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System76 has released the 20.04 beta of their Ubuntu-based Pop!_OS Linux distribution. This release comes with various improvements and in this article are some initial benchmarks of Pop!_OS 20.04 beta compared to their prior 19.10 release when testing on the System76 Thelio Major with AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X.

The results of the 2020 Debian Project Leader election are in...

Debian Elects A New Project Leader For 2020  Phoronix

If it weren't bad enough having to deal with the pressure applied by ad-blockers over the years, as a result of uncertainty around the novel coronavirus, ad-rates have been depressed further. This impact was outlined at the end of a recent article while there was an inquiry about any Phoronix Premium special during this time, so here is the COVID-19 deal for Phoronix Premium for $19...

Currently being tested ahead of the Linux 5.8 kernel cycle is a change so the Intel P-State CPU frequency scaling driver will begin defaulting to its passive mode for systems without hardware-managed P-States...

Intel P-State Driver Preparing To Default To Passive Mode For More Systems  Phoronix

We all know how important it is to keep WordPress sites updated. New updates provide the latest bug and security fixes against any nasties lurking on the web. But, more critically, an outdated site can also lead to poor performance, such as slow loading speed or an outdated look and feel.

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Just weeks after the first Ardour 6.0 pre-release, the release candidate is now available for this big digital audio workstation software update...

The Rust language focused Redox OS open-source operating system is now able to boot the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-core/128-thread processor and run with full multi-threading capabilities...

NVIDIA today issued new beta builds of their Vulkan drivers for Linux and Windows...

NVIDIA 440.66.09 Vulkan Driver Beta For Linux Brings More Fixes  Phoronix

Install Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) stack on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS  H2S Media

How to install TD Ameritrade’s “thinkorswim” on your Chromebook  Chrome Unboxed

Linux 5.7 Delivering Some Gaming Performance Gains For AMD Radeon Navi GPUs  Phoronix

For those using AMD Radeon "Navi" GPUs, the in-development Linux 5.7 kernel is delivering some minor performance improvements compared to prior kernels.

20 Programs to Analyze and Benchmark Your Hardware  TechSpot

While waiting to see NVIDIA's new open-source play and ultimately how the re-clocking situation will get addressed for Nouveau so modern GeForce GPUs can work at their intended frequencies on this open-source Linux graphics driver stack, at least the display support has been getting into a more reliable state with CRC support on the horizon as a result of NVIDIA's already published documentation...

Nouveau Display CRC Support Being Firmed Up Thanks To NVIDIA's Documentation  Phoronix

FreeBSD may be running great on servers at the likes of Netflix, but when it comes to running the BSD operating system on laptops it still is largely a giant mess...

FreeBSD On Laptops Is Still A Big Challenge But The Slimbook Could Soon Be Running Well  Phoronix