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DRM Code For Linux 6.16 Hides The "Disgusting Turds" & Adds TI AM68 GPU Support

Phoronix - Tue, 04/29/2025 - 21:59
Sent out today was a batch of drm-misc-next patches for queuing ahead of the Linux 6.16 merge window. There are a few notable changes here as part of the Direct Rendering Manager updates for the core code and smaller kernel drivers...

Mutter Merges Wayland Toplevel Tag Protocol For GNOME 49

Phoronix - Tue, 04/29/2025 - 20:45
In addition to the recent merge to Mutter for improving fullscreen apps with direct scanout enhancements for GNOME 49, another early addition also landed today in Mutter: support for Wayland's toplevel tag protocol...

3dfx Voodoo 5 Graphics Driver Can Work On Open-Source React OS

Phoronix - Tue, 04/29/2025 - 18:39
For nostalgic open-source fans, React OS as the "open-source Windows" operating system striving for binary compatibility with Windows drivers and applications can now work with the 3dfx Voodoo 5 driver...

Intel Xe Driver Preps Additional Changes For Linux 6.16

Phoronix - Tue, 04/29/2025 - 18:14
On top of the Intel Xe driver changes already queued in DRM-Next for the upcoming Linux 6.16 merge window, an additional set of Intel Xe kernel graphics driver changes were mailed out yesterday...

Intel HID Preps For Panther Lake, Other Laptop Enhancements Squeeze Into Linux 6.15

Phoronix - Tue, 04/29/2025 - 18:06
Another round of x86 platform driver updates was sent out today for the ongoing Linux 6.15 merge window. Besides some fixes, there is also new hardware support making it into this week's platform-drivers-x86 updates...

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