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xf86-video-modesetting Driver Optimization Helps Conserve Intel Power Consumption

Phoronix - Sat, 12/16/2023 - 21:52
A change merged to the X.Org Server Git for the generic xf86-video-modesetting DDX driver is helping conserve some power consumption at least for Intel graphics by determining the optimal hardware cursor size...

AMD Stages The Radeon Graphics Color Management Code For Linux 6.8

Phoronix - Sat, 12/16/2023 - 19:58
On Friday in addition to Intel submitting their new Xe kernel graphics driver to DRM-Next ahead of Linux 6.8, the red team sent in their latest AMDGPU/AMDKFD kernel driver changes ahead of this next kernel cycle. Exciting on the AMD side is landing the AMD color management properties support! But on the downside, it's compile-time disabled for the time being...

Manjaro 23.1 Released With Linux 6.6 LTS, Pipewire 1.0 & Desktop Updates

Phoronix - Sat, 12/16/2023 - 19:45
Manjaro 23.1 was released overnight as the newest version of this popular Arch Linux based desktop Linux distribution...

Box64 v0.2.6 Brings Support For More CPU Extensions, Better Syscall Emulation

Phoronix - Sat, 12/16/2023 - 19:35
Box64 and Box86 are out with new releases this weekend for these open-source projects allowing x86_64 and x86 binaries to run on ARM64 Linux systems...

KDE Receives Many Bug Fixes Ahead Of Christmas

Phoronix - Sat, 12/16/2023 - 18:59
KDE developers remain very busy working toward the release of the Plasma 6 desktop in late February...

Intel's New "Xe" Kernel Graphics Driver Submitted Ahead Of Linux 6.8

Phoronix - Sat, 12/16/2023 - 08:21
As I wrote about last week that Intel's modern Xe kernel graphics driver was nearing submission for the mainline kernel and today it's indeed been submitted to DRM-Next. The Intel Xe kernel graphics driver is the modern alternative to the long-used i915 DRM kernel driver and is fitted to support Tigerlake graphics and newer -- both integrated graphics hardware as well as discrete GPUs/accelerators...

Wine 9.0-rc2 Released With 33 More Fixes - Including Wine Wayland Fixes

Phoronix - Sat, 12/16/2023 - 06:14
Wine 9.0-rc2 is now available as the latest weekly release candidate on the road to the stable Wine 9.0 release in early 2024...

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