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Limine 8.0 Bootloader Released With LoongArch Support

Phoronix - Sat, 08/03/2024 - 18:42
While not as common as GRUB or systemd-boot, a new version of Limine is now available for this open-source, modern-focused and portable multi-protocol bootloader...

GNOME Disks Adds New Standalone UI For Managing/Mounting Disk Images

Phoronix - Sat, 08/03/2024 - 18:25
In addition to the KDE development activity this week, GNOME developers have also been busy polishing their desktop ahead of their next GNOME release in September...

This Week In KDE: "Plasma Is Feeling Really Solid These Days!"

Phoronix - Sat, 08/03/2024 - 18:14
KDE developer Nate Graham is out with his usual weekend update that recaps all of the interesting KDE development activities for the past week...

Canonical Evaluating -O3 Optimized Packages For Ubuntu Linux

Phoronix - Sat, 08/03/2024 - 05:02
With Ubuntu 24.04 LTS the engineers at Canonical began focusing more on the performance of Ubuntu and establishing a performance team at the company. This work is ongoing and for Ubuntu 24.10 they are exploring another exciting area: leveraging "-O3" compiler optimizations for Ubuntu packages. Available today is an experimental build of the Ubuntu desktop and server ISOs that are compiled for the -O3 optimization level...

AMD Releases ROCm 6.2 With New Components, Improves PyTorch & TensorFlow

Phoronix - Sat, 08/03/2024 - 02:52
As expected, AMD has released ROCm 6.2 as the newest version of their open-source GPU compute stack for Radeon graphics cards and Instinct accelerators. ROCm 6.2 is a big update with several new software components, improving the existing PyTorch and TensorFlow support, and a variety of other enhancements as AMD works to better compete with NVIDIA's CUDA...

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