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Sound Updates For Linux 5.12 Include Intel Alder Lake P, Other New Hardware

Phoronix - Sat, 02/20/2021 - 16:26
The sound subsystem changes were submitted on Friday by maintainer Takashi Iwai of SUSE for the in-development Linux 5.12 kernel...

Run your favorite Windows applications on Linux

opensource.com - Sat, 02/20/2021 - 16:00

In 2021, there are more reasons why people love Linux than ever before. In this series, I'll share 21 different reasons to use Linux. Here's how switching from Windows to Linux can be made seamless with WINE.

Do you have an application that only runs on Windows? Is that one application the one and only thing holding you back from switching to Linux? If so, you'll be happy to know about WINE, an open source project that has all but reinvented key Windows libraries so that applications compiled for Windows can run on Linux.


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Kodi 19 Released With Python 3 Transition Complete, AV1 Software Decode

Phoronix - Sat, 02/20/2021 - 13:00
Kodi 19.0 "Matrix" is now available for this popular open-source, cross-platform HTPC solution...

VKD3D-Proton 2.2 Released With Tier 1 Variable Rate Shading, Preps For DXR Ray-Tracing

Phoronix - Sat, 02/20/2021 - 04:02
In addition to having DXVK 1.8 released for Direct3D 9/10/11 over Vulkan, Valve's VKD3D-Proton project also is enjoying a new release in time for weekend gamers wanting to run the latest Direct3D 12 titles via Vulkan on Linux with Steam Play...

Linux 5.12 Will Avoid Prematurely Shutting Down Intel Mobile Systems When Running Hot

Phoronix - Sat, 02/20/2021 - 03:43
Linux 5.12 with queued thermal changes will avoid prematurely shutting down mobile Intel workstations when a "critical" thermal threshold is reached that isn't too critical...

Radeon "GFX90A" Added To LLVM As Next-Gen CDNA With Full-Rate FP64

Phoronix - Sat, 02/20/2021 - 01:23
It looks like the open-source driver support to the next-generation CDNA GPU / MI100 "Arcturus" successor is on the way. Hitting mainline AMDGPU LLVM is a new "GFX90A" target adding new interesting features for compute...

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