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Linux Evolution: A Comprehensive Timeline  Security Boulevard

Linux Evolution: A Comprehensive Timeline  Security Boulevard

As I noted in yesterday's AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 review and in particular the new RDNA3.5-based Radeon 890M graphics, I used updated DMCUB firmware with the open-source Linux graphics driver stack to workaround some screen freezes and kernel errors initially experience while using the Linux 6.10 kernel. That updated DMCUB firmware is now public within the upstream linux-firmware.git repository for those that may be picking up a new AMD Ryzen AI laptop with RDNA3.5 graphics in the coming days...

AMD Updates DMCUB Firmware For RDNA3.5 Graphics With Strix Point  Phoronix

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: July 28th, 2024  9to5Linux

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: July 28th, 2024  9to5Linux

Intel is kicking off the new week with a new release to their open-source Compute Runtime stack that provides OpenCL and Level Zero support across Windows and Linux systems with Intel integrated/discrete graphics...

Control your cooling on Linux with CoolerControl - v1.4 brings AMD GPU RDNA 3 fan support  GamingOnLinux

Control your cooling on Linux with CoolerControl - v1.4 brings AMD GPU RDNA 3 fan support  GamingOnLinux

ProtonUp-Qt v2.10.2 adds support for the WineZGUI launcher and old compatibility tools  GamingOnLinux

How to log out of a Linux system from a script  Network World

How to log out of a Linux system from a script  Network World

Mike Blumenkrantz of Valve landed another interesting patch series in Mesa Git for next quarter's Mesa 24.3... This is what he proclaims to be "THE JUICIEST REFACTOR EVER" for the Mesa GLX code...

TigerVNC 1.14 released last week as the newest version of this high performance, cross-platform VNC client and server solution. Exciting with TigerVNC 1.14 is adding hardware acceleration support...

Linux Mint 22 'Wilma' still the Bedrock choice for moving off Windows  The Register

Linux Mint 22 'Wilma' still the Bedrock choice for moving off Windows  The Register

Alan Coopersmith of Oracle -- thanks to his work on Solaris and maintaining the X11 support -- continues to be one of the few developers left managing new X.Org software component releases. This weekend Coopersmith released libX11 1.8.10 as the newest version of this client-side library for the core X11 protocol...

Wine 9.14 is another release off its usual Friday bi-weekly release regiment and instead debuted on Sunday evening. With this Wine 9.14 release there are yet more fixes and improvements while Wine-Staging 9.14 was also released near concurrently...

Vanilla OS 2 debuted on Sunday as a major release to this Linux distribution now built atop a Debian base for this distro that started out being an immutable and atomic version of Ubuntu. Vanilla OS 2 besides switching its packaging base has pulled in the GNOME 46 desktop, the Linux 6.9 kernel, and made a slew of other enhancements to polish its desktop experience while offering a great and secure platform...

Vanilla OS 2 Released With Hybrid Debian Base, Improved Multi-GPU Support  Phoronix