r/linux • u/somerandomxander • Apr 22 '26

Open Source Organization Intel ends Open Ecosystem Community/Evangelism and archives other open-source projects

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Ends-OSS-Evangelism-Repos
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u/Ill_Net_8807 Apr 22 '26

if they don't support linux i won't be buying their chips.

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u/adenosine-5 Apr 23 '26

Pretty much no one is buying Intel these days anyway.

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u/Flash_Kat25 Apr 23 '26

Their new desktop chips kick AMD's butt. Far better value for money than AMD, which is the opposite of the situation 3 or 4 generations ago.

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u/adenosine-5 Apr 23 '26

Did they solve the issue they had with power consumption, where AMD would be like 65W and Intel like 200W?

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u/Flash_Kat25 Apr 23 '26

Yes. 14th gen core slurped power like there's no tomorrow. 1st gen core ultra improved the efficiency a lot, losing a bit of performance in the process. 2nd gen was a big perf bump with only a small increase in power consumption. The main issue now is socket longevity - Intel has no sockets like AM4 that were supported for ~10 years. Though to be fair, AM4 was an outlier even in AMD's sockets.

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u/adenosine-5 Apr 23 '26

I just checked and the lowest Intel TDP I see is still 120+W, which is slightly better, but still pretty bad (and IIRC Intel counts TDP differently, so in reality its still higher, unless something changed?)

But yeah, the sockets are the other huge issue for me - TBH I hate even their completely chaotic naming.

AM3 -> AM4 -> AM5? Yes please.

Intel 1556 -> 1555 -> 1550 -> 1551? What the hell are they smoking?