Open-source News

Three New Intel Battlemage Device IDs Added To Open-Source Linux Driver

Phoronix - Tue, 02/04/2025 - 02:20
Three more PCI device IDs were added today to the Intel open-source Mesa 3D graphics driver code for Battlemage that could be for future higher-end products or along the lines of Data Center GPU Flex Series or other products...

Alpine Linux In An Infrastructure Crisis With Equinix Metal Sunsetting

Phoronix - Tue, 02/04/2025 - 02:00
Last week I wrote about the crisis plaguing X.Org / FreeDesktop.org with losing out on their cloud/server infrastructure due to losing out on their free server resources provided by Equinix at the end of April. It's not only FreeDesktop.org and all those hosted projects now rushing to find hosting alternatives and sponsorships to cover new costs, but it turns out the Alpine Linux project is also in a similar position...

Faux Bus Proposed For The Linux Kernel To Better Deal With Simple Devices

Phoronix - Tue, 02/04/2025 - 00:20
Linux's second-in-command Greg Kroah-Hartman is proposing "Faux Bus" as a new "fake" bus solution for simple devices...

Firefox 135 Published With Safeguards To Prevent Overwhelming The Back History

Phoronix - Mon, 02/03/2025 - 23:32
Mozilla Firefox 135 release binaries are now available for those wanting to grab the latest browser release right away...

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