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More Intel Xeon Clearwater Forest Enablement Merged For Linux 6.13
Squeezing into the mainline Linux 6.13 kernel code today as part of the latest batch of "fixes" are two additional enablement bits for the upcoming high-density Intel Xeon Clearwater Forest server processors...
2025-01-10 12:02
Lenovo Discovers Situation Of Linux Dropping PCIe Gen 5 NVMe SSDs To Gen 1 Speeds
A change made to the Linux kernel in June 2023 has led to a situation where PCIe Gen5 NVMe solid state drives could potentially drop down to Gen1 speeds... Lenovo engineers spotted this issue and bisected the problem along with coming up with a solutio...
2025-01-10 10:33
Servo Browser Engine Adds Dark Mode, Some XPath Support
The Servo open-source web browser layout engine project has published their newest monthly recap to highlight the progress they made during December 2024. They ended the year on a high note with getting dark mode support working and other features wire...
2025-01-10 09:50
VKD3D-Proton 2.14.1 Brings A Few Fixes For Direct3D 12 On Vulkan
Hans-Kristian Arntzen with Valve has just released VKD3D-Proton 2.14.1 as this Direct3D 12 over Vulkan implementation...
2025-01-10 09:02
Ubuntu Considers Taking It Easier On Software Updates Over Weekends
Ubuntu developers are looking at extending their policy of not releasing stable release updates (SRUs) around the weekend as well as not phasing them up to 100% during those weekend times either...
2025-01-10 07:03
12 Years After Haswell, Intel Open-Source Graphics Developers Still Make Occasional Fix
The Intel Haswell CPUs were originally introduced back in 2013 and great for the time. Under Microsoft Windows the driver support has long been obsolete but under Linux with Intel's open-source driver support there is still even the occasional fix all ...
2025-01-10 06:40
Blumenkrantz Boosts Zink Performance By 150% For Everspace, Possibly Helping Other Games
Mike Blumenkrantz of Valve's Linux graphics driver team who is known for his work on the Zink generic OpenGL-on-Vulkan driver implementation has made another mighty round of improvements for helping the gaming performance...
2025-01-10 06:25
Calibre 7.24 Open-Source Ebook Manager Released with New Features and Bug Fixes
Calibre 7.24 open-source suite of e-book software is now available for download with new features and bug fixes. Here's what's new! The post Calibre 7.24 Open-Source Ebook Manager Released with New Features and Bug Fixes appeared first on 9to5Linux - d...
2025-01-10 05:04
Rust-Based COSMIC Desktop Gets 5th Alpha Release with COSMIC Media Player
The 5th alpha version of the Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment from System76 is now available for public testing with various changes. Here's what's new! The post Rust-Based COSMIC Desktop Gets 5th Alpha Release with COSMIC Media Player appeared fi...
2025-01-10 02:52
COSMIC Alpha 5 Brings Media Player App, User Account Editing + More
A big alpha update to System76’s COSMIC desktop environment is out, bringing new apps, more settings, and plenty of performance tuneups and pesky bug fixes. This is the 5th alpha preview of the Rust-based DE since August 2024. Further alphas are plan...
2025-01-09 23:54
COSMIC Desktop Alpha 5: New Media Player, User Options + More
A new alpha update to System76’s COSMIC desktop environment has arrived with a clutch of interactive improvements. This is the fifth alpha of the Rust-based DE since August 2024. More alphas will arrive each month until all the features planned to sh...
2025-01-09 23:54
System76 Release COSMIC DE Alpha 5: What’s New?
A new alpha update to System76’s COSMIC desktop environment has arrived with a clutch of interactive improvements. This is the fifth alpha of the Rust-based DE since August 2024. More alphas will arrive each month until all the features planned to sh...
2025-01-09 23:54
New Year Starts with Slowroll Version Bump
The openSUSE Slowroll community has welcomed the January version bump that was completed recently. Slowroll’s snapshots mark the beginning of fresh updates with the initial updates now accessible on mirrors globally. This month’s bump comes a day e...
2025-01-09 18:00
Flatpak 1.16 Linux App Sandboxing and Distribution Framework Officially Released
Flatpak 1.16 Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework is now available for download. This is a major release that brings several new features and improvements. The post Flatpak 1.16 Linux App Sandboxing and Distribution Framework Officia...
2025-01-09 17:55
COSMIC Alpha 5 Desktop Brings COSMIC Media Player As Default, VRR Updates
Building off the COSMIC Alpha 4 release from early December, COSMIC Alpha 5 is now available as the newest stepping stone toward the first stable release of this Rust-based open-source desktop developed by System76 for their Pop!_OS Linux distribution...
2025-01-09 17:05
AMD Secure TSC Support Might Finally Be Ready For Landing In The Linux Kernel
Going back to January 2023 were patches for enabling Secure TSC support for use by SEV-SNP guests with AMD EPYC 7003 "Milan" and newer processors... Two years later and after sixteen rounds of revising the Linux kernel patches, it looks like the AMD Se...
2025-01-09 16:42
Raspberry Pi 5 with 16GB RAM Announced for $120
Raspberry Pi has today announced the launch of a Raspberry Pi 5 with 16GB RAM. A engorged-memory model had been oft-rumoured since the launch of the raspberry Pi 5 in 2024 – and long-desired by fans of this particular single-board computer (SBC). The...
2025-01-09 15:52
Raspberry Pi 5 with 16GB RAM Announced for £115/$120
Raspberry Pi has today announced the launch of a Raspberry Pi 5 with 16GB RAM. A engorged-memory model had been oft-rumoured since the launch of the raspberry Pi 5 in 2024 – and long-desired by fans of this particular single-board computer (SBC). The...
2025-01-09 15:52
KDE Plasma 6.3 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing, Here’s What’s New
KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment is now available for public beta testing with many new features and improvements. Here’s what to expect in the final release! The post KDE Plasma 6.3 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing, Here’s What’s New a...
2025-01-09 15:21
KDE Frameworks 6.10 Adds Support for Converting Between “Rack Units” in KRunner
KDE Frameworks 6.10 open-source software suite is now available with support for convert between "rack units" and other units of length, as well as other improvements. The post KDE Frameworks 6.10 Adds Support for Converting Between “Rack Units” in...
2025-01-09 14:30