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A Nifty Way To Access Linux Memory/RAM Information

Phoronix - Tue, 01/09/2024 - 17:00
Making use of dmidecode is the go-to way of being able to read various DIMM memory information on Linux systems like the model number, speed, and other attributes. But sadly using dmidecode is restricted to root due to needing to access /dev/mem. But it turns out there is another less reported way to receive much the same information...

Solus Linux 4.5 Released With AMD ROCm Support, PipeWire Default & Calamares Installer

Phoronix - Tue, 01/09/2024 - 09:05
The Solus 4.5 Linux distribution is out today as a big update to this original distro that is known for its Budgie desktop environment and other innovations over the years. Solus 4.5 brings some pretty big changes this time around and a nice step forward over Solus 4.4 from a half-year ago...

MSI Launches Claw A1M Handheld Gaming Device With Core Ultra 7 CPU, Starts At $699

Phoronix - Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:44
Following various leaks / rumors / teases in recent days, MSI today formally unveiled the Claw A1M as their first handheld gaming device and the first handheld gaming console in recent time to use an Intel SoC...

Intel Announces Core 14th Gen 35/65 Watt Desktop CPUs, 14th Gen HX Mobile CPUs

Phoronix - Tue, 01/09/2024 - 07:00
Following last month's Meteor Lake announcement, Intel is using CES 2024 this week in Las Vegas for announcing their complete line-up of new Intel Core mobile CPUs as well as completing the line-up of Core 14th Gen desktop processors at 35 and 65 Watt TDPs.

Linux 6.8 Landing A Tantalizing Optimization For Common $PATH-Based Searches

Phoronix - Tue, 01/09/2024 - 03:41
For the execve() system call to execute a program by pathname, the Linux 6.8 kernel is set to land a new optimization to "dramatically" speed-up PATH searches...

Some Intel Arrow Lake CPUs To Feature Revised Xe LPG+ Graphics IP

Phoronix - Tue, 01/09/2024 - 01:59
The Intel engineers enabling next-generation Arrow Lake processors for Linux have largely been just adding new device IDs and other mostly minor changes over current Meteor Lake processors. It was that way too for Arrow Lake's integrated graphics with largely re-using existing Meteor Lake graphics support, but now it's come to light that select Arrow Lake SKUs will feature updated graphics IP...

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