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Linux 7.2 Benchmarks and Linux is Being Overtaken by LLM Slop After 'Linux' Foundation Got Paid to Participate in the Hype
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Video Cardz ☛ Linux 7.2 delivers double-digit gains for Intel Panther Lake graphics
Intel’s Arc B390 integrated graphics are showing higher performance with the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel. Phoronix recorded gains across several OpenGL and Vulkan workloads using a Panther Lake laptop.
The testing used an MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ equipped with an Intel Core Ultra X7 358H processor and Arc B390 Xe3 graphics. Linux 7.1 stable was compared with a Linux 7.2 development build from July 17. Both configurations used Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Mesa 26.0.3 and the same kernel configuration.
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Intel Arc B390 iGPU Gets Sizeable Performance Boost in Linux 7.2 Benchmarks | TechPowerUp
Intel iGPUs have something of a reputation for being slow to catch up to their Windows performance when running on Linux, and the same was true for the new Arc B390 iGPU that is all the rage with next-gen gaming handhelds, it seems. At least, according to recent Phoronix benchmarks, this seems to be changing with Linux 7.2.
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Linus Torvalds Thinks AI Just Made Code Review the Most Important Job in Linux [Ed: This is not what he said]
Linus Torvalds says AI can write Linux code, calling the kernel "not one of those anti-AI projects." But he's clear that humans still decide what gets merged. AI-assisted kernel patches have topped 2,000 in the last 45 days, a sharp jump since February.