The status report for Redox OS during July 2025 was published earlier today. Redox OS has seen more work on POSIX compliance testing, ongoing Unix Domain Sockets support, benchmarking the file
Redox OS Recently Saw 500~700% Performance Improvement For Basic File I/O
The status report for Redox OS during July 2025 was published earlier today. Redox OS has seen more work on POSIX compliance testing, ongoing Unix Domain Sockets support, benchmarking the file
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 vs. Ryzen 9 9950X vs. Ryzen 9 9950X3D Linux Performance
In today's launch-day review of the Framework Desktop with AMD Ryzen AI Max " Strix Halo " were a number of benchmarks comparing the mini/SFF PC to Framework Laptops, the Strix Halo powered HP ZBook Ultra G1a laptops, and similar devices. With this being a desktop after all, for those wondering how the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 compares in a desktop form factor to the 16-core Ryzen 9 9950X series processors, this article has all those benchmark
Framework Desktop With AMD Ryzen AI Max Offers Excellent, Linux-Friendly Performance
Today the review embargo lifts on the much anticipated Framework Desktop computer powered by AMD Ryzen AI Max 300 Series "Strix Halo" SoCs. Aside from offering an enclosure to allow old Framework motherboards to be re-tasked as a makeshift desktop computer, the Framework Desktop is the company's first dedicated desktop computer offering and it's very impressive in building around the Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo" platform. Here is a look at the Framework Desktop with initial testing under Linux and a wide assortment of benchmarks
Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS Released With Linux 6.14 HWE Kernel
The Ubuntu LTS point releases are predominantly for bundling up all of the security/bug fix stable release updates (SRUs) that have been shipped down already to Ubuntu LTS users. The new point release thus makes it more convenient for quickly and deploying new Ubuntu LTS systems with the stable updates over the past several months already
Heterogeneous CPU Cores, HDMI & Other Work Continues For Enhancing FreeBSD On Laptops
FreeBSD developers continue working on enhancing the support for running this open-source operating system on modern laptops. Among the challenges worked on in part during July were sorting out what needs to be done around heterogeneous CPU cores, primarily for
Rust 1.89 Released With More AVX-512 Intrinsics & x86 Target Features
With Rust 1.89 there are more x86 target features in place. The "target_feature" attribute now supports SHA512, SM3, SM4, KL, and WIDEKL target features. Rust 1.89 also adds more AVX-512 intrinsics and target features for those using Rust on x86/x86
Flang-Tidy Cleaning/Correcting Fortran Code In "Sort Of Opinionated Fashion"
A request for comments was issued last week around Flang-Tidy that is being developed out of Bavaria for improving Fortran code as a framework of checks that apply to
Linux 6.17 Will Correctly Map By Default F13 To F24 Keys On PS/2 Keyboards
Werner Sembach with TUXEDO Computers took care of the ATKBD driver patch so that PS/2 keyboards will see their F13 through F24 function keys where present to be correctly mapped by default. Sembach explained in the
Intel Phasing Out 16x MSAA Support - Being Disabled With Xe3 Graphics
Intel engineer Kenneth Graunke explained in this commit to the Intel driver code for Iris Gallium3D and ANV Vulkan of disabling 16x MSAA support on Xe3
Linux 6.17 SoundWire Support Extended To Upcoming AMD ACP 7.2 Hardware
Last week in the sound subsystem AMD ACP 7.2 support was enabled for DMIC and I2S and associated bits. This week the AMD ACP 7.2 support coverage was