Wayback Is Now Hosted On FreeDesktop.org

Wayback began recently as an experimental X11 compatibility layer for non-Wayland desktop environments to leverage Wayland components. While still in early form, the project has already taken off from being a personal GitHub project to now being hosted on FreeDesktop.org alongside other projects such as Wayland and the X.Org Server itself plus other prominent software like Mesa and GStreamer and much…
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Ubuntu 25.10 will use an A/B boot approach on Raspberry Pi devices to improve the distro's reliability and help mitigate boot failures - but there is a small drawback for users.

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#ubuntu #linux #RaspberryPi

The Way Ubuntu Boots on Raspberry Pi is Changing

Ubuntu will use an A/B boot approach on Raspberry Pi devices to improve reliability and boot failures, albeit with a small drawback for users.

^{Joey Sneddon (OMG! Ubuntu!)}

เหมือนว่าสักโพสของสำนักพิมพ์เคยเขียนว่า มันเป็นหนังสือที่สามารถอ่านจบในคราวเดียวได้ แต่เราฝืนอ่านได้ถึงแค่ประมาณนี้ แถมเป็นการอ่านครั้งที่สองด้วย เห็นทีจะต้องใช้เวลามากกว่าคนอื่นสักหน่อย

(แต่ so far so good นะ)

ไปช็อตเอาตรงที่ตัวละครหลัก เล่าพรรณนาถึงความช่างสังเกตของตัวเองที่มีต่อสิ่งๆ หนึ่ง ได้ยาวไปสี่ห้าหน้านั่นแหละ พอเลย พักก่อนทรามวัย

Mesa 25.2 Drops Legacy DRI2 Code With A Bonfire To Pre-DMABUF Winsys Support

A big merge today to Mesa Git ahead of next week's Mesa 25.2 code branching is removing the pre-DMA-BUF winsys support and as part of that clearing out all of the old DRI2 driver support...
phoronix.com/news/Mesa-25.2-Dr…

New ZLUDA 5 Preview Released For CUDA On Non-NVIDIA GPUs

ZLUDA Version 5-preview.43 was released today as this open-source CUDA implementation for use on non-NVIDIA GPUs, with one of the current focuses being on enabling CUDA on AMD Radeon GPUs with ROCm...
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AMD's Epic Performance Gains From The Original EPYC 7601 To EPYC 9755 / EPYC 9965

Last week I published fresh benchmarks showing how AMD's EPYC 4005 series for budget servers can outperform the original EPYC 7601 flagship processor when EPYC first launched during the Zen 1 period. Even with lower core counts and fewer memory channels, the modern EPYC 4005 "Grado" processors were able to outpace that original EPYC "Naples" flagship processor fr…
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Amarok is one of the oldest Linux music players still in development, and the latest release includes foundational changes to ensure it will keep going for years to come.

omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/amarok…

#qt #linux #opensource

Amarok 3.3 Released with Qt 6, GStreamer Audio Engine

A new version of free music player Amarok has been released, ported to Qt 6 and no longer using the Phonon audio backend. Details on what's new inside.

^{Joey Sneddon (OMG! Ubuntu!)}

Red Hat Announces No-Cost RHEL For Business Developers

Red Hat this morning went public with RHEL for Business Developers, an expansion of their RHEL Developer Program to make it easier for business developers to make use of Red Hat Enterprise Linux at no-cost for their development efforts...
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Miracle-WM 0.6 Brings Many Improvements For This Mir-Based Wayland Compositor

Miracle-WM 0.6 is out today as a mega release for this Mir-based Wayland compositor by Canonical/Ubuntu developer Matthew Kosarek. Miracle-WM provides tiling window manager support inspired by i3 and Sway while being one of the most pronounced users of the Mir code...
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Simple GOG client for Linux, Minigalaxy version 1.4 released gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/simp…

#GOG #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

Simple GOG client for Linux, Minigalaxy version 1.4 released

Minigalaxy is a simple and to the point GOG game downloader for Linux, with a brand new release in version 1.4 now available.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Intel SR-IOV Support Ready For Panther Lake Graphics But Some Current Platforms Left Behind

Intel discontinued Graphics Virtualization Technology (GVT-G) support several generations ago in favor of supporting SR-IOV for graphics virtualization with Iris Xe and newer integrated/discrete graphics hardware. But with the transition as well from the Linux i915 to Xe kernel graphics drivers, the official SR-IOV support state on Intel graphics …
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Incredible cheap treats in the Steam Summer Sale 2025 under £3 gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/incr…

#Gaming #Steam #PCGaming #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck

Incredible cheap treats in the Steam Summer Sale 2025 under £3

On a seriously tight budget? I feel you. So here's a bunch of fantastic games in the Steam Summer Sale 2025 under £3.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

PowerVR Vulkan Driver Enhancements Merged Ahead Of Mesa 25.2

The Mesa 25.2 code is expected to be branched next week to kick off the release process for this quarter's iteration of open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers. As such, there's going to be a mad dash over the next week to land lingering features and other improvements for Mesa 25.2. Making it into Mesa Git today was a big set of 42 patches for the Imagination PowerVR Vulkan driver…
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ICYMI: Proton 10.0-2 gets a small release candidate update for Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck

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#Linux #Proton #SteamDeck #SteamOS

Proton 10.0-2 gets a small release candidate update for Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck

Valve released a small update to the current testing build of Proton 10.0-2, ahead of the upcoming stable release for Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Google Developing Skia "Graphite" For Faster Chrome: Multi-Threaded + Modern Graphics APUs

Google yesterday lifted the lid on their work around Skia "Graphite" as a new rasterization back-end designed for modern graphics APIs like Vulkan and supporting multi-threading by default. Skia Graphite aims to deliver much better performance within the Chrome/Chromium web browser...
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STEEL HUNTERS is another live service casualty as it's shutting down gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/stee…

#STEELHUNTERS #Gaming #PCGaming

STEEL HUNTERS is another live service casualty as it's shutting down

STEEL HUNTERS from Wargaming Group only arrived on Steam in April, and it's already going to be shut down by the developers.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

PHP 8.5 Alpha 1 Released With New Features

The first alpha release of PHP 8.5 was issued last week in kicking off the release cycle in working toward the official PHP 8.5.0 release later in the year...
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Microsoft's Azure Linux 3.0.20250702 Brings Many Security Fixes

Microsoft released Azure Linux 3.0.20250702 on Tuesday as the newest monthly update to this in-house Linux distribution used throughout the company and by external parties...
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Just learned about this development through Safe Streets Petaluma. California needs to follow suit!

The Washington state legislation "gives cities the legal authority to create Shared Streets, defined by two key principles:

- A speed limit of 10 mph, and
- Pedestrians have the legal right to occupy the entire street."

theurbanist.org/2025/05/19/gov…

#WAPol #CAPol #Urbanism #SFBA #Petaluma

A selection of upcoming games I'm excited to see release gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/a-se…

#Gaming #PCGaming #Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck

A selection of upcoming games I'm excited to see release

It's easy to miss games when there's just so-much-news, so here's a small selection I wanted to highlight to go on your wishlists.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

MR FARMBOY is like Stardew Valley but with automation and optimization gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/mr-f…

#IndieGames #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck #Gaming

MR FARMBOY is like Stardew Valley but with automation and optimization

Coming to Early Access later in July, MR FARMBOY blends elements of Stardew Valley with automation and optimisation.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Operation Octo is an upcoming frantic aquatic Tower Defense with big boss fights gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/oper…

#OperationOcto #IndieGames #Demo #PCGaming #TowerDefense

Operation Octo is an upcoming frantic aquatic Tower Defense with big boss fights

Need a fresh Tower Defense game to try out? Here's another tip for you! Operation Octo arrives in September with a chance to try it early.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}

Vehicle No. 4 has you build your own vehicle in this horde survival game gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/vehi…

#PCGaming #Demo #Steam #Gaming #Linux #SteamDeck

Vehicle No. 4 has you build your own vehicle in this horde survival game

With a demo live on Steam, Vehicle No. 4 could be one to watch if you love your horde survival games with you building your own vehicle.

^{Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)}