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MoltenVK 1.3-rc1 Released To Advertise Vulkan 1.3 Support For Apple Devices

Phoronix - Tue, 04/29/2025 - 08:17
MoltenVK 1.3-rc1 was released today as the first test release of this updated Apple iOS / macOS / tvOS / visionOS layer that implements the Vulkan API atop the Apple Metal drivers. With MoltenVK 1.3 there is Vulkan API 1.3 support finally in tow...

Meson 1.8 Build System Released - Wayland Module Declared Stable

Phoronix - Tue, 04/29/2025 - 04:36
Meson 1.8 was released this afternoon as the newest update to this popular, cross-platform and open-source build system / build automation tool...

A Linux 6.15 Performance Regression Hits Modern AMD CPUs

Phoronix - Tue, 04/29/2025 - 03:53
Separate from last week in uncovering a big performance regression on Linux 6.15 affecting workloads like Nginx and that regression getting fixed, I unfortunately discovered another heavy-hitting regression on Linux 6.15. This latest performance regression has been bisected and a possible fix is being thought through by the relevant party, but for the moment has yet to be fixed upstream and affects modern AMD processors.

Kdenlive 25.04 Video Editor Delivers New Features

Phoronix - Tue, 04/29/2025 - 02:47
Kdenlive 25.04 is out today as the newest feature release to this KDE/Qt-aligned non-linear, open-source video editing application...

AMD Linux Network Driver Prepares For "Crater" Ethernet Device

Phoronix - Mon, 04/28/2025 - 23:25
The AMD-XGBE Linux network driver has seen a set of patches published for it in enabling the "new" AMD Ethernet Device codenamed Crater...

Trinity Desktop R14.1.4 Continues With The KDE 3.5 Codebase

Phoronix - Mon, 04/28/2025 - 22:15
The Trinity Desktop Environment as a long ago fork of the KDE 3.5 desktop released TDE R14.1.4 on Sunday as the newest maintenance release with various bug fixes and minor feature improvements...

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