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QEMU 8.0 Released With 32-bit x86 Host Support Deprecated

Phoronix - Thu, 04/20/2023 - 07:15
QEMU 8.0 is out today as the newest feature release for this processor emulator that plays an important role in the open-source Linux virtualization stack...

Mesa 23.1-rc2 Released With Initial Batch Of Fixes

Phoronix - Thu, 04/20/2023 - 03:30
Eric Engestrom has released Mesa 23.1-rc2 right on time as the newest weekly test candidate for Mesa 23.1 as this quarter's feature update to this set of open-source OpenGL and Vulkan graphics drivers...

GTK3 Port Of GIMP Is "Officially Finished"

Phoronix - Thu, 04/20/2023 - 01:44
The long-awaited port of the GIMP image manipulation program to the GTK3 toolkit is now declared "officially finished"...

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080/4090: Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 23.04 Performance

Phoronix - Wed, 04/19/2023 - 23:00
For those wondering how the NVIDIA Linux gaming/GPU performance is looking relative to Windows 11, here are some benchmarks using the GeForce RTX 4080 and RTX 4090 graphics cards. Both NVIDIA RTX 40 graphics cards were tested on Windows 11 Pro and Ubuntu 23.04 while primarily focusing on games making use of Valve's Steam Play to reflect current Linux gaming trends as well as featuring some other cross-platform GPU accelerated software.

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