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The Current State & Future Of GTK's New Unified Renderers

Phoronix - Mon, 01/29/2024 - 19:33
GTK recently merged their new "unified" rendering code with a focus on Vulkan API support and where Linux distributions are now encouraged to build with the Vulkan renderer. Prominent GTK developer Mathias Clasen at Red Hat has written more over the weekend about the state and future of the new Vulkan and NGL renderers...

Ubuntu Looking At Applying Low-Latency Optimizations To Its Generic Kernel

Phoronix - Mon, 01/29/2024 - 13:00
Ubuntu has long provided a "low-latency" kernel build intended for industrial embedded systems and other latency sensitive environments. Ahead of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Canonical is looking at applying those low-latency optimizations to their generic kernel build...

Linux is an Art – Driving Force Behind Linux

Tecmint - Mon, 01/29/2024 - 12:31
The post Linux is an Art – Driving Force Behind Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

In the vast landscape of computer operating systems, Linux stands out as a masterpiece – an art form that has revolutionized the way we interact

The post Linux is an Art – Driving Force Behind Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Linux 6.8-rc2 Released & Is Now More Stable

Phoronix - Mon, 01/29/2024 - 09:25
Linus Torvalds just released Linux 6.8-rc2 as the newest weekly test release of this kernel set to debut as stable in March...

Budgie 10.9 Desktop Brings Early Wayland Porting Work

Phoronix - Mon, 01/29/2024 - 01:38
With a goal of delivering a Wayland-only Budgie 10 desktop release later in 2024, Budgie 10.9 debuted today with the early-stage porting work to Wayland...

Wine Wayland Driver Prepares Display Mode Change Emulation

Phoronix - Sun, 01/28/2024 - 23:08
Now being past the Wine 9.0 code freeze and the bi-weekly development releases back underway with eyes now set on Wine 10.0 next year, the 12th part of the Wine Wayland driver has been published for review. This latest set of Wine Wayland work is on implementing display mode change emulation...

Linux 6.8-rc2 Adds More Zen 5 IDs, AMD PMF Will Know If You're In Front Of Your Laptop

Phoronix - Sun, 01/28/2024 - 22:54
New code submitted for the ongoing Linux 6.8 cycle are some AMD additions now set for premiering in today's Linux 6.8-rc2 release...

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