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Updated XZ Code Lands In Linux 6.12
The kernel patches collected by Andrew Morton were upstreamed today for the Linux 6.12 kernel. Among those changes are pulling in the updated XZ Embedded code...
2024-09-21 13:25
Firewire Maintainer Is Looking For Help Testing IEEE-1394 Devices On Linux 6.12
While not as exciting as some of the shiny new features for Linux 6.12 like real-time going mainline and Lunar Lake and Battlemage graphics by default, the Firewire (IEEE-1394) subsystem has seen some significant alterations this cycle. With Firewire h...
2024-09-21 09:17
Phoronix Premium Deal For Oktoberfest 2024
While there sadly the previously-annual Phoronix meet-up at Oktoberfest in Munich remains defunct, in honor of Oktoberfest 2024 kicking off today in Munich, it's time for the annual Phoronix Premium special. With the Oktoberfest sale you can go ad-free...
2024-09-21 08:49
PDX + WCUS 2024: A Recap
WordCamp US (WCUS), North America's largest WordPress event, hosted over 1,500 attendees from around the world at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, from September 17 to 20.
2024-09-21 07:10
VFS+XFS Changes Land In Linux 6.12 To Support Block Sizes Larger Than Page Size
Linux 6.12 yesterday merged the real-time "PREEMPT_RT" patches that had been in development for two decades. Today another big hitting feature was merged for Linux 6.12 that's been in development nearly as long...
2024-09-21 06:42
SDL Now Prefers Vulkan Over Direct3D 12 On Windows
The SDL abstraction library commonly used by cross-platform games now prefers using Vulkan on Windows as its ideal graphics API. Direct3D 12 has been demoted lower in priority compared to Vulkan for this Simple DirectMedia Layer...
2024-09-21 06:17
KDE Optimizes How It Finds Mount Points - Up To 80% Speed-Up
KDE developers have been busy preparing for Plasma 6.2 with lots of bug fixing and polishing while also beginning to land some features for Plasma 6.3...
2024-09-21 06:11
Oracle's UEK-Next Moves To Linux 6.10, Patches In sched_ext
Oracle has shifted their Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel to a Linux 6.10 base with UEK-next...
2024-09-21 05:29
See Real-Time Power Consumption in Ubuntu’s Top Panel
If you’re looking for a no-fuss way to monitor real-time power consumption on your Ubuntu laptop, a new GNOME Shell extension makes it deliciously easy. “Why would I want to see energy usage?” – anyone asking that question probably ...
2024-09-21 03:21
Show Power Consumption (in Watts) on Ubuntu’s Top Bar
If you’re looking for a no-fuss way to see real-time energy consumption on your Ubuntu laptop as you use it, a new GNOME Shell extension makes this deliciously easy. “Why would I want to see energy usage?” – anyone asking that quest...
2024-09-21 03:21
Show Real-Time Power Usage (in Watts) in Ubuntu’s Top Panel
If you’re looking for a no-fuss way to see real-time energy consumption on your Ubuntu laptop as you use it, a new GNOME Shell extension makes this deliciously easy. “Why would I want to see energy usage?” – anyone asking that quest...
2024-09-21 03:21
See Real-Time Power Usage (in Watts) in Ubuntu’s Top Panel
If you’re looking for a no-fuss way to see real-time energy consumption on your Ubuntu laptop as you use it, a new GNOME Shell extension makes this deliciously easy. “Why would I want to see energy usage?” – anyone asking that quest...
2024-09-21 03:21
Ubuntu 24.10 “Oracular Oriole” Enters Public Beta Testing with Linux 6.11, GNOME 47
Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole) is now available for public beta testing with Linux kernel 6.11, GNOME 4.7, and many other enhancements. Here's what to expect from the final release! The post Ubuntu 24.10 “Oracular Oriole” Enters Public Beta...
2024-09-21 00:27
Qualcomm wants to buy Intel
On Friday afternoon, The Wall Street Journal reported Intel had been approached by fellow chip giant Qualcomm about a possible takeover. While any deal is described as “far from certain,” according to the paper’s unnamed sources, it would repr...
2024-09-20 23:48
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AMD Releases ROCm 6.2.1 With FBGEMM Support, Installation Improvements
Following the AMD ROCm 6.2 release from early August, ROCm 6.2.1 was released on Friday evening as the first point release to that series for this AMD GPU compute stack for Linux systems...
2024-09-20 20:48
Slowly booting full Linux on the Intel 4004 for fun, art, and absolutely no profit
Can you run Linux on the Intel 4004, the first commercially produced microprocessor, released to the world in 1971? Well, Dmitry Grinberg, the genius engineer who got Linux to run on all kinds of incredibly underpowered hardware, sought to answer this ...
2024-09-20 20:38
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Ubuntu 24.10 Beta is Now Available to Download
A beta of Ubuntu 24.10 ‘Oracular Oriole’ is now available to download, giving developers and enthusiasts the chance to test and assess and the changes before October’s stable release. Developers and non-developers alike can download t...
2024-09-20 20:36
Ubuntu 24.10 Beta Released, Available to Download
A beta of Ubuntu 24.10 ‘Oracular Oriole’ is now available to download – a day later than planned! Developers and non-developers alike can download the beta to try the new features in Ubuntu 24.10, check compatibility, and flag any issue f...
2024-09-20 20:36
Wine 9.18 Delivers New Desktop Control Panel Applet
Wine 9.18 is out today as the newest bi-weekly development release for this open-source software that enables running Windows games and applications under Linux and other platforms...
2024-09-20 20:16
Microsoft unveils Python Data Science Extension Pack for Visual Studio Code
Microsoft is looking to help users of Visual Studio Code editor use the Python language in the data science realm. The company has announced the Python Data Science Extension Pack for Visual Studio Code, a new extensions bundle that features four VS C...
2024-09-20 20:07