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Switching to Linux from Windows 11 on Ryzen 9000
When AMD announced its Ryzen 9000 series desktop processor lineup at Computex earlier this year, the company touted big performance gains thanks to a massive 16% IPC (instructions per clock/cycle) boost. While the company’s claims probably have not been untrue, the overall performance of a processor is the byproduct of not just IPC but the Read more
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Windows update paralyzes Linuxes again
With the Windows updates from August 13, various Linux installation media no longer boot. This is due to outdated boot loaders that have now been blocked. This article was originally published in German and has been automatically translated. And the Windows update greets us daily: Some Windows computers on which the update released on August Read more
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Which Distro Is Most Like Windows?
Linux can’t replace Windows, but it can have the look and feel of Windows. The familiarity can help ease your transition from Windows. In no particular order, here is a selection of distros that replicate that familiar experience. Linux is driven by a fundamentally different philosophy than Windows. So while you can pick from dozens Read more
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Framework Laptop 13 reviewed, again
Intel’s latest chips often fall behind Ryzen, or even older Intel CPUs. Would you believe that the Framework Laptop 13 is back again? Framework’s fifth motherboard for the Laptop 13—which, in typical fashion, can be easily swapped into any existing Framework Laptop 13 of any generation—is mainly significant because it offers Intel’s Meteor Lake-based Core Read more
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Open Model Initiative
Linux Foundation’s adoption of OMI could pave way for ethical LLMs, analysts say The Open Model Initiative aims to create what it calls community LLMs that are equal or better in quality to proprietary models, but free of restrictive licensing terms that limit their usage. The Linux Foundation’s move to take the Open Model Initiative Read more
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Kernel Exploit ‘SLUBStick’ Discovered
New Linux Kernel Exploit Technique ‘SLUBStick’ Discovered by Researchers Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a novel Linux kernel exploitation technique dubbed SLUBStick that could be exploited to elevate a limited heap vulnerability to an arbitrary memory read-and-write primitive. “Initially, it exploits a timing side-channel of the allocator to perform a cross-cache attack reliably,” a Read more
