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Linux Mint 22 Released - Built Atop Ubuntu 24.04 With Latest Cinnamon Desktop

Phoronix - Fri, 07/26/2024 - 00:12
Linux Mint 22 was formally released today as the newest major release of this desktop-focused Linux distribution built atop the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package base while featuring its in-house Cinnamon desktop environment and other software apps...

Linux Mint 22 is Here! - It's FOSS News

Google News - Fri, 07/26/2024 - 00:03
Linux Mint 22 is Here!  It's FOSS News

Linux Mint 22 is Here! - It's FOSS News

Google News - Fri, 07/26/2024 - 00:03
Linux Mint 22 is Here!  It's FOSS News

AMD Working On More Precise GPU Reset Capabilities For Their Linux Driver

Phoronix - Thu, 07/25/2024 - 23:20
While the hope remains that GPU resets are a very infrequent task, AMD Linux driver engineers have recently been working on the ability to support a per-queue GC reset capability for more precise reset capabilities when needed...

VMware Hypercall API Makes It Into Linux 6.11 For Basis To Allow Confidential Computing

Phoronix - Thu, 07/25/2024 - 23:05
When it comes to virtualization with the Linux 6.11 kernel, in addition to the latest AMD SEV-SNP code making it upstream, for those making use of VMware virtualization products their initial "VMware Hypercall" API has been merged...

Amazon's Graviton Has Evolved Into A Formidable CPU Contender: Graviton1 To Graviton4 Benchmarks

Phoronix - Thu, 07/25/2024 - 22:18
Amazon's Graviton4 server processor that recently went into GA in the AWS cloud is easily the most competitive AArch64 server processor we've seen to date and proving capable of being able to compete with Intel Xeon and AMD EPYC processors across various workloads. Since Graviton4 went GA on AWS earlier this month I've looked at the Graviton4 comparison to other instances at 64 vCPUs and also comparing the Graviton4 96-core metal performance to various Intel, Ampere, and AMD processors. Given the interest in those Graviton4 benchmarks, today's article is another look at Graviton4 looking at the metal performance compared to prior generation Graviton3, Graviton2, and Graviton1 instances for showing just how far Amazon's Graviton processor performance has evolved.

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