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Mesa 26.0 Will Make It In Time For The Fedora 44 Release

Phoronix - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 18:18
With the recent Fedora 44 beta release, Mesa 25.3 graphics drivers were in use rather than the newest Mesa 26.0 series. The good news is that there is now approval for getting Mesa 26.0 drivers to land in time for next month's official Fedora 44 release...

Unvanquished 0.56 Released With More Renderer Improvements, OpenMP Added To Engine

Phoronix - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 17:47
Unvanquished 0.56 is out today as the latest major update to this prominent open-source, community-driven shooter game. Unvanquished continues progressing after more than a decade in development for this open-source game and with today's v0.56 release features improved visuals, OpenMP for CPU-based rendering of skeletal models, and other enhancements...

Intel's Vulkan Linux Driver Lands New Feature To Boost DX12 Game Performance

Phoronix - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 08:14
Intel's open-source "ANV" Vulkan driver for Linux systems enabled a new feature called BTP+BTI RCC Keying. You may be wondering what it means or stands for, but long story short it helps with the performance of Direct3D 12 (DX12) games running on Linux by way of Valve's Steam Play with Proton + VKD3D-Proton...

Streamline your work with the new learning drawer in the migration toolkit for virtualization

Red Hat News - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 08:00
With the migration toolkit for virtualization 2.11 (MTV) release, users gain an improved learning experience.A new “Tips and tricks” drawer was introduced as part of the 2.10 release and further improved in the following 2.11 release, which allows users to access contextual help, tips, and best practices directly within the interface. This feature is designed to reduce the learning curve for new users and provide immediate, in-context guidance for common and complex migration tasks, helping users learn key MTV workflows without ever leaving their current view.Learn while doing: Interactive

Stop searching, start operating: Scale hybrid clusters with Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16

Red Hat News - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 08:00
If you’ve been following our journey from elevating multicluster operations in 2.12 to expanding hybrid cloud reach in 2.13, then you know our goal has always been unified control. However, as fleets grow, "unified" can quickly turn into "crowded." In our previous 2.15 update, we focused on helping you see more and click less. With Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16, we're moving beyond mere visibility into intelligent, self-service operations that work for your entire team.Here are the four ways 2.16 helps you reclaim your nights and weekends.1. Mobility without boundar

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is ready for AWS M9g instances, powered by Graviton5

Red Hat News - Wed, 03/25/2026 - 08:00
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is now validated on the new AWS Graviton5-based Amazon EC2 M9g instances, now available in public preview. At Red Hat, we aim to deliver a solid infrastructure that serves as a foundation for the important work you do. We're committed to doing this during the early phase of rollout, which provides ample time for users to experiment with new infrastructure. By validating RHEL on M9g instances during the public preview phase, we're giving technical leads and architects the green light to start testing workloads, from high-performance databases and web-scale applic

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