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A Nasty Performance Regression For Some Intel Systems Wound Up In Linux 6.5 Stable

Phoronix - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 04:00
While catching up on my Linux kernel benchmarking across different systems the Intel Core i9 13900K "Raptor Lake" desktop performance has been particularly volatile. Linux 6.5 is running slower for the Core i9 13900K compared to Linux 6.4 for a number of different workloads. Buckle up for a wild ride but the good news is a stable fix is forthcoming.

Ubuntu 23.10 Restores ZFS File-System Support In Its Installer

Phoronix - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 02:20
When Canonical rolled out their new Flutter-based Ubuntu Linux desktop installer it lacked support for ZFS root file-system installations. Canonical has been quiet about their (Open)ZFS intentions after years of offering it as an Ubuntu install option with their prior installer, but for Ubuntu 23.10 this support is being restored...

Fedora 40 Looks To Offer KDE Plasma 6 Desktop, Drop The KDE X11 Session

Phoronix - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 01:00
Fedora developers are looking at offering KDE Plasma 6.0 and KDE Frameworks 6 in next year's Fedora 40 release. With the upgrade to Plasma 6 it's also planned by the Fedora packagers to drop support for the KDE X11 session -- thereby just leaving the KDE on Wayland session...

AMD Versal HBM Adaptive SoCs Enter Production

Phoronix - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 00:25
AMD announced today that their Versal HBM adaptive SoCs have entered production for these newest wares with high bandwidth memory...

Intel Compute Runtime 23.26.26690.22 Is A Big Update For Intel's OpenCL/L0 Stack

Phoronix - Wed, 09/13/2023 - 22:55
Intel's open-source Compute Runtime 23.26.26690.22 was released today, which is a big update for this OpenCL and oneAPI Level Zero (L0) stack for Windows and Linux systems. Due to the summer holidays and Intel's current release regiment for the Compute Runtime, v23.26.26690.22 is the first new release since mid-July...

Xfce's Wayland Roadmap Updated

Phoronix - Wed, 09/13/2023 - 21:51
Xfce 4.18 released last December with some strides on the Wayland front for this lightweight GTK-based desktop environment, but more work remains before Xfce will be fully compatible with Wayland and its own robust compositor. The Xfce Wayland road-map was recently updated to reflect the latest work on this major undertaking...

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