Ubuntu Will Have Native AMD ROCm AI/ML and HPC Libraries In Next LTS Release (canonical.com) 6
Longtime Slashdot reader MadCow42 writes: Canonical just announced that they're packaging AMD's ROCm libraries (for AIML and HPC with both data-center GPUs as well as desktop/laptop GPUs), directly into the Ubuntu Universe archive. You can run ROCm on Ubuntu today but you have to install it via a script from AMD and manually remove and reinstall for any upgrades or bug fixes. Having it in Ubuntu as a normal Debian package will make it much easier to install and also to maintain in the long run via normal apt tooling ('apt upgrade'). This also means that ROCm can be an automatically-installed dependency for other packages, which doesn't happen today.
And, interestingly, Canonical has committed to providing long-term-support for ROCm in Ubuntu -- which is particularly exciting for edge and IoT devices that may have a long life in the field and need regular security patches and updates.
And, interestingly, Canonical has committed to providing long-term-support for ROCm in Ubuntu -- which is particularly exciting for edge and IoT devices that may have a long life in the field and need regular security patches and updates.
CNU tools (Score:2)
Good. Now if they could come back to the GNU tools please. :)
"bubuntu will have"? (Score:5, Informative)
ROCm is already in Debian, being tested and all and will as usual just trickle down to whatever Debian clones are there in existence.
https://wiki.debian.org/ROCm [debian.org]
https://salsa.debian.org/rocm-... [debian.org]
Not that there's anything wrong with it, but some credit from the clones to the mothership seems in order.
Re: (Score:2)
Same in Arch and derivatives.
Re: (Score:2)
Yep, the solid distros are solid for a reason. I've not used Arch, but I've read their docs way more than once.
AMD ROCm AI/ML and HPC Libraries In Next LTS (Score:3)
OMG!