Back in October following the launch of the EPYC 9005 "Turin" processors I ran an AVX-512 performance comparison for the EPYC 9755 with 512-bit data path vs. 256-bit data path vs. AVX-512 disabled.

TrueNAS SCALE 24.10.2 open-source NAS solution brings enhanced cloud backup, improved NVIDIA GPU support, and refined CPU widget logic.

What is the difference between unmetered and unlimited bandwidth? Can you even get unlimited bandwidth, and if not, why do hosting providers advertise it as unlimited? This is a confusing topic for many people, and frequently, deliberately so.

January 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

AMD's open source RADV Vulkan driver for Linux has already been updated to support the AMD Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT GPUs, although there will be a few minor features missing at launch — a massive improvement over previous GPU launches, which generally only received support on Linux weeks or even months after launch.

Tmux can be a confusing program if you’re new to Linux and the terminal. With its obscure commands and keybinds, it’s no surprise that some might find it unintuitive and frustrating to use. In this article, I will go through some simple tricks I did to learn and fully utilize Tmux in my daily Linux workflow.

As if existing wireless network issues were not enough.

The Linux kernel has rapidly grown, reaching an impressive milestone, surpassing 40 million lines of code.

MangoHud is a performance overlay you can use on Desktop Linux, and it's what powers the built-in overlay on Steam Deck. A new release candidate is now available for testing for an upcoming stable release with version 0.8.0-rc1.

Red Hat engineers have been working on Nova as an open-source driver successor to the Nouveau driver for upstream NVIDIA GPU support within the Linux kernel that can be used with the Mesa OpenGL/Vulkan drivers.

Hello! Today, we’re open-sourcing Perforator, a continuous profiling system we use at Yandex to analyze the performance of most of our services.

The kernel team is working on final integration for Linux kernel 6.13. This version was just recently released, and will arrive soon in Fedora Linux. As a result, the Fedora Linux kernel and QA teams have organized a test week from Sunday,February 02, 2025 to Sunday, February 09, 2025.

We talk about the Genode project and Sculpt OS quite regularly on OSNews, but every time I’ve tried using Sculpt OS, I’ve always found it so different and so unique compared to everything else that I just couldn’t wrap my head around it.

I said this many times before, and I'll say it again. Plasma is by far the best, most elegant and ergonomic desktop out there. It's visually pleasing, it's designed with clever thought and passion, and it comes with a bewildering array of options and settings so you can set it up just the way you like it.

If you’re using CentOS 9 in production and you’re ready to make the move to CentOS 10, AlmaLinux’s ELevate tool can help.

Let’s Encrypt, the world’s leading provider of free, automated, and open SSL/TLS certificates for websites, has announced plans to end its longstanding practice of sending email reminders about certificate expirations.

We’re shipping a new API in Firefox Nightly that will let you use our Firefox AI runtime to run offline machine learning tasks in your web extension.

Over the past week I have published a number of GeForce RTX 5090 Linux compute benchmarks as well as the GeForce RTX 5080 on Linux. With that early NVIDIA R570 Linux driver build as part of the CUDA 12.8 package I was asked to wait on Linux gaming benchmarks until the proper RTX 50 Linux driver is released.

This detailed guide explains how to permanently mount an external drive in Linux using the fstab file. It also covers best practices to ensure a reliable setup.

Watch this tutorial to learn how to use Lynis, an open source security auditing tool, to audit and enhance Linux security.

The Adafruit CLUE is a development board with a built-in display, multiple sensors, and Bluetooth Low Energy connectivity. It follows the form factor of the BBC micro:bit while incorporating additional processing power and expanded functionality. The board is designed for applications involving data visualization, sensor-based measurements, and wireless communication.

GParted 1.7 and GParted Live 1.7 have been released today for this open-source and free partition manager that lets you resize, copy, and move partitions without data loss.

Qwen 2.5 Max tops both DS V3 and GPT-4o, cloud giant claims. The speed and efficiency at which DeepSeek claims to be training large language models (LLMs) competitive with America's best has been a reality check for Silicon Valley. However, the startup isn't the only Chinese model builder the US has to worry about.

Alpine Linux is now on Open Collective, opening new ways for users and organizations to support its infrastructure and long-term sustainability financially.

Linux users hunting for a native client to stream music from TIDAL will want to keep an eye on a promising new open-source app called High Tide.

The open-source Intel Linux Mesa graphics driver code has merged support for a "major improvement" found with next-gen Xe3 graphics... Variable Register Thread (VRT) as one of the nifty features that will help with Intel integrated and discrete graphics performance.

This roundup features the finest terminal-based Matrix clients. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion.

DeepSeek is a cutting-edge AI model designed for natural language processing, offering powerful capabilities such as text generation, summarization, and reasoning. It can run locally on Linux, making it an excellent choice for users who want privacy, control, and offline access to AI.

The Meerkat is a compact mini PC designed to deliver high performance while maintaining a small physical footprint. It is powered by Intel Core Ultra processors and features Intel Arc graphics. The system supports multiple Linux operating systems, including Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, among others.

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