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Thunderbird Looks To Finalize Its Exchange Support, Refresh The Calendar UI

Phoronix - Fri, 03/20/2026 - 03:42
Thunderbird announced today the availability of their public roadmaps where they are making it easier for end-users to comprehend what they are currently working on for this mail client not only for the desktop builds but also their Android and iOS versions too...

AMD Preps More GFX12.1 Enablement For Linux 7.1, Initial VCN 5.0.2 & JPEG 5.0.2 IP

Phoronix - Fri, 03/20/2026 - 03:25
AMD today sent out another batch of AMDGPU kernel graphics driver and AMDKFD kernel compute driver changes to DRM-Next ahead of next month's Linux 7.1 merge window...

Wayland 1.25 Released With Color Management Now Fully Documented

Phoronix - Fri, 03/20/2026 - 00:20
Simon Ser just released Wayland 1.25...

Blender 5.1 Delivers Some Nice Gains For CPU Rendering Performance On Linux

Phoronix - Fri, 03/20/2026 - 00:05
With this week's release of Blender 5.1 I have begun benchmarking it on different CPUs and GPUs. In this article is an initial look at the positive impact Blender 5.1 is having on CPU-based rendering performance on Linux.

GNUnet 0.27 Released For Those With "Some Reasonable Pain Tolerance"

Phoronix - Thu, 03/19/2026 - 23:29
Version 0.27 of GNUnet is now available for this free software framework for constructing decentralized, peer-to-peer networking. But it comes with some big caveats before use...

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