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Ubuntu 25.04 Boosting AMD EPYC 9005 Performance Even Higher: ~14% Faster Than Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Phoronix - Mon, 04/07/2025 - 23:19
At the end of March with the Ubuntu 25.04 beta release I began running Ubuntu 25.04 benchmarks on desktop hardware and finding some nice performance improvements thanks to the fresh Linux 6.14 kernel and other new software updates found in this next Ubuntu release. While those numbers were positive, the Ubuntu 25.04 beta performance I am seeing on AMD EPYC 5th Gen "Turin" servers is even more exhilarating. As the first of a lot more Ubuntu 25.04 server benchmarks to come, today is a first look at the Ubuntu 25.04 beta performance on AMD EPYC 9005 compared to Ubuntu 24.10 and the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS releases.

DXVK 2.6.1 Released With More Bug Fixes & Performance Optimizations

Phoronix - Mon, 04/07/2025 - 22:10
DXVK 2.6.1 was just released as the newest update to this Direct3D 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 over Vulkan API implementation used by Valve's Steam Play (Proton) and other softwarefor enjoying older Windows games on Linux...

Five Year Old Ubuntu Bug For NVIDIA Suspend/Resume Experience: Now Working On X11, Wayland Not Yet

Phoronix - Mon, 04/07/2025 - 20:30
For those looking toward a pleasant suspend and resume experience on Ubuntu with the default GNOME desktop, the Ubuntu 25.04 cycle is poised to allow for addressing a five-year-old Ubuntu bug report around the experience. However, for the near-term this is only expected to be in good shape for those using the GNOME X11 session with the GNOME Wayland session requiring further work to the Mutter compositor...

FFmpeg Lands AES-NI Optimized Implementation For Big Speed-Up

Phoronix - Mon, 04/07/2025 - 18:25
FFmpeg is known for carrying a lot of hand-optimized Assembly code for speeding up this widely-used multimedia library and taking advantage of AVX-512 and other modern CPU ISA capabilities. Merged yesterday was support for making use of AES-NI for those relying on Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) within FFmpeg for encrypted video streams...

Apple M1 / M2 / M3 Core Support Might Soon Be Merged For The GCC Compiler

Phoronix - Mon, 04/07/2025 - 18:12
When it comes to compiler support for Apple Silicon and their hardware at large, Apple has long been focused on the LLVM/Clang toolchain given their long history with it, employing many of the developers, and Xcode being based on LLVM. The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) though may soon see upstream support for the newer Apple Cores thanks to the work of GCC developer Iain Sandoe along with the input of engineers from Arm and the Apple open-source team...

Linux 6.14.1 Released With An Initial Set Of Fixes & Hardware Quirks

Phoronix - Mon, 04/07/2025 - 17:53
For those that prefer waiting for the first point release before upgrading to a new feature release, Linux 6.14.1 was released this morning with an initial collection of fixes atop the Linux 6.14 codebase from two weeks ago...

How to Speed Up SSH Access with Shortcuts and Auto-Complete

Tecmint - Mon, 04/07/2025 - 14:39
The post How to Speed Up SSH Access with Shortcuts and Auto-Complete first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

If you use Linux or manage remote servers (like cloud servers on AWS, DigitalOcean, or even local machines on your

The post How to Speed Up SSH Access with Shortcuts and Auto-Complete first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

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