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FreeDesktop.org GitLab Begins Its Week Long Cloud/Server Migration

Phoronix - Mon, 03/17/2025 - 18:49
It's going to be a light week for development of the Mesa graphics drivers, Wayland, various other X.Org related components, and the dozens of other open-source projects that rely on the FreeDesktop.org GitLab for facilitating merge requests, CI testing, and related infrastructure. The FreeDesktop.org server/cloud migration has begun and may last until next weekend...

Ubuntu 25.04 To Enable NVIDIA Dynamic Boost By Default

Phoronix - Mon, 03/17/2025 - 18:37
The upcoming Ubuntu 25.04 Linux OS release will be enabling NVIDIA Dynamic Boost support by default when using their packaged driver support on capable laptops...

GIMP 3.0 Stable Being Released As Long-Awaited Update To Adobe Photoshop Alternative

Phoronix - Mon, 03/17/2025 - 18:14
After some 13 years of writing about GIMP 3.0 development, today is finally the day: GIMP 3.0 has been tagged and is in the process of being released...

Redo Rescue: A Free and Easy Backup & Recovery Solution

Tecmint - Mon, 03/17/2025 - 15:00
The post Redo Rescue: A Free and Easy Backup & Recovery Solution first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Redo Rescue (formerly Redo Backup and Recovery) is a powerful and user-friendly backup and disaster recovery solution that provides a

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Linux 6.14-rc7 Released With v6.14 Final Expected Next Weekend

Phoronix - Mon, 03/17/2025 - 07:05
Linus Torvalds just released the Linux 6.14-rc7 kernel with expectations of releasing Linux 6.14 stable next weekend...

DXVK-NVAPI 0.9 Brings New Features For NVIDIA GPUs With Valve's Steam Play

Phoronix - Mon, 03/17/2025 - 01:41
Following the DXVK 2.6 release from a few days ago for Direct3D 8/9/10/11 atop Vulkan and ahead of the upcoming Proton 10.0 release for further enhancing Valve's Steam Play, out today is DXVK-NVAPI 0.9 as the NVIDIA NVAPI integration for use with DXVK...

Arm Changing Linux Default To Costly "KPTI" Mitigation For Some Newer CPUs

Phoronix - Sun, 03/16/2025 - 22:38
For some newer Arm core designs, Arm is changing the Linux kernel to defaulting to enabling Kernel Page Table Isolation "KPTI" if not running on a new firmware version in order to properly mitigate a recently disclosed CPU security issue. This change has been queued up and is expected to change the default with the upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel...

Huawei Matebook E Go Laptops To Be Better Supported With Linux 6.15

Phoronix - Sun, 03/16/2025 - 22:18
For those that happen to have a Huawei Matebook E Go 2-in-1 laptop or have been considering these ARM laptops, the upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel will be better supporting these devices thanks to a new driver set to be merged...

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