Intel Readies Big Graphics Driver Changes For Linux 6.17: Multi-Device Prep, SR-IOV, WCL
Intel has some terrific improvements lined up for their modern "Xe" kernel graphics driver with the upcoming Linux 6.17 kernel cycle. New hardware support, SR-IOV preparations for Battlemage, other Intel Battlemage work, and also preparations for the upcoming multi-device support... phoronix.com/news/Intel-Xe-Dri…
NovaCustom Launching An Intel Meteor Lake NUC Box Running On Dasharo/Coreboot
For those interested in a small form factor PC running on the open-source Coreboot firmware, Netherlands-based vendor NovaCustom is launching an Intel Meteor Lake powered NUC box running on the Dasharo downstream of Coreboot... phoronix.com/news/NovaCustom-N…
OpenCL 3.0.19 Released With SPIR-V Queries & Android Hardware Buffer Extensions
The Khronos Group today published the OpenCL 3.0.19 documentation as the latest specification for the OpenCL 3.0 compute API... phoronix.com/news/OpenCL-3.0.1…
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Yeah, been following GoL (mostly via RSS) since basically the beginning, there were other sites following Linux gaming, even back then, but GoL really has come a long way! gg
Hey! That was pretty cool, Liam! I want Dune Awakening, but, I also am worried about it at the same time. Funcom has a history of basically insulting their honest customers with excessive game policies that just results in them taking out a whole BFG to everyone involved in one person's trolling/griefing approaches. Even the innocent ones. Had this problem in Funcom's Conan, and haven't been back since.
Nouveau NAK Lands A Big Improvement For NVIDIA Kepler GPUs: As Much As 2.5x Faster
Merged today to the open-source NVIDIA "NAK" compiler code within Mesa 25.2 is Kepler instruction scheduling. This real instruction scheduling support for GeForce GTX 600/700 "Kepler" graphics processors can provide some significant performance benefits in select workloads... phoronix.com/news/Nouveau-NAK-…
Linux users can install Mozilla VPN client from Flathub. The open source app was previously only available to install on Ubuntu-based distributions via the Mozilla APT repo.
since mozilla vpn is based on mullvad (or at least uses their servers), I wonder what it would take to get mullvad's app working on flatpak. I've heard it is designed in such a way that doing so would be very difficult.
Arduino and Red Pitaya have partnered to create a combined hardware bundle and structured curriculum designed to help students, educators, and hobbyists move from basic electronics projects to advanced signal analysis and real-world system prototypin…
Linux 6.15.6, 6.12.37 LTS & Other Stable Kernels Deliver TSA Mitigations
Greg Kroah-Hartman just released the Linux 6.15.6 point release as well as the Linux 6.12.37 LTS kernel and new point releases in prior-year Long Term Support kernel versions. The main headline of today's stable kernel releases are picking up the mitigations for the Transient Scheduler Attacks (TSA) mitigations that were disclosed this week for AMD processors... phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.15.6…
Blender 4.5 RC1 Released With Much Better Vulkan Support
The release candidate of the Blender 4.5 3D modeling software is now available for testing. There are many great improvements to find with Blender 4.5 and this new version is all the more important in being the next Long Term Support (LTS) release for this popular cross-platform 3D modeling software... phoronix.com/news/Blender-4.5-…
Need some more strategy games? The RTS Rush Humble Bundle has some pretty great picks. So here's what to expect on Linux platforms like SteamOS and Steam Deck.
LibreOffice 25.8 RC1 Released With Various File Performance Improvements
The first release candidate of the LibreOffice 25.8 open-source office suite is now available for testing. This half-year update as the leading free software alternative to Microsoft Office has been working on performance improvements for various file types, dropping support for old versions of Windows, and various other enhancements... phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-…
Canonical Releases Multipass 1.16 As Now Fully Open-Source Project
Ubuntu maker Canonical today released Multipass 1.16 stable for this Linux / Windows / macOS means of deploying Ubuntu VM instances using this lightweight VM manager built atop Linux's KVM, Windows' Hyper-V, and QEMU on macOS. Notable with Multipass 1.16 is that it's now fully open-source software... phoronix.com/news/Multipass-1.…
Linux 6.17 Looks To Drop The pktcdvd Packet Writing CD/DVD Driver
Linux block maintainer Jens Axboe queued up a patch this week to drop the pktcdvd driver from the mainline kernel, which is expected to be submitted for the upcoming Linux 6.17 cycle. The pktcdvd driver has been in the kernel for over two decades since the Linux 2.6 days for packet-writing CD/DVD support albeit is hardly useful in today's world... phoronix.com/news/Linux-To-Rem…
libinput 1.29 Improving Scroll Wheel Responsiveness For Most Devices
Peter Hutterer of Red Hat announced today the first release candidate of libinput 1.29, the newest version of this input handling library used across both X.Org and Wayland environments with the modern Linux desktop... phoronix.com/news/libinput-1.2…
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