2.5 Admins 210: Ryzen Up

AMD will patch some old Ryzens against SinkClose now, but their benchmarking methods for newer CPUs didn’t live up to everyday reality. Plus Bcachefs devs annoy Linus Torvalds, the US government sues a college over compliance issues, and Jim disappoints a patron.

 

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AMD’s Ryzen 3000 CPUs to get SinkClose patch after all

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Linus Torvalds Begins Expressing Regrets Merging Bcachefs

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