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Windows 11 vs. Linux Gaming Performance On The ASUS ROG Ally

Phoronix - Fri, 06/23/2023 - 01:16
Many readers have been curious about the performance of Linux gaming on the ASUS ROG Ally gaming handheld that out-of-the-box runs Microsoft Windows 11 Home... Well, the wait is over with the first benchmarks today of Windows 11 against Ubuntu 23.04 Linux on the ROG Ally. Beyond looking at the out-of-the-box performance, the results under Windows 11 with ASUS' "Turbo Mode" is also included plus some modifications to allow Linux to be more competitive to Windows 11 for games.

Wasmer 4.0 WebAssembly Implementation Brings WASIX Support

Phoronix - Fri, 06/23/2023 - 00:08
Wasmer is an open-source WebAssembly implementation that is focused on running sandboxed applications everywhere thanks to the power of WASM while being as performant as traditional native applications. Today marks the availability of Wasmer 4.0 as another step forward for this project...

AlmaLinux Figuring Out Path Forward Following RHEL Source Code Policy Change

Phoronix - Thu, 06/22/2023 - 22:48
AlmaLinux, the popular community-oriented distribution that was established following Red Hat's decision to discontinue development on CentOS (non-Stream) and is backed by AMD and other organizations, is trying to chart its path forward following Red Hat's latest curve ball...

KDE's KWin Begins Plotting Path To Vulkan Support

Phoronix - Thu, 06/22/2023 - 21:57
Going back a few years there has been experimental development around a Vulkan back-end for KDE's KWin compositor while now a road-map is being formalized for actually bringing Vulkan support to fruition...

Linux 6.4 Squeezes In Crash Fix For New AMD Ryzen 7040 Series Laptops

Phoronix - Thu, 06/22/2023 - 19:59
Sent in today for the mainline Linux kernel -- days ahead of the expected Linux 6.4 stable release -- is a crash fix for just-released AMD Ryzen 7040 series laptops...

Xonotic 0.8.6 Released With Various In-Game Improvements

Phoronix - Thu, 06/22/2023 - 19:49
Xonotic 0.8.6 is out as the latest update to this long-running, open-source first person shooter game...

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