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      Intel Xeon 600 Workstation Performance vs. AMD Threadripper 9000 In Nearly 400 Benchmarks

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 16:43

    Last month I had the chance to test the Xeon 678X workstation processor as my first hands-on opportunity with the Xeon 600 "Granite Rapids WS" series. The Intel Xeon 678X was within the HP Z4 G6i workstation and used it for a number of different benchmarks. In that HP workstation review were also some comparison points to the likes of AMD Ryzen Threadripper while in this article are some much more concentrated benchmarks between the competing Xeon 600 series and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series for workstations. Nearly 400 benchmarks plus power and frequency comparison too.
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      KDE Plasma 6.8 Beta Released With Many Great Improvements, Kup Backup Scheduler

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 16:39

    Ahead of the stable release of Plasma 6.8 due out on 14 October that also marks the 30th anniversary of the KDE project, out today is the much anticipated beta release...
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      Intel BFF Driver Slated For Linux 7.4 Introduction

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 12:54

    Last month I covered Intel posting a new driver named "BFF" for the Linux kernel. This BFF driver is for a new hardware feature debuting with next-gen Diamond Rapids processors for better dealing with aging CPU silicon where some bits may become stuck over time...
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      NVIDIA NVK Driver Lands Improvement To Help With Valve's Gamescope

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 11:17

    Merged today for next quarter's Mesa 26.3 release is an improvement for the open-source NVIDIA "NVK" Vulkan driver paired with the Nouveau kernel driver. This latest NVK improvement benefits usage of Valve's Gamescope micro-compositor and should help with performance during game recording and remote play...
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      X.Org Server 26.1 Moves Closer To Release As Half-Decade Update

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:29

    We're getting closer to the X.Org Server 26.1 stable release as the first new tagged feature release since X.Org Server 21.1 debuted back in October 2021. There have been some new features, many code reverts, and many bug fixes merged over the past five years that will culminate with the X.Org Server 26.1 stable release...
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      GNOME 51 Adds Support For Custom Pointer Acceleration Profiles

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:16

    As a last minute change ahead of next week's GNOME 51 desktop release, changes to Mutter and gsettings-desktop-schemas have now landed for supporting custom pointer acceleration profiles...
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      COSMIC Epoch 1.8 Provides Latest Fixes & Minor Improvements For This Rust Desktop

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:04

    Released overnight was the newest version of the Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment developed by System76 as part of the effort on their Pop!_OS Linux distribution...
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      GNU Automake 1.19 Released With More Than One Year Worth Of Fixes

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 9:50

    For those continuing to use GNU Automake over the likes of Meson or CMake for your build system, Automake 1.19 is out today as the first new release in 15 months. Among the many fixes in this release is for a bug dating back 14 years...
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      Steam Client Beta Improves Big Picture Mode, Several Linux Enhancements

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 0:27

    Tonight Valve released a big Steam client beta update with a number of new features and fixes...