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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Now Available & Powered By Linux 7.0

Phoronix - Fri, 04/24/2026 - 00:32
The official release ISOs of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Ubuntu Server 26.04 LTS, and the various other Ubuntu flavors are now available for download...

Godot 4.7 Will Finally Have HDR Output, Including On Linux With Wayland

Phoronix - Fri, 04/24/2026 - 00:25
The upcoming Godot 4.7 open-source, cross-platform game engine release is rolling out support for high dynamic range (HDR)...

Exploring The Workloads Where The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Makes A Lot Of Sense

Phoronix - Thu, 04/23/2026 - 23:30
With this week's launch of the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition I've found some of the commentary quite surprising among those arguing it's really not a competitive or interesting product. While the cost may be hard to justify at $899 USD compared to the existing Ryzen 9000 series products or Intel's new Core Plus CPUs, particularly for developers, technical computing, etc the performance of the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 is quite interesting. I've had much enjoyment benchmarking the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 for technical use-cases. In this article is a complementary look to my launch day AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 review to better condense the 300+ benchmarks I've run to date on this flagship processor.

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