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'It's such poor-quality software… I can't believe it!': Owner of big gaming platform is surprised at how bad Windows 11 has got  TechRadar

Whisper.cpp as the open-source high performance inference project built around OpenAI's Whisper and from the same developers as Llama.cpp / GGML is out with a big new release. Whisper.cpp 1.8.3 is capable of delivering a 12x performance boost for systems with integrated AMD and Intel graphics...

Even more AMD ray tracing performance improvements heading to Mesa on Linux  GamingOnLinux

Started last year was D7VK as a project bringing Direct3D 7 implemented over the Vulkan API for enjoying better performance and support for legacy Windows games on Linux, akin to DXVK and VKD3D-Proton for newer versions of Direct3D over Vulkan that is used by Valve's Steam Play (Proton). Back in December D7VK added a Direct3D 6 front-end for allowing even older game titles to be accelerated using the modern Vulkan API. Today D7VK 1.2 is out for furthering the D3D6 support...

D7VK 1.2 Released For Improving Direct3D 6 Front-End  Phoronix

Tails 7.4 Anonymous Linux OS Released with Persistent Language and Formats  9to5Linux

Wine 11 runs Windows apps in Linux and macOS better than ever  theregister.com

The head of GOG wants to focus on Linux and slams Windows  Instant Gaming News

Gaming on Linux just got a bump with new Wine 11 improvements that'll make for a better Proton on SteamOS, too  PC Gamer

‘It’s such poor quality software’: GOG owner criticises Windows, says it will support Linux better in the future  Video Games Chronicle

Libvirt 12.0 released today as this open-source virtualization API for management across different virtualization technologies/hypervisors. With libvirt 12.0, improving Bhyve as the FreeBSD hypervisor was a big focus...

DeviceTree patches worked on recently allow for the mainline Linux kernel to run on the ASUS "Kommando" IPMI Expansion Card. This is interesting for opening up new possibilities for this external IPMI/BMC expansion card but too bad that less than three years after launching it's difficult to find...

Linux Patches Bring Mainline Kernel Support For The ASUS IPMI Expansion Card  Phoronix

The oVirt 4.5.7 open-source virtualization management platform released this week after not seeing any new releases in two years. While Red Hat had started the oVirt open-source project for which their Red Hat Virtualization platform is based, since they shifted that to maintenance mode to focus on the Red Hat OpenShift platform and stopped contributing to oVirt, it's been up to the open-source community to keep it going...

This ideal distro for Linux newbies includes a bonus for Windows users  ZDNET

The best Arch Linux distro for beginners just got even easier to set up  XDA

You Can Now Use ONLYOFFICE on Raspberry Pi Like ARM Devices  It's FOSS

In late 2024 the folks at Raspberry Pi announced the Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ as an AI accelerator capable of 26 TOPS and costing $110 for pairing with Raspberry Pi single board computers. Today they announced the much more capable Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 that can begin to take on some generative AI "GenAI" models...

VoidLink Linux Malware Framework Targets Cloud Environments  SecurityWeek

Now independent, GOG is thinking about publishing games and embracing Linux  TechSpot