Steam Survey issues prevented the survey results from being posted on the evening of the 1st as is traditionally done, but the results were just uploaded now to the Steam website
just watched a video on Youtube explaining, or at least attempting to, how a streamer screwed his party in hardcore WoW classic, everyone died, and how that somehow means a lot of people are taking revenge on him by supporting this cause…
Linux 6.17 To Finish Clearing Out Old Code For OpenMoko Devices
Linux 6.17 is expected to clear out some final remnants of the OpenMoko Neo 1973 and Neo FreeRunner smartphone support from that Linux smartphone effort from two decades ago... phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.17-D…
Thats a pity, I still have an openmoko, although I must confess that I cannot boot it up any more, probably because of a too old, broken, totally empty battery.
BTW: about playing Windows/GOG games on Linux i can really recommend using the flatpak project "Bottles" under pretty much any #Linux ! i am only using it for a few weeks now for games and apps that are not available to me on steam. Best gaming / windows apps experience under Linux EVER for me!! give it a try if you don't know it yet! happy Linux Gaming!!
The Linux support for the Lenovo Legion Go S gaming handheld continues to be improved upon thanks to the option of having Steam OS on this alternative to the Steam Deck... phoronix.com/news/Lenovo-Legio…
Improved TTM Memory Management Eviction Submitted Ahead Of Linux 6.17
Sent out today was the newest drm-misc-next pull request of changes built up over the past week for DRM-Next ahead of the Linux 6.17 kernel cycle. The drm-misc-next material is the usual random assortment of DRM display/graphics driver changes and core improvements, which this week includes some TTM eviction work... phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.17-T…
Libreboot 25.06 Released With Support For Two More Outdated Systems
Libreboot 25.06 released this week as the newest version of this Coreboot downstream focused on shipping only with free and open-source components. But due to the strict open-source nature of Libreboot, it continues to primarily see support for long outdated platforms... phoronix.com/news/Libreboot-25…
awesome, thanks for sharing. Is there a place where we can see absolute numbers and not just percentages? I'm curious about how many fellow Linux players are out there. :)
Thunderbird 140 ESR is out now, bringing smarter notifications, dark mode message rendering, UI polish, and dozens of bug fixes across mail, calendar, and chat.
Reddit is going crazy about the Switch 2 using "encryption", to lock out third party docks, but as far as I can tell that's misinformation.
Nothing in the logs looks like encryption, it's just a proprietary protocol. Manufacturers clone those all the time!
Not following standards is not nice, but saying this dooms third party docks or has any DMCA implications is nonsense. In fact the article already points out one compatible third party dock.
The original switch also "locked out" standard adapters, just in a simpler way only checking the device ID.
Nintendo has used actual encryption to lock out third party peripherals before (Wii Remote control extensions). If they cared enough they'd have done that again.
People get insane around Nintendo and Apple, they are convinced that they just have to be evil in every possible way. I have my suspicions that these same people aren’t even using their products.
(Doesn’t mean we shouldn’t criticize them, just stay with facts and treat everyone the same.)
I thought it was a standard (well that’s a joke in itself) USB-C so you could in theory just connect it directly to a monitor. But I never dug into it. The dock has a fan after all and I rather avoid finding out if a third party dock has an issue or not. But I want a second dock and $119 over here is pretty steep.
@yon Connecting it directly to a generic monitor doesn't work because it checks for the ID (the original Switch 1). But people make compatible monitors these days.
Apple actually uses crypto auth chips in their Made for iPhone program! That one is real, but they also support a lot of standard USB stuff these days so you only need to sign up for MFi if you are making an Apple-device-exclusive thing mostly. Not for things like display output docks.
the incompatibility with the standard is what everyone should care about, and calling it encryption while wrong gets the point across you can go get a generic usb c to hdmi and usb dock for lets say 50 eur and use it on an android (with usb dp), an iphone (15+), a deck, an ally, a macbook,...
why does nintendo get to opt out of the standard (or add vendor specific extensions that break interop)? why include usbc? add a proprietary port and go back to the hell that was pre usbc
@SilverDiamond Standard docks already didn't work with the Switch 1. The article is claiming Nintendo is somehow adding encryption in the Switch 2, but it's not encryption and it won't affect users. Dedicated Switch 2 docks will exist like Switch 1 docks did, and saying things are somehow different just because they added some vendor specific commands to the story is not good journalism.
For those curious about the direction of Mozilla Firefox web browser performance over the past year and a half, here are web browser benchmarks for every Firefox release from Firefox 120 in November 2023 through the newest Firefox 140 stable and Fire…
Steam On Linux Usage Dips Slightly For June, AMD Linux CPU Usage Hits 69%
Steam Survey issues prevented the survey results from being posted on the evening of the 1st as is traditionally done, but the results were just uploaded now to the Steam website. Steam on Linux usage dipped slightly but overall remains healthy with much excitement still around the Steam Deck and SteamOS efforts... phoronix.com/news/Steam-June-2…
Following last month's release of Debian Installer Trixie RC1 as the installer for the upcoming Debian 13.0 release, a second release candidate was issued today for testing... phoronix.com/news/Debian-Insta…
Youyeetoo has just launched a platform based on Rockchip’s RK3588 SoC with a modular system-on-module design, targeting industrial automation and edge IoT projects that demand high performance and flexible connectivity.
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ZLUDA Making Progress In 2025 On Bringing CUDA To Non-NVIDIA GPUs
The ZLUDA open-source effort that started off a half-decade ago as a drop-in CUDA implementation for Intel GPUs and then for several years was funded by AMD as a CUDA implementation for Radeon GPUs atop ROCm and then open-sourced but then reverted has been continuing to push along a new path since last year. The current take on ZLUDA is a multi-vendor CUDA implementation for non… phoronix.com/news/ZLUDA-Q2-202…
The ZLUDA open-source effort that started off a half-decade ago as a drop-in CUDA implementation for Intel GPUs and then for several years was funded by AMD as a CUDA implementation for Radeon GPUs atop ROCm and then open-sourced but then reverted ha…
Your LTM Dose #25.01 is here! Sudo has flaws, Nitrux meets Hyprland, Disqus finds an alternative, ntopng monitors networks, Ubuntu gets clipboard, and more.
I love this app, it's such a blessing. I used to download glorious eggroll Proton versions myself and drag them into compat tools but this makes that process a day of the past
Added the Linux distribution share on Steam over time chart to our Steam stats page: gamingonlinux.com/steam-tracke… A manual process, I'll be adding more over time. There will be months breaks between distros, as Valve seem quite random in what shows up each month.
AMD Posts Linux Patches For New AI Engine Driver "amd-ai-engine"
Not to be confused with the AMDXDNA accelerator driver for the Ryzen AI NPUs, AMD software engineers today posted patches for review on the "amd-ai-engine" accelerator driver. This new AMD AI Engine driver is for supporting the IP found on their Versal adaptive SoCs... phoronix.com/news/AMD-AI-Engin…
Not to be confused with the AMDXDNA accelerator driver for the Ryzen AI NPUs, AMD software engineers today posted patches for review on the 'amd-ai-engine' accelerator driver
Released three months ago was the first AerynOS ISO release for that Linux distribution led by Ikey Doherty and from there plans were laid to provide 'accelerated delivery of milestone ISOs.
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