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Creator of Linux virtual assistant blames 'patent troll' for project's death  The Register

Microsoft Officially Launches D3D12 GPU Video Acceleration For WSL Linux Use  Phoronix

For over a year I have been writing about how Microsoft has been working on Direct3D video acceleration for Mesa, getting VA-API mapped atop Direct3D 12 video APIs, video engine based effects, and other enablement around Direct3D 12 video support. Microsoft has today officially released the Direct3D 12 GPU video acceleration support now for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) users...

Arthur Cohen with Embecosm presented at the FOSDEM developer conference earlier this month on gccrs, the ongoing effort to provide a Rust language front-end to the GCC compiler. While the GCC Rust front-end has been merged for the upcoming GCC 13 release, it's not yet in a state that will really be usable to most Rust developers yet as an alternative to Rust's official LLVM-based compiler...

The first tagged release of libdisplay-info (v0.1) is now available for this new library that aims to reduce code duplication and fragmentation among Wayland compositors and other software making use of monitor EDID and DisplayID parsing...

5 of the Best notify-send Alternatives for Linux  Make Tech Easier

Interview: Avalonia XPF introduced for WPF on Mac, Linux and ...  DevClass

Have plenty of free time? Check out the new Double Fine documentary  GamingOnLinux

itch.io has a 'Trans Witches are Witches' bundle that's raised over ...  GamingOnLinux

Red Hat and SAP Expand Partnership to Enhance Intelligent ...  Database Trends and Applications

It's been a while since there has been any major additions to Mesa's Rusticl OpenCL implementation led by Red Hat's Karol Herbst while today he merged support for SPIR-V programs to this Rust-written driver. This SPIR-V support is necessary for eventually supporting SYCL and HIP...

While initial Rust code was merged for Linux 6.1, it's not yet used by any kernel drivers or functionality for end-users and the integration and other abstractions for Rust are still being established. With the upcoming Linux 6.3 cycle, more of that Rust groundwork is set to be merged and nearing the point of Rust-written kernel modules/drivers will be able to be upstreamed...

More Rust Code Readied For Linux 6.3 - Closer To Having Rust Drivers Upstreamed  Phoronix

While there is a lot to love about RISC-V, with the plethora of RISC-V extensions some of the acronyms are hard to digest. The latest example is the Linux kernel patches for "zisslpcfi", which is the RISC-V extension around Control-Flow Integrity (CFI) support for RISC-V processors...

RISC-V Linux Patches Start On "zisslpcfi" Support For Control-Flow ...  Phoronix

The latest Blender Eevee and Viewport module meeting minutes have just been posted and outline the latest thinking around Vulkan API support from the perspective of these modules...

What to Expect From the New Thunderbird Rebuild  MUO - MakeUseOf

Spotted in the wild: Chimera – a Linux that isn't GNU/Linux  The Register

KiCad 7.0 was released this weekend as a "significant upgrade" to this open-source EDA (Electronics Design Automation) suite that can be used for designing PCB layouts, circuit design schematics of varying complexity, and more...

Design is a New 2D CAD App for Linux in Development  It's FOSS News