Open-source News

Intel Raptor Lake Mitigation Impact Performance Comparison  Phoronix

Here's how to fix Grounded from Obsidian on Steam Deck  GamingOnLinux

A recurring question that has come up by readers since the recent launch of the Intel 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" processors has been whether it's still worthwhile running with the "mitigations=off" Linux kernel option to disable software-controlled CPU security mitigations to increase performance. For production systems that is never recommended due to the security risk, but for those wondering, here is a brief look at the mitigation situation on Raptor Lake with the flagship Core i9 13900K.

Amazon joins Open Invention Network to keep its Linux patents safe  TechRadar

Blender 3.4 Released with Native Wayland Support on Linux, Many Improvements  9to5Linux

Cameyo unveils support for Linux virtual app delivery to reduce remote work costs  SiliconANGLE News

Blender 3.4 is now available as the latest feature release for this increasingly popular, industry-supported open-source cross-platform 3D modeling software...

Blender 3.4 Now Available With Wayland, Intel Open Path Guiding Integration  Phoronix

A 10-minute guide to the Linux ABI  LXer

Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moonspell arrives December 15th  GamingOnLinux

Guitar Hero inspired free game Clone Hero version 1.0 is out now  GamingOnLinux

Assassin's Creed Valhalla is impressive on Steam Deck  GamingOnLinux

Following the initial AMD Zen 4 "znver4" target for GCC 13 that was published and merged in October (and now a SUSE engineer working on providing actually tuned support and accurate cost tables), an initial AMD Zen 4 patch for the LLVM/Clang compiler was published a few days ago...

Humble Choice for December includes Wasteland 3 and GreedFall and other deals  GamingOnLinux

With the upcoming Linux 6.2 kernel cycle the Apple Silicon CPU frequency scaling driver is set to be mainlined for further improving the Apple M1/M2 SoC support on the mainline kernel...

Apple Silicon CPUFreq Driver Heading To Linux 6.2  Phoronix

Proton 7.0-5 out now for Steam Deck & Linux desktop, 14 newly playable games  GamingOnLinux

Proton 7.0-5 is out now improving gaming on Steam Deck & Linux desktop  GamingOnLinux

The first beta of OpenVPN 2.6 is now available and it's a big one for those using this cross-platform, virtual private network (VPN) system...

OpenVPN 2.6 Beta Brings Data Channel Offload Kernel Acceleration, OpenSSL 3.0 Support  Phoronix