Open-source News

Luc Verhaegen has announced the return of the Graphics DevRoom for FOSDEM 2024 taking place in early February in Brussels...

Open-Source Graphics DevRoom Returning For FOSDEM 2024  Phoronix

The week began with Microsoft taking its Mesa Direct3D 12 code from OpenGL 4.3 to OpenGL 4.4 and then a short time after that reaching OpenGL 4.5. Microsoft now closed out the week by managing to get OpenGL 4.6 implemented atop Direct3D 12...

Microsoft Enables OpenGL 4.6 Support Over Direct3D 12  Phoronix

Raspberry Pi OS, elementary OS Will Default to Wayland  Slashdot

Use GDM Settings to Customise Ubuntu’s Login Screen  OMG! Ubuntu!

Rust in Linux: Maturing with Support from Cisco, Samsung ...  Slashdot

Inkscape 1.3.1 Released as ‘Biggest Bug Fix’ Update Ever  OMG! Ubuntu!

Using whereis, whatis, and which to find out about commands on Linux  Network World

10 of the best ways to get help on Linux  Network World

10 of the best ways to get help on Linux  Network World

Inkscape 1.3.1 Released with More Than 70 Bug Fixes and Two New Features  9to5Linux

The Inkscape open-source graphics editor application that is popular among Linux users and has evolved into a viable alternative to the likes of Adobe Illustrator is celebrating its 20th anniversary...

Inkscape Celebrates 20 Years With New Release  Phoronix

The LLVM project is now employing profile-guided optimizations (PGO) when building their x86_64 Microsoft Windows release packages. Making use of PGO is able to make their Clang build a stunning 22% faster...

LLVM Now Using PGO For Building x86_64 Windows Release ...  Phoronix

In addition to the many OpenGL and Vulkan open-source driver improvements building up for Mesa 24.0, the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver has also been preparing some video acceleration improvements for this next quarterly release...

RadeonSI Gallium3D Enables VCN Encoder Intra-Refresh Support  Phoronix

How Kali Linux Can Help Security Test Your Network  The New Stack

Michal Jires of SUSE posted a new set of patches on Friday for implementing Incremental LTO support for the GNU Compiler Collection. The goal here with Incremental LTO is for reducing compile times while doing quick edit-compile cycles while employing Link-Time Optimizations...