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Budgie 10.10.2 Brings Improved Labwc Wayland Compositor Integration

Phoronix - 1 hour 18 min ago
Out today is Budgie 10.10.2 as the latest minor update to this open-source desktop environment that began as part of the Solus Linux project...

AMD GAIA 0.16 Introduces C++17 Agent Framework For Building AI PC Agents In Pure C++

Phoronix - Sat, 03/07/2026 - 23:07
AMD's GAIA open-source framework for building AI agents that run locally on Ryzen AI hardware via the Radeon iGPUs and/or NPUs is up to version 0.16. With this new GAIA release is support for developing AI agents purely in C++ with no longer needing to depend upon Python...

FreeBSD 15.1 On Track With Better Realtek WiFi & KDE Desktop Install Option

Phoronix - Sat, 03/07/2026 - 20:13
The effort around improving FreeBSD on laptops continues full speed ahead in 2026. The upcoming FreeBSD 15.1 remains on track with not only having a KDE desktop option from FreeBSD's text-based installer UI but also improved Realtek WiFi adapter support is on the way, updating of the graphics drivers from Linux, and more...

New Maui.Gtk Project Provides A GTK4 Backend For Microsoft's .NET MAUI

Phoronix - Sat, 03/07/2026 - 19:54
Maui.Gtk is a new open-source project providing a GTK4 Linux back-end for Microsoft's .NET MAUI...

3mdeb Making Progress On AMD Ryzen AM5 Motherboard Port With Coreboot + openSIL

Phoronix - Sat, 03/07/2026 - 19:44
In addition to the 3mdeb firmware consulting firm porting Coreboot with AMD openSIL to an EPYC 9005 "Turin" Gigabyte motherboard, their developers have also been working on a similar Coreboot + openSIL port to an AM5 Ryzen consumer motherboard...

Resources For GNOME Adds Intel Xe GPU Power Usage & Intel NPU Frequency Reporting

Phoronix - Sat, 03/07/2026 - 19:30
Resources, the modern GNOME GTK4/libadwaita-based GUI application for system resource monitoring and an alternative to GNOME System Monitor, is out with a new update. Resources 1.10.2 brings some nice improvements for those running GNOME on modern Intel hardware...

KDE Plasma Saw A Lot Of Bug/Crash Fixing & UI Polishing This Week

Phoronix - Sat, 03/07/2026 - 09:24
Nate Graham and John Veness are out today with the newest issue of This Week in Plasma. Notable for KDE Plasma 6.6.x~6.7 development this week were a lot of bug fixing -- including multiple crash fixes -- and some UI polishing too...

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