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Vulkan Ray-Tracing's VK_KHR_ray_query Lands For Intel's Open-Source Linux Driver

Phoronix - Tue, 02/08/2022 - 22:13
Ahead of upcoming Intel Arc graphics cards shipping with ray-tracing capabilities, Intel's open-source "ANV" Vulkan driver has landed its VK_KHR_ray_query support...

KDE Plasma 5.24 Released With Wayland Support In Increasingly Great Shape

Phoronix - Tue, 02/08/2022 - 20:55
KDE Plasma 5.24 is out as the newest version of this popular open-source desktop environment that will also be their new Long-Term Support (LTS) release...

Chimera Linux Pushes Ahead For FreeBSD User-Space Atop Linux, Built Using LLVM

Phoronix - Tue, 02/08/2022 - 20:14
While so many Linux distributions these days are just cosmetic changes and basic package alterations atop the likes of Ubuntu / Debian and Fedora, Chimera Linux that started last year continues to be an interesting project to watch for using the Linux kernel but with the FreeBSD user-space, making use of the LLVM Clang compiler rather than GCC, using musl as its preferred C library, and other differences...

Intel Preparing Wi-Fi 7 / 802.11be / EHT Support For The Linux Kernel

Phoronix - Tue, 02/08/2022 - 19:00
Intel's open-source engineers have already begun preparing Linux kernel patches around 802.11be Extremely High Throughput (EHT) support that will be known as WiFi 7...

Nintendo Wii U Linux Support Discussed - But Lacks GPU, Broken Multi-Core, USB Issue

Phoronix - Tue, 02/08/2022 - 18:26
One of the developers involved in the initiative of porting the Linux kernel and open-source software to Nintendo's Wii U game console has brought up the possibility of getting the kernel changes mainlined into the Linux kernel. While Linux on the Wii U may sound exciting - especially for those having the aging console otherwise collecting dust - but the Linux support falls short for now and it would be a lengthy process to get the code cleaned up and properly upstreamed...

Arch Linux Update On The Status Of Its Toolchain

Phoronix - Tue, 02/08/2022 - 17:59
Yesterday I published an article looking at the unfortunate state of Arch Linux's GNU compiler toolchain that it's fallen behind and users raising concerns over it for months. Following that article the current Arch Linux GNU toolchain package maintainer has provided an update and is calling for at least another package maintainer to get involved...

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