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Red Hat Summit 2021 retrospective

Red Hat News - Mon, 03/07/2022 - 13:00

While you wait for Red Hat Summit 2022, you can still take advantage of the Red Hat Summit 2021 goodies that are available on demand - although only for a limited time. Get the details.

Linux 5.17-rc7 Released - Final Kernel Planned For Next Weekend

Phoronix - Mon, 03/07/2022 - 08:15
Barring any last minute issues the Linux 5.17 stable kernel is expected to be out next Sunday...

DXVK-NVAPI 0.5.3 Released To Improve NVIDIA API Integration For Games On Steam Play

Phoronix - Mon, 03/07/2022 - 03:08
Following the recent releases of DXVK 1.10 and VKD3D-Proton 2.6 this past week, DXVK-NVAPI 0.5.3 is out this Sunday as the newest update to this library providing NVIDIA driver API "NVAPI" integration around DXVK/VKD3D-Proton for Windows games running on Linux by way of Steam Play (Proton)...

Anker's USB-C Hub Has Been Working Out Well With Valve's Steam Deck

Phoronix - Mon, 03/07/2022 - 01:45
Since last month's Steam Deck launch a few Phoronix readers have been asking about USB-C hubs for expanding connectivity with this handheld Linux-powered gaming console. Pretty much any reliable USB-C hub should do, while for my purposes the past month I've been using the Anker USB-C Hub...

FEX 2203 Emulator Released With RdRand & 3DNow Support, More JIT Work

Phoronix - Sun, 03/06/2022 - 22:52
FEX-Emu is the open-source project striving for speedy x86/x86_64 binaries on AArch64 with similar objectives to Box86/Box64. FEX-Emu is working toward allowing Steam and other x86_64 Linux games to work on 64-bit Arm hardware and achieving some early success. Out today is FEX-Emu 2203 as the latest step in that direction...

Raspberry Pi V3D Driver Enables Anisotropic Filtering

Phoronix - Sun, 03/06/2022 - 19:55
Back in 2017 the Mesa open-source OpenGL driver for Broadcom VC5 hardware most notably used by the Raspberry Pi 4 aimed to enable anisotropic filtering (AF). However, that patch wasn't fully hooked up correctly and now this past week should be in good shape...

Tow-Boot Sees New Release As User-Friendly U-Boot Distribution

Phoronix - Sun, 03/06/2022 - 19:07
The open-source Tow-Boot project has been in development now for about one year as a "user-friendly" distribution of the U-Boot bootloader...

digiKam 7.6 Released With Enhanced AppImage Build, JPEG-XL Support

Phoronix - Sun, 03/06/2022 - 18:38
Version 7.6 of the digiKam open-source photo management software is now available with a number of enhancements...

The National Science Foundation bets big on open source

opensource.com - Sun, 03/06/2022 - 16:00

The National Science Foundation (NSF) just announced US$ 21 million to fund open source development through a new program: Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (PEOSE).


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