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Intel's Linux Software Optimizations Still Pay Off For Xeon 6700E "Sierra Forest" E-Core CPUs

Phoronix - Tue, 06/25/2024 - 21:48
When testing Intel's aggressive software Linux optimizations shipped by way of their in-house Clear Linux distribution, I am most often testing it on their high core count Xeon processors with AVX-512... Over the years in dozens of Phoronix articles there have been countless metrics showing off the out-of-the-box performance benefits from leveraging software built for higher x86_64 micro-architecture feature levels, employing compiler-based function multi-versioning, and the other extensive performance tuning carried out by Intel software engineers. But now with the Intel Xeon 6700E "Sierra Forest" series now being available for these all-E-core server processors, I was curious about quantifying the Clear Linux benefits over the likes of Ubuntu Linux. Here are those benchmarks for those curious about the difference.

Raspberry Pi Connect Adds Remote Shell Access, Support For Older Raspberry Pi SBCs

Phoronix - Tue, 06/25/2024 - 21:31
Back in May the Raspberry Pi crew announced Raspberry Pi Access as an easy means of remote GUI access to Raspberry Pi single board computers all from a web browser. Today they've announced the latest improvements to Raspberry Pi Connect...

More AMD P-State Driver Improvements Queued For Linux 6.11

Phoronix - Tue, 06/25/2024 - 18:49
Earlier this month AMD Fast CPPC support was queued into the Linux power management subsystem's "-next" codebase ahead of the Linux 6.11 cycle. Additional AMD P-State driver enhancements are now deemed ready and submitted for staging ahead of next month's Linux 6.11 cycle kicking off...

Intel Vulkan Driver Sees Fixes To Improve OpenGL-On-Vulkan Zink Compatibility

Phoronix - Tue, 06/25/2024 - 18:33
The open-source Intel ANV Vulkan driver has recently been seeing improvements around better handling the Zink OpenGL-on-Vulkan driver...

Fedora 41 Installer Proceeding To Transition From X11 To Wayland App

Phoronix - Tue, 06/25/2024 - 18:08
With Fedora's new web-based installer UI being delayed to 2025 with Fedora 42, part of Red Hat's justification for that setback was needing to invest resources first in Fedora 41 by transitioning the OS installer to being a native Wayland application. The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) has now signed off on that work as expected to make the Anaconda OS installer a native Wayland application...

OpenShot 3.2 Released With Better Performance For This Open-Source Video Editor

Phoronix - Tue, 06/25/2024 - 17:38
OpenShot 3.2 has been released as the latest feature update to this open-source, non-linear video editor that is popular on Linux systems...

RHCSA Series: Mastering Essential Commands & System Documentation – Part 2

Tecmint - Tue, 06/25/2024 - 13:00
The post RHCSA Series: Mastering Essential Commands & System Documentation – Part 2 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

RHCSA (Red Hat Certified System Administrator) is a certification exam from Red Hat company, which provides an open-source operating system

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