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Mesa 23.0.3 Released With Another Batch Of Fixes

Phoronix - Sun, 04/23/2023 - 07:48
Mesa 23.0.3 was released on Friday as the newest stable release for this collection of open-source user-space GPU driver components...

User Mode Linux - Hackaday

Google News - Sun, 04/23/2023 - 01:02
User Mode Linux  Hackaday

Redesigned Flathub Site Launches For Flatpak Apps

Phoronix - Sun, 04/23/2023 - 00:13
A redesigned version of the Flathub website has launched for this weekend's Linux App Summit. Flathub remains the centralized website for exploring and finding new Flatpak sandboxed Linux apps...

Zink OpenGL-On-Vulkan Performance Looking Very Good For Intel Arc Graphics

Phoronix - Sat, 04/22/2023 - 20:04
Mesa's Zink driver that implements OpenGL atop the Vulkan API has for a while been in wonderful shape for open-source AMD Radeon graphics and even in decent shape for the NVIDIA proprietary driver stack while it's also been getting into more robust shape for use on Intel's dedicated graphics cards...

KDE Developers Focused On Tackling Many Bugs This Week

Phoronix - Sat, 04/22/2023 - 17:50
KDE developers were quite busy this week... In addition to shipping KDE Gear 23.04, lots of bug fixing took place this week with around half of Plasma's VHI priority bugs being addressed...

22 | April | 2023 - Hackaday

Google News - Sat, 04/22/2023 - 16:05
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10 ways to celebrate Earth Day with open source

opensource.com - Sat, 04/22/2023 - 15:00
10 ways to celebrate Earth Day with open source admin Sat, 04/22/2023 - 03:00

Even though we strive to live every day like Earth Day here on Opensource.com, today is an especially good day to discover new ways to help the planet. Open source brings forth many possibilities for people from all areas and levels of technical expertise.

There are open source tools anyone can use to explore nature's magic, whether looking up at the night sky or down at the plants in your own backyard. Open source empowers web developers to build sustainability into their practice. Our readers love to rescue old computers with Linux, preventing them from piling up in landfills. Homeowners look to open source solutions for monitoring energy usage or installing EV stations. Opens source brings like-minded folks together to solve the world's biggest problems, like hunger and climate change. 

This Earth Day, take the time to reflect on how to incorporate open source into your sustainability habits. 

Here's a roundup of our favorite articles about open source sustainability.

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Science Sustainability 10 articles about open source sustainability Stargaze from the web browser with an open source planetarium Identify flowers and trees with open source 6 steps to reduce the carbon footprint of your website 5 open source tips to reduce waste in web design 8 steps to refurbish an old computer with Linux Open source solutions for EV charging Install open source solar power at home How I track my home's energy consumption with open source Saving home energy using open organization principles How open source is addressing food sovereignty This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International License. Register or Login to post a comment.

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