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Framework Laptop 16 Delivers Great Linux Support & Performance, Excellent Customizability

Phoronix - Tue, 01/23/2024 - 23:00
The review embargo has now expired on the Framework Laptop 16, the latest innovative and upgradeable laptop from this company that has made quite a name for itself with modular and user-upgradeable laptop designs for both AMD and Intel. The new Framework Laptop 16 offers even more customizability around the keyboard/touchpad and other options including over using a Radeon RX 7700S graphics module and more. Besides the immense customizability options and upgrades available with the Framework Laptop 16, the new model employs the AMD Ryzen 7040HS processor for even greater performance over the AMD Ryzen 7040U found with the latest Framework 13 model.

Linux 6.8 Running Well On The AMD Threadripper 7980X, Maintaining Gains Made With v6.7

Phoronix - Tue, 01/23/2024 - 20:55
Over the weekend I shared some benchmarks showing some nice performance gains with Linux 6.7 over the 6.6 kernel when running on the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X HEDT processor within the new System76 Thelio. So now you may be wondering about the performance with the in-development Linux 6.8 kernel... Here are some early tests there...

Intel Sends Out First Linux Patch For Clearwater Forest

Phoronix - Tue, 01/23/2024 - 19:27
While Intel's Sierra Forest as their first all-E-core Xeon processor with up to 288 cores per socket isn't launching until around the middle of this calendar year, Intel Linux engineers already sent out their first kernel patch in beginning to target its successor: Clearwater Forest...

Gentoo Made Progress In 2023 On Binary Packages, Modern C & Reviving DEC Alpha Support

Phoronix - Tue, 01/23/2024 - 19:15
The Gentoo Linux project published a 2023 retrospective on Monday that outlines their ongoing high level of development, gaining three new developers over the past calendar year, and various initiatives embarked on by the developers...

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