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The Open-Source OpenGL & Vulkan Drivers Enjoyed A Rather Remarkable 2025

Phoronix - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 19:15
The open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers making up Mesa had another very successful year. Even with all the years being invested into Mesa largely by Intel, AMD, Valve, Red Hat, and others, the upward trajectory continues for Mesa on expanding the hardware support, punctually adding new Vulkan extensions, and racking up other wins...

It Took 6+ Years For Linux's "New" Mount API To Be Properly Documented In Man Pages

Phoronix - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 09:35
In demonstrating one of the gaps of man pages in modern times and likely having hindered the adoption of the Linux kernel's new mount API, it took more than six years for those system calls to be properly documented within man pages. The Linux "new" mount API was introduced back in mid-2019 with Linux 5.2 and since supported by key file-systems after several years but not until weeks ago was this file descriptor based mount API scoped out within man pages...

Hyprland 0.53 Released With New Launcher For Crash Recovery & Safe Mode, New Welcome App

Phoronix - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 03:55
Hyprland 0.53 was released today as the last feature update to this Wayland compositor for 2025...

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