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System76 Teases New "Nebula" Linux Desktop/Workstation

Phoronix - Fri, 06/02/2023 - 09:09
In addition to System76 developing an in-house Linux laptop design, it also turns out they have been working on a new desktop/workstation PC offering...

Steam On Linux Use Ticked Higher In May, 25% Of Linux Gamers Are Using The Steam Deck

Phoronix - Fri, 06/02/2023 - 08:01
Valve just published the Steam Survey results for May 2023 and on a percentage basis show the Steam on Linux marketshare growing ever so slightly...

Apache NetBeans 18 Released With Many Improvements, Initial Support For Rust

Phoronix - Fri, 06/02/2023 - 00:48
For those fond of the Apache NetBeans integrated development environment, NetBeans 18 is now available as the latest version of this programming IE primarily geared for Java, PHP, and HTML5/CSS development...

Linux 6.5 Scheduler Patch Will To Help AMD Systems With Multiple LLCs Per Die

Phoronix - Thu, 06/01/2023 - 21:02
There is a Linux kernel scheduler patch now queued via TIP's sched/core branch that can help with task scheduling on AMD processors sporting multiple last-level caches (LLCs / L3 cache) per die. This minor improvement came after a discovery by a Linux kernel developer on his AMD Zen 2 desktop...

Loongson Extending Etnaviv Driver For PCI Device Support

Phoronix - Thu, 06/01/2023 - 20:18
Chinese hardware vendor Loongson is working on extending the open-source, reverse-engineered Etnaviv Linux kernel graphics driver so it has PCI device support and in turn will work with their hardware based on the Vivante graphics IP...

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