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ZimaBoard 2: An Interesting Intel-Powered Linux Home Mini Server

Phoronix - Sat, 03/07/2026 - 00:11
For those looking for a low-power, well-built small office / home office Linux server with interesting connectivity options, the ZimaBoard 2 is an interesting option that has been available for some months now and powered by the Intel N150 processor. Besides the interesting single board hardware and well built aluminum chassis, the offering is rounded out by being preloaded with ZimaOS as a Linux-based "personal cloud OS" to easily get hosting for your own SOHO server needs.

Linux 7.0 Slab Fix On The Way For A "Severe Performance Regression"

Phoronix - Fri, 03/06/2026 - 22:23
Sent out today was this week's batch of Slab allocator fixes for the Linux 7.0 development kernel. Making this pull notable is fixing a "severe performance regression" with a ~64% performance drop having been noted in late February...

AMD CPPC Performance Priority Being Prepared For Linux - New Zen 6 Feature

Phoronix - Fri, 03/06/2026 - 21:28
Patches were posted today to the Linux kernel mailing list for enabling a new feature called AMD CPPC Performance Priority as a new hardware feature being found with "future AMD processors".... Which given the timing of these patches, almost certainly means the upcoming Zen 6 processors...

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