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21-Way Intel Core / AMD Ryzen Linux Laptop Comparison On Ubuntu 25.04

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 5 May

As part of fresh re-testing of existing laptops on-hand given the recent release of Ubuntu 25.04 and then also recent Linux reviews of some interesting models like the Framework Laptop 13 with AMD Strix Point and the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition, I have been running a lot of Linux laptop benchmarks the past few weeks. I ended up taking things a bit further after those reviews and have now extended it to a 21-way laptop comparison of AMD Ryzen and Intel Core SoCs from the past few generations in looking at their performance on Ubuntu 25.04 across more than 200 benchmarks.

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New Patches Aim To Modernize The Default Linux x86 Kernel Configuration

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 5 May

Longtime Linux kernel developer Ingo Molnar sent out a patch series this morning to enable additional kernel features by default for the Linux default configuration "defconfig" on x86-based kernels. The defconfig improvements aim to reflect modern Linux x86 kernel use with various features commonly being enabled by distribution vendor kernels and related improvements...

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Vulkan API 1.4.314 Brings One New Extension In Working Toward Vulkan Roadmap 2026

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 5 May

Vulkan 1.4.314 is now available as the newest routine spec update for this high performance GPU graphics and compute API. With Vulkan 1.4.314 there are more early preparations toward Vulkan Roadmap 2026 in aiming for a baseline of high-end smartphones, computers, and more for next year...

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IO_uring Zero Copy Receive Seeing DMA-BUF Support Slated For Linux 6.16

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 5 May

Merged for Linux 6.15 was IO_uring network zero-copy receive "io_uring zcrx" while now on track for landing in Linux 6.16 is extending it to support passing DMA-BUF buffers...

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ARM64 Expected To Support Lazy Preemption "PREEMPT_LAZY" With Linux 6.16

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 5 May

Introduced last year for Linux 6.13 was lazy preemption "PREEMPT_LAZY" for a preemption model that is similar to full preemption but less eager to preempt normal scheduler tasks to provide some of the performance benefits found with voluntary preemption. After initially being supported for x86_64 and RISC-V, it looks like Linux 6.16 will support lazy preemption on ARM64 (AArch64)...

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FFmpeg Integrates Video Encoder For Advanced Professional Video (APV)

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 5 May

One week ago FFmpeg merged decode support for Samsung's Advanced Professional Video "APV" codec. APV is designed for professional-grade video recording purposes and is a royalty-free video codec geared for prosumers. Now arriving within FFmpeg Git is APV video encode support...

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Linux 6.15-rc5 Released: "Most Of It Looks Very Nice & Small"

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 4 May

The fifth weekly release candidate of the Linux 6.15 kernel is now available for testing...

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Sensor Monitoring For The ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA Coming For Linux 6.16

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 4 May

For those that happen to have the ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA or are shopping for a higher-end Intel Alder Lake / Raptor Lake desktop motherboard for Linux use, the ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA is the latest motherboard seeing hardware sensor monitoring support under Linux with the next version of the kernel...

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EXT2 DAX Being Deprecated & For Removal At Year's End

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 4 May

The EXT2 file-system's direct access "DAX" mode is being deprecated and expected for removal at the end of 2025, after this year's Long Term Support (LTS) kernel version...