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NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation vs. Radeon PRO Performance On Ubuntu Linux 24.04 LTS

Phoronix - Wed, 09/18/2024 - 21:25
For those wondering about the performance of the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation workstation performance on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with the up-to-date NVIDIA Linux graphics drivers now relying on the open-source kernel modules, this article is for you in looking at the performance of this high-end workstation graphics card on the up-to-date Linux software stack. The NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation is tested alongside the RTX 2000 / 4000 Ada Generation graphics cards and also the AMD Radeon PRO W7000 series competition atop Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

Linux 6.12 Adds Build Options For Greater Control Over CPU Security Mitigations

Phoronix - Wed, 09/18/2024 - 20:00
Not to be confused with the proposal a few days ago by an AMD engineer for Attack Vector Controls for broader control over CPU security mitigation handling, the in-development Linux 6.12 kernel is adding new Kconfig options to allow for more build-time control over what CPU security mitigation code is compiled for the kernel...

Many Intel & AMD Power Management Improvements For Linux 6.12

Phoronix - Wed, 09/18/2024 - 19:00
The big set of power management updates for Linux 6.12 have landed...

Intel Compute Runtime Offers "Preview" Support For Lunar Lake

Phoronix - Wed, 09/18/2024 - 18:00
Intel Compute Runtime 24.35.30872.22 released today as the newest tagged version of this open-source GPU compute stack providing oneAPI Level Zero and OpenCL support for Linux and Windows systems...

Linux 6.12 Landing Integrity Policy Enforcement "IPE" Module

Phoronix - Wed, 09/18/2024 - 16:00
Merged as part of the Linux Security Modules (LSM) updates for the Linux 6.12 kernel is the new Integrity Policy Enforcement (IPE) module that has been years in the making. Integrity Policy Enforcement is an alternative to access controls...

Btrfs Sees Minor Performance Optimizations With Linux 6.12

Phoronix - Wed, 09/18/2024 - 13:11
The Btrfs file-system continues marching ahead with the Linux 6.12 kernel...

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