenCL 3.0.7 Released With New Extensions

Phoronix - Mon, 04/26/2021 - 22:09
The Khronos Group used the International Workshop on OpenCL (IWOCL 2021) to release OpenCL 3.0.7 as the latest OpenCL 3 revision that brings with it some new extensions...

3 beloved USB drive Linux distros

opensource.com - Mon, 04/26/2021 - 21:45

There are few Linux users who don't remember the first time they discovered you could boot a computer and run Linux on it without ever actually installing it. Sure, many users are aware that you can boot a computer to an operating system installer, but with Linux it's different: there doesn't need to be an install at all! Your computer doesn't even need to have a hard drive in it. You can run Linux for months or even years off of a USB drive.


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GNU Linux-Libre 5.12 Released After More Driver Deblobbing, Dedicated To A Cat

Phoronix - Mon, 04/26/2021 - 21:18
Freshly re-based against yesterday's Linux 5.12 kernel, GNU Linux-Libre 5.12-gnu is now available as the latest version of this GNU cleansed kernel now carrying a codename of "Freedo Misses Tasha"...

Flatpak 1.11.1 Brings Changes For Steam, Better Support For Command Line Programs

Phoronix - Mon, 04/26/2021 - 20:48
Flatpak 1.11.1 is out this morning as the first development step towards the eventual Flatpak 1.12 stable release...

FWUPD 1.6 Released For Latest Linux Firmware Updating Capabilities

Phoronix - Mon, 04/26/2021 - 19:25
Version 1.6 of FWUPD is now available for firmware updating of motherboard BIOS and other device firmware under Linux...

Linux 5.13 Adding KCPUID For Helping To Bring-Up New x86 CPUs

Phoronix - Mon, 04/26/2021 - 19:07
The "x86/misc" pull request this morning for the newly-opened Linux 5.13 merge window adds the new KCPUID utility contributed by Intel...

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