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PipeWire 1.0 Planned For Release Later This Year

Phoronix - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 20:03
The PipeWire audio and video streams solution for the Linux desktop is planning its big version "1.0" release for later in the year...

KDE Making It Easier To Find Or Offer "Sponsored Work"

Phoronix - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 18:38
If you are particularly annoyed by a bug or missing feature with the KDE desktop, there's a new and easier means of advertising your interest in sponsoring work to get a bug or feature addressed. Similarly for experienced KDE developers a more centralized means of finding sponsored work opportunities...

Mesa 23.2 Will Try To Release This Week

Phoronix - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 18:28
The much-delayed Mesa 23.2 will try to make it out this week with Mesa 23.2-rc4 having been issued on Sunday...

Dynamic Triple Buffering Patch Updated For GNOME 45

Phoronix - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 18:16
GNOME 45 released last week and while it has many interesting desktop improvements, a feature still not found upstream is the Canonical-led work on dynamic triple buffering for Mutter...

3 Essential Linux Disk Scanning Tools (GUI and Terminal Based)

Tecmint - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 15:00
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There are mainly two reasons for scanning a computer hard disk: one is to examine it for filesystem inconsistencies or errors that can result from

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Linux 6.6-rc3 Released With MG Timestamps Removed

Phoronix - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 05:53
With roughly just about one month to go until the stable release, Linux 6.6-rc3 was released today as the newest test release of Linux 6.6...

Linux 6.7 Will Allow More Efficient Use With Intel QAT Gen4 Hardware

Phoronix - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 01:16
With the Linux 6.7 kernel this winter there is a new feature coming to Intel's QuickAssist Technology (QAT) device driver that will allow more efficient use with QAT Gen4 hardware such as the latest-generation Intel Xeon Scalable "Sapphire Rapids" processors...

AMD Prepares PMF Linux Driver For "Smart PC Solutions Builder"

Phoronix - Sun, 09/24/2023 - 22:34
The AMD Platform Management Framework (PMF) Linux driver is preparing to support a new but potentially controversial feature that's seen little public information so far: the Smart PC Solutions Builder...

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