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LoongArch "Loong64" Added To Debian Ports

Phoronix - Wed, 08/16/2023 - 18:26
In addition to Debian promoting RISC-V to an official CPU architecture for the newly in development Debian 13 cycle, another CPU architecture/port change is adding LoongArch "Loong64" as a new Debian Port...

XWayland 23.2 Released With Tearing Control, Resizable Rootful, EI Support

Phoronix - Wed, 08/16/2023 - 18:09
XWayland 23.2 is out as stable today for this X.Org Server code for enjoying X11 window/client support within Wayland compositors. Several new features are implemented for this XWayland 23.2 milestone...

Firefox Lands Wayland Fractional Scaling Support

Phoronix - Wed, 08/16/2023 - 18:00
Mozilla Firefox has merged Wayland fractional-scale-v1 protocol support for handling fractional scaling with the web browser on the Linux desktop...

Imagination Tech Posts Updated PowerVR Linux DRM Driver

Phoronix - Wed, 08/16/2023 - 17:57
Imagination Technologies has posted the fifth iteration of their driver patches for supporting PowerVR Rogue graphics with an open-source Linux kernel Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) driver that will go along with their Mesa PVR Vulkan driver...

Intel Acquisition Of Tower Semiconductor Falls Through

Phoronix - Wed, 08/16/2023 - 17:22
Back in February 2022 Intel announced plans to acquire Tower Semiconductor. However, one and a half years later the deal is now being called off due to failure to obtain regulatory approval...

LFCS #2: How to Install and Use Vi/Vim as a Full Text Editor in Linux

Tecmint - Wed, 08/16/2023 - 16:31
The post LFCS #2: How to Install and Use Vi/Vim as a Full Text Editor in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

A couple of months ago, the Linux Foundation launched the LFCS (Linux Foundation Certified Sysadmin) certification in order to help individuals from all over the

The post LFCS #2: How to Install and Use Vi/Vim as a Full Text Editor in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Intel XeSS 1.2 Released - Xe Super Sampling Still Driven By Some Windows Binary Blobs

Phoronix - Wed, 08/16/2023 - 06:57
Intel this afternoon released the Xe Super Sampling (XeSS) v1.2 SDK as this gaming image upscaling tech that leverages AI deep learning for better performance and less image degradation on Intel Arc Graphics as well as from other GPU vendors...

Chrome 116 Released With Document Picture-In-Picture API

Phoronix - Wed, 08/16/2023 - 04:42
Chrome 116 is out today as the newest stable version of Google's web browser...

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