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AMD EPYC 8004 "Siena" Shows Some Nice Linux Performance Gains Over The Past Two Years  Phoronix

As part of my various end-of-year benchmarks, recently I looked at the Linux LTS kernel performance on AMD EPYC 9005 over the past year, the AMD EPYC Milan-X performance over the past four years, and various other performance comparisons over time to look the evolution of the Linux software performance. Another run I had carried out was looking at the AMD EPYC 8004 "Siena" series since its launch just over two years ago. Here is a look at how an up-to-date Linux software stack can deliver some additional performance gains for these energy efficiency and cost-optimized server processors.

This new premium Linux laptop has up to 128GB RAM and 16TB storage  Yahoo! Tech

This new premium Linux laptop has up to 128GB RAM and 16TB storage  How-To Geek

Ready for a newbie-friendly Linux? Mint team officially releases v 22.3, 'Zena'  theregister.com

A patch queued up into tip/tip.git's x86/cpu Git branch ahead of the upcoming Linux 6.20~7.0 kernel cycle enables the Intel Transactional Synchronization Extensions (TSX) functionality by default on the mainline kernel for capable CPUs and those not affected by side-channel attacks due to TSX Async Abort (TAA) and similar vulnerabilities. For newer Intel CPUs with safe TSX support, this change can mean better performance with the kernel defaults...

Linux 7.0 Looks To Enable Intel TSX By Default On Capable CPUs For Better Performance  Phoronix

3 cool and handy Linux apps to try this weekend (January 16 - 18)  How-To Geek

EndeavourOS Linux gets an upgraded release with Ganymede Neo  GamingOnLinux

We May Be Able To Install Adobe Software On Steam Deck Soon  Steam Deck HQ

Android Power Users Can Now Run Full Desktop Linux Environments Without Root Access  It's FOSS

If all goes well the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release will further enhance the NVIDIA graphics performance under its default GNOME Wayland session. The improvements might be upstreamed to GNOME 50 in time but otherwise it's looking like Ubuntu 26.04 will carry its own patch(es) for improving the NVIDIA Wayland performance...

Fedora Games Lab Spin to Switch from Xfce to KDE Plasma with Fedora Linux 44  9to5Linux

Advanced Linux VoidLink malware package surfaces - targets cloud, containers  thestack.technology

PipeWire 1.4.10 Backports Filter-Graph Channel Support and Fixes More Bugs  9to5Linux

Patches Positioned Ahead Of Linux 7.0 Cycle For Easy Custom Boot Logo In Place Of Tux  Phoronix

The Linux kernel patches talked about at the start of the year for more easily changing the boot logo of Tux are now queued into a "for-next" branch and thus expected to be submitted for the upcoming Linux 6.20~7.0 kernel cycle. Those wanting to replace the Tux icon with an alternative logo during the Linux kernel boot process could already patch the file manually but this new code allows for an easy replacement via Kconfig options...

For those looking for a speedy Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms "BLAS" library, OpenBLAS 0.3.31 is now available for this optimized open-source implementation...

One of the initiatives launched by Intel in 2025 was LLM-Scaler as part of Project Battlematrix. The open-source LLM Scaler is a Docker-based solution for helping to deploy Generative AI "GenAI" workloads on Intel Battlemage graphics cards with frameworks like vLLM, ComfyUI, SGLang, and more. There continues to be routine new feature releases of LLM Scaler for broadening the large language models supported and other improvements...

I found a Linux distro that pairs a clean, Mac-like UI with a 'trade-free' philosophy - and it's super fast  ZDNET