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Fedora 42 Eyes Replacing SDL2 With sdl2-compat To Leverage SDL3
The SDL2 library is widely used by cross-platform games and other software. Fedora 42 is eyeing the possibility of replacing SDL2 with the sdl2-compat code so that by way of this compatibility layer the newer SDL3 version will ultimately be used instea...
2024-12-06 06:58
Broadcom BCM2712 MOPLET Graphics For Linux 6.14, Other Early drm-misc-next Code
While the Linux v6.13 merge window has been over for less than one week, already the first pull requests of new feature code are being submitted to DRM-Next for queuing the display/graphics driver changes ahead of the Linux 6.14 merge window in two mon...
2024-12-06 06:43
AMD P-State Driver Improvements Getting Ready For Linux 6.14
While Linux 6.13-rc1 was only released this past Sunday and there is around two months to go until the start of the Linux 6.14 kernel cycle, AMD P-State driver improvements are already beginning to collect for this next kernel cycle...
2024-12-06 06:27
MGLRU Sees New Performance Optimizations For Linux
It's been a while since there have been any new advancements or performance optimizations to talk about for Multi-Gen LRU (MGLRU) that was upstreamed to the Linux kernel two years ago as a very exciting kernel innovation. But that's changing now with s...
2024-12-06 06:19
Latest COSMIC Desktop Alpha Adds New Options, VRR Support
Development on COSMIC, a new open-source desktop environment created by developers a Linux-based hardware company System76, continues at pace, with a 4th alpha now available. System76 said new alpha releases of the COSMIC DE would roughly appear once a...
2024-12-05 23:15
Shaping the Future of Generative AI
Innovation and GenAI: Open source, cloud-powered, and transforming industries  Since ChatGPT became a household name just over two years ago, it’s indisputable that Generative AI (GenAI) has ushered in a new era of technological transformation, cha...
2024-12-05 21:10
Ubuntu 25.04 Planning To Use GCC 15 As Well As Exploring Greater LLVM Use
Canonical's Matthieu Clemenceau as the Engineering Director for the Ubuntu Foundations Team has provided a public roadmap around some of the plans for Ubuntu 25.04. This next Ubuntu Linux (non-LTS) release that is due out in April is set to enjoy more ...
2024-12-05 20:30
Linux Kernel 6.11 Reaches End of Life, It’s Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS
Linux kernel 6.11 reached end of life and all users are now recommended to upgrade their systems to the latest Linux 6.12 kernel series as soon as possible. The post Linux Kernel 6.11 Reaches End of Life, It’s Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS...
2024-12-05 18:20
Alpine Linux 3.21 Released with Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS, Initial LoongArch64 Support
Alpine Linux 3.21 distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, initial support for LoongArch64, GNOME 47, KDE Plasma 6.2, and more. Here’s what’s new! The post Alpine Linux 3.21 Released with Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS, Initial...
2024-12-05 17:48
Linux 4.19, the Last Supported Kernel of the Linux 4.x Series, Reaches End of Life
Linux kernel 4.19 reached end of life and all users are now recommended to upgrade their systems to the latest Linux 6.12 kernel series as soon as possible. The post Linux 4.19, the Last Supported Kernel of the Linux 4.x Series, Reaches End of Life app...
2024-12-05 17:19
Linux 6.12 Officially Promoted To Being An LTS Kernel
Linux stable maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman officially designated Linux 6.12 as this year's long-term support (LTS) kernel version...
2024-12-05 16:42
It’s Official: Linux Kernel 6.12 Will Be LTS, Supported for “Multiple Years”
Linux kernel 6.12 is now officially marked as LTS (Long-Term Support) on the kernel.org website and it will be supported until December 2026. The post It’s Official: Linux Kernel 6.12 Will Be LTS, Supported for “Multiple Years” appeared first on ...
2024-12-05 16:41
Redox OS Makes Progress On Emulator Support, Better Documentation & Hardware Fixes
The Rust-based Redox OS original open-source operating system project is out with a new status report to detail the enhancements they have made over the past several weeks...
2024-12-05 16:16
NVIDIA 565 Linux Graphics Driver Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
NVIDIA 565 graphics driver for Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris systems is now available for download with various improvements and bug fixes. Here’s what’s new! The post NVIDIA 565 Linux Graphics Driver Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s ...
2024-12-05 15:49
Meet Canonical at the Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona
Canonical is excited to return to the Mobile World Congress (MWC), taking place in Barcelona on March 3-6, 2025.  Next year’s event brings attendees together around a new theme: Converge. Create. Connect. This edition will delve into topics like ent...
2024-12-05 11:00
COSMIC Alpha 4 Released For System76's Rust-Based Desktop
System76 today released the newest development/testing version of their Rust-based desktop environment designed for their Pop!_OS Linux distribution...
2024-12-05 10:46
NVIDIA 565.77 Linux Driver Released As First Stable R565 Build
For the past month and a half the NVIDIA R565 Linux driver series has been in public beta with a number of (X)Wayland improvements, DMA-BUF enhancements, VKD3D fixes, and a variety of other enhancements. Today the NVIDIA 565.77 Linux driver was release...
2024-12-05 10:13
Alpine Linux 3.21 Released With Linux 6.12 & GCC 14, LoongArch CPU Support
Alpine Linux 3.21 is out today as the newest version of this simple, lightweight, and security-minded Linux distribution that is popular for use within containerized environments, embedded systems, and more...
2024-12-05 08:48
Linus Torvalds Comes Out Against "Completely Broken" x86_64 Feature Levels
With the new Linux kernel patches posted yesterday for cleaning up x86 32-bit kernels on x86_64 CPUs as part of that patch series was introducing new Kconfig build options around the x86_64 micro-architecture feature levels. It turns out though that To...
2024-12-05 06:53