Open Source

Intel Core Ultra 9 285K "Arrow Lake" Delivers Strong Linux Performance
Earlier this month Intel announced the Core Ultra 200S "Arrow Lake" processors and today they go on sale. In turn, the review embargo also lifts for these new desktop processors. Up first today on Phoronix is the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Linux performan...
2024-10-24 11:00
Enter the Neoverse with Azure’s Cobalt servers
Microsoft has been running Arm servers as part of Azure for some time now, initially with Altera Ampere hardware, but now with its own Cobalt 100 hardware. The Cobalt processors are based on Arm’s Neoverse architecture and were first announced nearl...
2024-10-24 09:00
AMD EPYC 9755 Performance On The Linux 6.11 & Linux 6.12 Kernels
For the recently launched AMD EPYC 9005 series "Turin" processors there is good support out-of-the-box running on the likes of Linux 6.8 as found with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. The one exception is if wanting to engage CPU power monitoring you need a RAPL/Powe...
2024-10-24 08:36
Intel Media Stack Updated With Full Support For Lunar Lake, Initial Battlemage Support
Intel today released the Intel Media Driver 2024Q3 release to provide updated Video Acceleration API (VA-API) support for Linux systems along with an updated oneVPL GPU Runtime...
2024-10-24 06:44
NVIDIA Shipping Around One Billion RISC-V Cores In Their 2024 Products
Going back to 2016 we've known of NVIDIA beginning to use RISC-V to replace their Falcon micro-controller and other micro-controllers within their graphics processors to using this common open-source ISA. That use has continued to grow and an unofficia...
2024-10-24 06:35
Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ Launches: 26 TOPS Accelerator For $110
Following the launch of the Raspberry Pi AI Kit back during the summer with up to 13 TOPS performance for AI inference, the Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ was announced today with up to 26 TOPS capabilities...
2024-10-24 06:16
Raspberry Pi Launch Own-Brand SSDs Priced From $30
One of the best things about the Raspberry Pi 5 (other than the performance boost over its predecessor) is how much simpler it is to add an SSD. And if you’re running a full desktop OS like Ubuntu you should use an SSD: startup times are blazingly fa...
2024-10-24 00:44
Microsoft improves Windows’ update experience, and announces support for MIDI 2.0 and a new audio driver for professionals
Windows 11, version 24H2 represents significant improvements to the already robust update foundation of Windows. With the latest version, you get reduced installation time, restart time, and central processing unit (CPU) usage for Windows monthly updat...
2024-10-23 22:03
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Release Notes for Safari Technology Preview 206
Safari Technology Preview Release 206 is now available for download for macOS Sequoia beta and macOS Sonoma.
2024-10-23 21:31
Syncfusion open-sources UI controls for .NET MAUI
Developer tools maker Syncfusion has released a set of open source UI controls for Microsoft’s .NET MAUI (Multi-platform App UI), for building high-performance applications for iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows from a single codebase. The Syncfusion ...
2024-10-23 18:57
How developers can automate ‘computer use’ with Anthropic’s new LLM
Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet large language model has gained a new ability: operating a computer.   The new ability, which the company is calling “computer use,” is currently in beta test. It enables developers to instruct Claude 3.5 Sonnet, ...
2024-10-23 18:15
Parrot OS 6.2 Ethical Hacking Distro Introduces Launcher for Docker Containers
Parrot OS 6.2 Linux distribution for ethical hacking and penetration testing is now available for download with new and updated tools. Here's what's new! The post Parrot OS 6.2 Ethical Hacking Distro Introduces Launcher for Docker Containers appeared f...
2024-10-23 17:28
WordPress Community Creates 1,000 Block Themes in 1,000 Days
In nearly 1,000 days, the WordPress community has created 1,000 Block themes—coming together to use the full potential of the Site Editor and unleash new creative possibilities for everyone.
2024-10-23 17:01
Intel Core Ultra 7 "Lunar Lake" Performance Up By ~22% With ASUS Linux Fix
Following the ASUS AIPT patch posting this weekend from an Intel Linux engineer that was analyzing my previously-published Lunar Lake results showing rather poor performance on the ASUS Zenbook S 14, the performance has been looking much better. On Mon...
2024-10-23 15:00
Linus Torvalds Comments On The Russian Linux Maintainers Being Delisted
Following yesterday's news first featured on Phoronix of several Linux driver maintainers being de-listed from their maintainer positions within the mainline Linux kernel over their connections to Russia, Linus Torvalds has today commented on the matte...
2024-10-23 14:00
Join Canonical in Brazil at Dell Technologies Forum São Paulo
Canonical is excited to be a part of the Dell Technologies Forum in São Paulo on October 30th. This exclusive event brings together industry leaders to explore the latest technological advancements. Register to Dell Technologies Forum – São Paulo U...
2024-10-23 12:24
6 facts for CentOS users who are holding on
Considering migrating to Ubuntu from other Linux platforms, such as CentOS? Find six useful facts to get started!
2024-10-23 12:23