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Why Linux is so fast? - Game Is Hard

Google News - Tue, 10/17/2023 - 07:27
Why Linux is so fast?  Game Is Hard

Ubuntu 23.10 Desktop ISOs Re-Released Following Translation Snafu

Phoronix - Tue, 10/17/2023 - 03:47
Hours after Ubuntu 23.10 was released last Thursday it was discovered Ubuntu 23.10 ISOs contained malicious user translations for those using the Ukrainian translations within the Ubuntu Linux desktop installer. Canonical suspended the desktop ISOs until the translations could be fixed and ISOs re-spun. That's now happened and this afternoon Ubuntu 23.10 images are back online...

Intel Xeon Max / Sapphire Rapids Riding Higher On Ubuntu 23.10

Phoronix - Tue, 10/17/2023 - 03:26
While Ubuntu 23.10 isn't a Long-Term Support (LTS) release, for those curious about the evolution of Ubuntu Linux performance for Intel Xeon Max (Sapphire Rapids with HBM2e) on this new release just six months out from the all-important Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, here are some benchmarks showing the dual Intel Xeon Max 9480 performance on a Supermicro X13DEM platform while comparing Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS, Ubuntu 23.04, and the brand new Ubuntu 23.10.

Best Linux VPN in 2023 - XDA Developers

Google News - Tue, 10/17/2023 - 03:00
Best Linux VPN in 2023  XDA Developers

AMD ROCm + PyTorch Now Supported With The Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Phoronix - Tue, 10/17/2023 - 00:43
While Friday's release of ROCm 5.7.1 hadn't mentioned any Radeon family GPU support besides the aging Radeon VII, it turns out AMD's newest open-source GPU compute stack is ready to go now with the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and is complete with working PyTorch support...

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