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Ubuntu 25.10 Beta Officially Released For Testing

Phoronix - Fri, 09/19/2025 - 08:53
Canonical today released the Ubuntu 25.10 Beta as they work toward the stable Ubuntu 25.10 release in mid-October...

Steam Will End Windows 32-bit OS Support Next Year - Hopefully Linux Follows

Phoronix - Fri, 09/19/2025 - 08:48
Valve is finally pushing the Steam client beyond the 32-bit world, at least for Microsoft Windows...

PCIe 8.0 v0.3 Specification Released To Members

Phoronix - Fri, 09/19/2025 - 08:27
As announced last month, PCI Express 8.0 is aiming for 256 GT/s speeds for allowing 1 TB/s bandwidth in an x16 configuration. In working towards the goals of PCIe 8.0, the PCI-SIG announced today that the v0.3 specification has been released to members...

Revisiting DDR5-6400 vs. MRDIMM-8800 Performance With Intel Xeon 6 "Granite Rapids"

Phoronix - Thu, 09/18/2025 - 22:40
One of the exciting elements of Intel's Xeon 6 Granite Rapids launch last year was introducing support for MRDIMMs alongside DDR5-6400 memory support. After the Xeon 6900P series debut I posted some of the first independent DDR5-6400 vs. MRDIMM-8800 benchmarks. One year later, today is a fresh look at the DDR5-6400 vs. MRDIMM-8800 performance for Granite Rapids with new/updated benchmarks, the latest Linux software improvements, and also looking at the impact on power and thermals of MRDIMM memory.

Rust 1.90 Released With LLD Default On Linux x86_64 While macOS x86_64 Demoted

Phoronix - Thu, 09/18/2025 - 21:51
Rust 1.90 is out today as the newest feature release for this popular programming language...

Python 3.14-rc3 Released Ahead Of Next Month's Official Release

Phoronix - Thu, 09/18/2025 - 21:25
Python 3.14-rc3 is out today as the final test preview ahead of next month's official Python 3.14 stable release...

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