Canonical Begins Offering Ubuntu Images Optimized For Intel CPUs

[chuckula]

This is extremely interesting and a good move on Canonical's part! If Apple can do it for M1 chips I'd certainly like to see more x86 optimization happen.

[yump]

I clicked all the way through to the release notes and I still can't figure out what -march= these images are actually built for. It's just a bunch of marketing faff. What the hell, Canonical?

Not to mention, core 11th gen is extremely recent. Why don't they target x86-64-v3 like Clear does, and cover most relatively modern computers?

[uid313]

Maybe Canonical can cooperate with the Clear Linux project.

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Canonical Begins Offering Ubuntu Images Optimized For Intel CPUs

Canonical has begun publishing Ubuntu install images that are optimized for use on next-generation Intel IoT platforms...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-Intel-IoT-Optimized