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Arch Linux Powered CachyOS Updated With Propeller-Optimized Kernel

Phoronix - Mon, 02/03/2025 - 01:12
The CachyOS Linux distribution that is built atop the rolling-release Arch Linux distribution and has developed a following with enthusiasts and gamers is out with its newest monthly update...

GNU Binutils 2.44 Released With Gas Support For AVX10.2, New Diamond Rapids Instructions

Phoronix - Sun, 02/02/2025 - 22:11
GNU Binutils 2.44 was released today as the newest version of this set of binary utilities that is important to the GNU toolchain...

Rust-CUDA Project Restarted For Enabling NVIDIA CUDA Kernels Within Rust Code

Phoronix - Sun, 02/02/2025 - 21:41
The open-source Rust CUDA project has been "rebooted" to get back onto the effort of allowing NVIDIA CUDA compute kernels to be coded within the Rust programming language...

GNOME 48 Lands HDR Support Bits At The Last Minute

Phoronix - Sun, 02/02/2025 - 19:55
On Saturday was the GNOME 48 feature freeze and landing during the final moments of this feature development period was new High Dynamic Range (HDR) code for Mutter and the toggling within the GNOME Control Center...

LLVM 20.1-rc1 Released For Testing This Updated Compiler Stack

Phoronix - Sun, 02/02/2025 - 19:47
The first release candidate working towards the stable release of LLVM 20 is now available for testing...

Open-Source 0 A.D. RTS Game Adds AMD FSR Support & Vulkan Renderer

Phoronix - Sun, 02/02/2025 - 19:34
It's been a while since having anything new to report on the 0 A.D. open-source real-time strategy (RTS) game but this week marked the 0 A.D. Alpha 27 release that they also hope will be their last alpha version...

GNOME Text Editor Gains A Sidebar, GTK's Android Backend & Other Excitement This Week

Phoronix - Sun, 02/02/2025 - 19:21
This Week in GNOME is out with its newest development summary as we embark on the GNOME 48 feature freeze...

Steam Linux Use Dips For January 2025 Amid Odd Survey Numbers

Phoronix - Sun, 02/02/2025 - 08:14
The Steam on Linux marketshare ended 2024 with a 2.29% against Windows at 96.1% and macOS at 1.61%. The Steam Survey numbers for January were posted this evening and they show a sizable dip for the Linux gaming use but there are also other odd discrepancies with the updated monthly figures...

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