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DXVK 1.10.1 Released With Initial Support For Shared Resources, Game Fixes

Phoronix - Sat, 03/26/2022 - 20:20
Building off DXVK 1.10 released at the start of the month, we are now ending out March with DXVK 1.10.1 for this translation layer used for running Direct3D 9/10/11 games over the Vulkan API on Linux systems...

XFS Online Repair Functionality To Undergo A Massive Design Review

Phoronix - Sat, 03/26/2022 - 19:35
The XFS file-system updates have been submitted and merged for the ongoing Linux 5.18 merge window...

AMD Recruiting More Linux Engineers For Debug, CXL Enablement & More

Phoronix - Sat, 03/26/2022 - 19:00
I was informed that AMD has a few more Linux positions open at the company. While they have in past years been rather nimble with their Linux staffing, things continue to change thanks to their ongoing successes in the marketplace from the consumer side with Steam Deck through the likes of Tesla's infotainment system up through high-end server platforms...

SDL_sound 2.0 Released As First Update In Nearly 14 Years

Phoronix - Sat, 03/26/2022 - 18:56
Longtime Linux game porter and SDL developer Ryan Gordon released SDL_sound 2.0 as the first release of this sound component to the Simple DirectMedia Library in nearly fourteen years...

The Switch Has Been Made From C89 To C11/GNU11 With Linux 5.18

Phoronix - Sat, 03/26/2022 - 18:05
As we approach the end of the first week of the Linux 5.18 merge window, another note worthy pull request to land is the switching of the C language standard from GNU89 (C89) to GNU11 (C11)...

Linux 5.18 Moves Ahead With Deprecating ReiserFS

Phoronix - Sat, 03/26/2022 - 17:30
Following the recent developer discussions around deprecating and removing the ReiserFS file-system from the mainline kernel, the in-development Linux 5.18 kernel is going ahead and deprecating it...

GCC Compiler Accepts China's MIPS-Derived LoongArch CPU Port

Phoronix - Sat, 03/26/2022 - 17:11
The GCC steering committee has signed off on the LoongArch compiler port and could still land for the GCC 12 stable compiler release in a few weeks...

Best Open Source Internet Radio Player for Linux

Tecmint - Sat, 03/26/2022 - 14:08
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Internet radio has become the norm in the age of the world wide web. We no longer need to finick around with a traditional radio player that is rather cumbersome to use. [ You

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Wine 7.5 Released With HLSL Compiler Support For Bundled VKD3D

Phoronix - Sat, 03/26/2022 - 06:04
Wine 7.5 is out as the latest bi-weekly software update for enjoying Windows games and applications under Linux, macOS, and other platforms...

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