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Linux gets a continuity plan for the day Linus Torvalds steps aside  TechSpot

Why one Linux power user abandoned 8 years of distros for Windows 11  Windows Central

Linux gamers finally get official Nvidia GeForce Now support  XDA

Why I trust open-source software more now than I did five years ago  XDA

These gaming Linux distros are teaming up to fix bigger problems  How-To Geek

With the incredible market demand around DDR5 memory and significantly elevated pricing on the more premium DDR5 memory modules, as part of the AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D launch there's been some communication that thanks to 2nd Gen AMD 3D V-Cache, using lower memory speeds like DDR5-4800 can be suitable without much of an impact to the gaming performance. But what about for Linux gaming? And other workloads with the Ryzen 7 9850X3D? Complementing yesterday's Linux review of the Ryzen 7 9850X3D are benchmarks of DDR5-4800 vs. DDR5-6000 performance with Ubuntu Linux and this new 3D V-Cache 8-core / 16-thread desktop processor.

DDR5-4800 vs. DDR5-6000 Performance With The AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D In 300+ Benchmarks Review  Phoronix

Nvidia launches its native GeForce Now App for Linux  OC3D

Linux gaming devs unite under Open Gaming Collective  The Tech Buzz

Nvidia GeForce Now beta officially launches on Linux desktops  Sportskeeda Tech

A Bunch of Developers Have Come Together to Make Linux Gaming Great  It's FOSS

Libcamera 0.7 was published today for this modern software library for image signal processors (ISPs) and embedded cameras under Linux. The standout change with libcamera 0.7 is initial plumbing for GPU acceleration in the software ISP "SoftISP" for delivering better performance than just CPU-based...

Cairn and The Bard’s Tale Trilogy Lead New GeForce NOW Games as Native Linux GFN App Enters Beta  Wccftech

Linux gaming developers join forces to form the Open Gaming Collective  The Verge

Slated for introduction in the next kernel cycle (Linux 6.20~7.0) is introducing large receive buffer support for IO_uring's zero-copy receive code path. This large receive buffer support can be very beneficial for those with higher-end networking hardware capable of handling the larger buffers for some significant performance and efficiency wins...

Systemd daddy departs Microsoft for Linux startup  theregister.com

Open Gaming Collective Unites To Boost Linux Gaming  findarticles.com

Attention, Gamers: Nvidia Launches Beta Version of GeForce Now for Linux  PCMag

Handmade by human hands using machines  Digg

Nvidia’s GeForce Now arrives on Linux with up to 360Hz streaming  PCWorld