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Intel Xeon Max Enjoying Some Performance Gains With Linux 6.6

Phoronix - Fri, 10/13/2023 - 01:31
In addition to Linux 6.6 delivering better results on AMD EPYC servers, Intel Xeon Max / Sapphire Rapids is also picking up some performance wins on this forthcoming version of the Linux kernel. Here are some comparison benchmarks looking at the Intel Xeon Max 9480 2S performance between Linux 6.5 stable and the upcoming Linux 6.6 kernel.

Ubuntu 23.10 Now Available With ZFS Desktop Install Option, Linux 6.5 Kernel

Phoronix - Fri, 10/13/2023 - 00:17
Ubuntu 23.10 "Mantic Minotaur" is now officially available for download as the latest (non-LTS) Ubuntu Linux release with a wealth of updated packages, continued desktop installer improvements, and other refinements ahead of the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS cycle...

Higher Quality AV1 Video Encoding Now Available For Radeon Graphics On Linux

Phoronix - Thu, 10/12/2023 - 22:48
For those making use of GPU-accelerated AV1 video encoding with the latest AMD Radeon graphics hardware on Linux, the upcoming Mesa 23.3 release will support the high-quality AV1 preset for offering higher quality encodes...

AMD RDNA3 Vulkan Ray-Tracing Performance Is Now Usable With Ubuntu 23.10

Phoronix - Thu, 10/12/2023 - 22:36
With today's release of Ubuntu 23.10 not only is the performance improved nicely for modern AMD Ryzen systems, but as usual the open-source graphics performance has enjoyed some nice performance improvements, new Vulkan extensions, and more particularly when it comes to the AMD Radeon and Intel graphics drivers...

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