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Orange Pi RV2: Setting Up a RISC-V Media Server with Ubuntu

The Orange Pi RV2 is a Single Board Computer (SBC) that differs from the SBCs that have an ARM processor. This board uses a RISC-V (pronounced 'Risk-Five') processor, but we can get into that soon. Before I get into the differences between RISC-V and ARM, we need to look at the specs of the SBC itself. Orange Pi RV2 Specifications The specs are for the RV2 board and consist of the following specifications: Ky X1 8-core 64-bit RISC-V (RV64GCVB) @ 1.6 GHz GPU... https://www.linux.org/threads/orange-pi-rv2-setting-up-a-risc-v-media-server-with-ubuntu.58545/

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Linux 6.18 LTS vs. Liquorix Kernel On AMD Ryzen Threadripper Workstation Performance

It's been a while since running benchmarks of the Liquorix kernel as an enthusiast-tailored downstream version of the Linux kernel focused on responsiveness for gaming, audio/video production, and other creator/enthusiast workloads. In today's article is a look at how the latest Liquorix kernel derived from Linux 6.18 is competing against the upstream Linux 6.18 LTS kernel on the same system.

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Intel Panther Lake Laptops For Pre-Order Scarce So Far

On Monday at CES Intel announced Panther Lake as Core Ultra Series 3 with the initial laptop designs to be available for pre-order starting the following day, 6 January, while global availability is expected around 27 January. Now a few days after pre-orders opened up, few options are available and some of the models will not be shipping until mid-February...

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Linus Torvalds: "The AI Slop Issue Is *NOT* Going To Be Solved With Documentation"

The Linux kernel developers for months now have been debating proposed guidelines for tool-generated submissions to the Linux kernel. As part of the "tools", the main motivator for this documentation has been around the era of AI and large language models with coding assistants and more. Torvalds made some remarks on the Linux kernel mailing list around his belief in focusing the documentation on "tools" rather than explicitly focusing on AI, given the likelihood of AI-assisted contributions continuing regardless of documentation...