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Metro Exodus Launches For Linux But Off To Bumpy Start

Phoronix - Thu, 04/15/2021 - 08:15
As scheduled, Metro Exodus saw its native Linux port debut today. This first person shooter from 4A Games launched on Windows and consoles in 2019 while the 4A Engine powered game only debuted today for macOS and Linux. Previously it would work with Steam Play but now there is a native Linux port albeit with some kinks still to work out...

Rust Support In The Linux Kernel Undergoing Another Round Of Discussions

Phoronix - Thu, 04/15/2021 - 06:29
Last month the initial infrastructure for allowing the Rust programming language to be used within the Linux kernel landed in the Linux-Next tree for more widespread testing ahead of its possible inclusion in the mainline kernel. Now a "request for comments" has been started again on the kernel mailing list around the prospects of Rust code for the Linux kernel...

Chrome 90 Released With AV1 Encode, New APIs

Phoronix - Thu, 04/15/2021 - 06:00
Google officially promoted Chrome 90 to its stable channel today as the latest feature update to their cross-platform web browser...

Mesa 21.1-rc1 Released With RADV Optimizations, Faster Zink, Many Other New Features

Phoronix - Thu, 04/15/2021 - 04:43
Feature development for this quarter's Mesa 21.1 release is now over with it having been branched from main and the first release candidate issued...

The Linux Kernel & GNOME Desktop Preparing For Privacy Screen Support

Phoronix - Thu, 04/15/2021 - 01:11
Over the past year there has been an uptick in Linux developers from different vendors working on laptop privacy screen support under Linux. When it comes to the support with newer Lenovo ThinkPad laptops, it looks like that kernel support could soon land and the GNOME desktop is already preparing to support this feature...

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