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Linux ACPI Idle Driver Being Improved For Hybrid CPUs

Phoronix - Mon, 08/11/2025 - 18:41
For hybrid CPU core designs from recent Intel Core (Ultra) processors to ARM big.LIITTLE, a patch series was posted today in seeking to enhance the generic ACPI processor idle driver around processors with multiple types of CPU cores...

Blender 5.0 Will Likely Default To Using OpenGL Rather Than Vulkan

Phoronix - Mon, 08/11/2025 - 18:30
While there was previously talk of Blender 5.0 likely defaulting to using the Vulkan API for rendering but keeping the OpenGL driver around, those plans look like they may be changing. OpenGL-by-default looks to now be on the table for Blender 5.0 due out later this year...

Logitech G13 Linux Support Patch Proposed 16 Years After Hardware Release

Phoronix - Mon, 08/11/2025 - 18:20
With the increased popularity of Linux gaming these days, a patch has been proposed to improve the hardware support for the Logitech G13 gameboard under Linux. The only problem is the hardware is now 16 years old and since been discontinued...

Ubuntu 25.10 Will Ship With Linux 6.17 Even If It Means An Unstable "-rc" Kernel

Phoronix - Mon, 08/11/2025 - 18:10
Back in May the Ubuntu engineers at Canonical announced plans to ship Ubuntu 25.10 with Linux 6.17 given their recent commitment to always shipping with the latest upstream Linux kernel version. They still are committing to it even if it means the kernel and Ubuntu schedules don't perfectly align and Ubuntu 25.10 out-of-the-box may end up being on an unstable "-rc" kernel...

FFmpeg Develops Vulkan Hardware Acceleration For Apple ProRes RAW Codec

Phoronix - Mon, 08/11/2025 - 08:53
The upcoming FFmpeg 8.0 release continues to increase in excitement with this weekend Vulkan hardware acceleration for Apple's ProRes RAW codec being merged...

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