Open-source News

GNOME 3.36.2 Released With Restoring TLS 1.0/1.1, Crash Fixes, Other Stable Updates

Phoronix - Tue, 05/05/2020 - 05:21
GNOME 3.36.2 is now available as the latest stable GNOME desktop environment update...

Inkscape 1.0 Released For This Wildly Successful Vector Graphics Program

Phoronix - Tue, 05/05/2020 - 02:41
Inkscape 1.0 is finally here! This open-source vector graphics editor that has been around for nearly two years has finally reached 1.0 status...

Krita 4.3 Enters Beta For This Leading Open-Source Digital Painting Application

Phoronix - Tue, 05/05/2020 - 01:18
The first beta of Krita 4.3 is now available for this advanced open-source digital painting software package. Krita 4.3 has been baking for about one year so there is a lot in store...

GNOME Adds Bit To Launcher Files For Indicating Apps That Should Run On Discrete GPUs

Phoronix - Tue, 05/05/2020 - 00:12
The GNOME Shell has long provided the ability for easily launching applications on alternative GPUs namely for multi-GPU/Optimus-type setups especially with the increasing number of laptops having both integrated and discrete graphics. GNOME is now introducing an addition to .desktop files so applications can specify if they should run on the dedicated GPU if available...

OpenRazer 2.8 Brings Broader Razer Device Support On Linux

Phoronix - Mon, 05/04/2020 - 23:20
OpenRazer, one of the leading open-source/Linux solutions for configuring Razer peripherals on Linux, is out with a big update...

Vulkan 1.2.140 Released With New Extensions For Private Data, Custom Border Color

Phoronix - Mon, 05/04/2020 - 22:05
Vulkan 1.2.140 is out as the latest version of the Vulkan API for high performance graphics and compute. Besides the usual assortment of documentation clarifications/fixes, this round does bring two new extensions...

Firefox 77 Nightly Adds Initial AV1 Image File Support (AVIF)

Phoronix - Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:35
Exciting times in Mozilla land as in addition to the recent Wayland improvements along with Flatpak availability and WebGPU support coming together, the newest Firefox Nightly builds now have AV1 Image File Format (AVIF) support...

GNU C Library Adds Detection Support For Zhaoxin CPUs

Phoronix - Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:07
For the x86_64 Zhaoxin CPUs made in China and based on VIA Centaur IP there is now proper support for them within the GNU C Library...

Pages