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Fedora 39 Looks To Boost vm.max_map_count To Help Windows Games With Steam Play

Phoronix - Tue, 04/25/2023 - 01:15
Fedora 39 this autumn is looking at boosting its vm.max_map_count default to better match the behavior of SteamOS / Steam Deck and allowing more Windows games to run out-of-the-box with Steam Play...

Linux 6.4 Allows For Optional CA Enforcement Of The Machine Keyring

Phoronix - Mon, 04/24/2023 - 23:50
With the Linux 6.4 kernel there is the ability being introduced so that the machine keyring can optionally only store CA-enforced keys...

Red Hat Begins Cutting "Hundreds Of Jobs"

Phoronix - Mon, 04/24/2023 - 22:45
The tech layoffs have now reached Red Hat with "hundreds of jobs" being cut and the initial round of layoffs being announced today...

3Dfx Voodoo 1 & 2 Glide Linux Driver Retired, Other X.Org Code Officially Retired

Phoronix - Mon, 04/24/2023 - 21:00
In clearing up the state of various X.Org packages that have been effectively unmaintained for years, an attempt is being made to better communicate the status of some "retired" X.Org packages that Linux distributions should work towards removing as they are no longer being maintained...

SELinux In Linux 6.4 Removes Run-Time Disabling Support

Phoronix - Mon, 04/24/2023 - 20:30
After being deprecated for several years, Security Enhanced Linux "SELinux" beginning with the Linux 6.4 kernel can no longer be run-time disabled...

Improved AMD Color Management Being Worked On For The Steam Deck

Phoronix - Mon, 04/24/2023 - 18:43
Open-source Linux graphics driver engineer Melissa Wen with Igalia, Joshua Ashton with Valve, and Harry Wentland with AMD have been working on kernel mode-setting (KMS) color pipeline enhancements for SteamOS and in particular for enhancing the Steam Deck...

Kdenlive 23.04 Open-Source Video Editor Released With Nested Timelines

Phoronix - Mon, 04/24/2023 - 18:28
Kdenlive remains one of the best available fully open-source non-linear video editing solutions available. With today's release of Kdenlive 23.04 they continue enhancing its feature set and improving the UI/UX for those editing videos on the Linux desktop...

Linux 6.4 Kernel Graphics Drivers Include More Meteor Lake Code, Rockchip 4K, QAIC

Phoronix - Mon, 04/24/2023 - 18:06
With Linux 6.3 released that marks the opening of the two-week Linux 6.4 merge window. David Airlie sent in the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem updates already for Linux 6.4 with the assortment of kernel graphics/display driver updates...

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