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Yet more feature code continues piling in for the Mesa 25.2 release due out next month and days ahead of the feature freeze. Hitting Mesa Git this evening is now treating NVIDIA Kepler GPUs as Vulkan 1.2 conformant following the Vulkan 1.2 CTS passing with the NVK open-source driver paired with the Nouveau kernel driver...

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 600/700 "Kepler" GPUs Now Vulkan 1.2 Conformant With NVK  Phoronix

Ahead of the Mesa 25.2 feature freeze and code branching expected later this week, some additional ray-tracing optimizations were merged today for the Radeon "RADV" Vulkan driver. These latest RADV ray-tracing improvements benefit the latest Radeon RX 9000 series "RDNA4" the most but there are also some optimizations too for RDNA3 class GPUs...

The upcoming skate. from EA will be unsupported on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck due to anti-cheat  GamingOnLinux

VirtualBox 7.1.12 Improves Support for Linux Kernel 6.16 on Linux Hosts and Guests  9to5Linux

VirtualBox 7.1.12 Improves Support for Linux Kernel 6.16 on Linux Hosts and Guests  9to5Linux

Ransomware Gangs Actively Expanding to Attack VMware and Linux Systems  CyberSecurityNews

Ransomware Gangs Actively Expanding to Attack VMware and Linux Systems  CyberSecurityNews

This Conda Alternative Gave Me the Perfect Linux Dev Environment  How-To Geek

Review: the NovaCustom V54 is an outstanding Linux laptop with Dasharo coreboot firmware  OSnews

Intel Enabling SR-IOV For Battlemage Graphics Cards With Linux 6.17  Phoronix

The upcoming Linux 6.17 kernel is going to be an especially nice release for users of modern Intel graphics hardware on Linux. The very latest feature being enabled for this next Linux kernel version is SR-IOV for Battlemage GPUs to vastly enhance the Intel Linux graphics experience in virtualized environments...

I found a better way to transfer files between Android and Linux - and it's free  ZDNET

Linux curious? This tool will let you see what you've been missing without uninstalling Windows  XDA

Blender 4.5 is now officially available today as the newest feature release and one that is a Long Term Support (LTS) for this popular, cross-platform 3D modeling software...

One month ago there was the report on Phoronix of the Broadcom "BNGE" open-source driver being published for forthcoming BCM5770X networking chipsets. That new Broadcom BNGE driver is now set to be introduced in the upcoming Linux 6.17 kernel for supporting the new Broadcom wired networking hardware at up to 800 Gigabit speeds...

Wuthering Waves now Steam Deck Playable, and works on Desktop Linux with one tweak  GamingOnLinux

Linux Mint 22.2 Is Going to Work Better on New PCs  How-To Geek

The LLVM 21 compiler stack was branched today as release preparations get underway for shipping this next half-year compiler release as stable in late August or early September. In turn that now opens up LLVM 22 for development...

These 6 Linux file managers are way better than your default  ZDNET