Linux

Mesa 25.2-rc1 Released: Faster RADV Ray-Tracing, NVK Blackwell & More Optimizations

Mesa 25.2 is now branched and thus under a feature freeze and with Mesa 25.2-rc1 having just been released. This marks the start of weekly release candidates until the Mesa 25.2 stable release is ready to ship sometime in August...

2025-07-16 11:13

Phoronix

local_offer

12k Lines Of NVIDIA Blackwell 3D Class Header Files Open-Sourced

Similar to the 3D class header files previously open-sourced by NVIDIA for prior generation GPUs, yesterday NVIDIA carried out a similar open-source move to publish all the 3D class header files for their newest Blackwell graphics processors...

2025-07-16 10:49

Phoronix

local_offer

News Open Source Operating Systems Linux Benchmarks

More AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 Improvements Land For Open-Source Driver

It's a very busy week for the open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers leading up to the Mesa 25.2 code branching. On top of RADV ray-tracing improvements, Vulkan 1.2 conformance for Kepler GPUs, Xe3 Panther Lake graphics enabled by default, and many othe...

2025-07-16 10:10

Phoronix

local_offer

News Open Source Operating Systems Linux Benchmarks

LLVM 22 Eliminates The Final Support For Google Native Client "NaCl"

One of the early changes for the LLVM 22 compiler stack now in development is completing the removal of support for Google's Native Client "NaCl"...

2025-07-16 08:52

Phoronix

local_offer

News Open Source Operating Systems Linux Benchmarks

ESWIN Computing launches the EBC77 Series Single Board Computer with Ubuntu

ESWIN Computing partners with Canonical to unveil a low cost, performant RISC-V SBC with Ubuntu as the preferred operating system We are excited to announce that ESWIN Computing, in collaboration with Canonical, is bringing Ubuntu 24.04 LTS to the ESWI...

2025-07-16 08:50

Ubuntu Blog

local_offer

News Open Source Operating Systems Ubuntu Linux

ESWIN Computing EBC77 RISC-V SBC To Support Ubuntu Linux

Canonical announced today that they teamed up with ESWIN Computing to ship Ubuntu Linux as the preferred operating system on their ESWIN Computing EBC77 Series single board computer...

2025-07-16 06:47

Phoronix

local_offer

News Open Source Operating Systems Linux Benchmarks

Intel Media Driver 2025Q2 Ships Panther Lake Video Encoding Support

The Intel Media Driver is out with its quarterly feature release for bringing all of the latest open-source video acceleration improvements for Intel graphics hardware on Linux. Enhancing support for upcoming Panther Lake SoCs continues to be a primary...

2025-07-16 06:32

Phoronix

local_offer

News Open Source Operating Systems Linux Benchmarks

Hyprland 0.50 Released With New Render Scheduling, Drops Legacy Renderer

Hyprland 0.50 is out today as the newest feature release for this Wayland compositor focused on delivering a lot of Linux desktop bling...

2025-07-16 06:06

Phoronix

local_offer

News Open Source Operating Systems Linux Benchmarks

Kiro, Amazon-Backed AI-Powered IDE, Enters Public Preview

Kiro, a new AI-powered IDE for Linux, macOS, and Windows, is now in public preview. Learn about its "spec-driven" workflow and VS Code compatibility. You're reading Kiro, Amazon-Backed AI-Powered IDE, Enters Public Preview, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu...

2025-07-15 22:59

OMG! Ubuntu!

local_offer

News Open Source Operating Systems Ubuntu Linux

Kiro, Amazon-Backed Agentic IDE, Enters Public Preview

Kiro, a new AI-powered IDE for Linux, macOS, and Windows, is now in public preview. Learn about its "spec-driven" workflow and VS Code compatibility. You're reading Kiro, Amazon-Backed Agentic IDE, Enters Public Preview, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. D...

2025-07-15 22:59

OMG! Ubuntu!

local_offer

News Open Source Operating Systems Ubuntu Linux

VirtualBox 7.1.12 Improves Support for Linux Kernel 6.16 on Linux Hosts and Guests

VirtualBox 7.1.12 open-source virtualization software is now available for download with improved support for Linux kernel 6.16 and other changes. Here's what's new! The post VirtualBox 7.1.12 Improves Support for Linux Kernel 6.16 on Linux Hosts and ...

2025-07-15 21:24

9to5Linux

local_offer

News Open Source Operating Systems Linux

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 600/700 "Kepler" GPUs Now Vulkan 1.2 Conformant With NVK

Yet more feature code continues piling in for the Mesa 25.2 release due out next month and days ahead of the feature freeze. Hitting Mesa Git this evening is now treating NVIDIA Kepler GPUs as Vulkan 1.2 conformant following the Vulkan 1.2 CTS passing ...

2025-07-15 20:46

Phoronix

local_offer

News Open Source Operating Systems Linux Benchmarks

Additional AMD RDNA3 & RDNA4 Ray-Tracing Improvements For Mesa 25.2 RADV

Ahead of the Mesa 25.2 feature freeze and code branching expected later this week, some additional ray-tracing optimizations were merged today for the Radeon "RADV" Vulkan driver. These latest RADV ray-tracing improvements benefit the latest Radeon RX ...

2025-07-15 20:22

Phoronix

local_offer

News Open Source Operating Systems Linux Benchmarks

Blender 4.5 LTS Released with ‘Full Vulkan Support’

The new Blender 4.5 LTS release features major improvements, including full Vulkan support, faster startup, new Geometry Nodes, HDR and more. You're reading Blender 4.5 LTS Released with ‘Full Vulkan Support’, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not ...

2025-07-15 17:22

OMG! Ubuntu!

local_offer

News Open Source Operating Systems Ubuntu Linux

Intel Enabling SR-IOV For Battlemage Graphics Cards With Linux 6.17

The upcoming Linux 6.17 kernel is going to be an especially nice release for users of modern Intel graphics hardware on Linux. The very latest feature being enabled for this next Linux kernel version is SR-IOV for Battlemage GPUs to vastly enhance the ...

2025-07-15 15:15

Phoronix

local_offer

News Open Source Operating Systems Linux Benchmarks

Blender 4.5 LTS Open-Source 3D Graphics App Makes the Vulkan Backend Stable

Blender 4.5 LTS open-source 3D graphics and modeling software is now available for download with various new featuers and improvements. Here's what's new! The post Blender 4.5 LTS Open-Source 3D Graphics App Makes the Vulkan Backend Stable appeared fi...

2025-07-15 14:54

9to5Linux

local_offer

News Open Source Operating Systems Linux

Blender 4.5 LTS Released With Vulkan & Wayland Improvements, Some Optimizations

Blender 4.5 is now officially available today as the newest feature release and one that is a Long Term Support (LTS) for this popular, cross-platform 3D modeling software...

2025-07-15 11:49

Phoronix

local_offer

News Open Source Operating Systems Linux Benchmarks

KDE Plasma 6.4.3 Improves the Automatic Screen Scale Calculator on Wayland

KDE Plasma 6.4.3 is now available as the third maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6.4 desktop environment series with more bug fixes and improvments. The post KDE Plasma 6.4.3 Improves the Automatic Screen Scale Calculator on Wayland appeared...

2025-07-15 11:39

9to5Linux

local_offer

News Open Source Operating Systems Linux

Broadcom BCM5770X Networking Driver Support Heading To Linux 6.17

One month ago there was the report on Phoronix of the Broadcom "BNGE" open-source driver being published for forthcoming BCM5770X networking chipsets. That new Broadcom BNGE driver is now set to be introduced in the upcoming Linux 6.17 kernel for suppo...

2025-07-15 11:30

Phoronix

local_offer

News Open Source Operating Systems Linux Benchmarks

LLVM 22 Compiler Enters Development With LLVM 21 Now Branched

The LLVM 21 compiler stack was branched today as release preparations get underway for shipping this next half-year compiler release as stable in late August or early September. In turn that now opens up LLVM 22 for development...

2025-07-15 10:40

Phoronix

local_offer

News Open Source Operating Systems Linux Benchmarks

About Feed The Dev

Add a Feed

Popular Tags

Support Feed The Dev