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sdl12-compat Gets More Games Working For This SDL1-On-SDL2 Compatibility Layer

Phoronix - Thu, 05/18/2023 - 22:30
The sdl12-compat project that implements the SDL 1.2 API/ABI atop SDL 2.x interfaces for better game compatibility on modern Linux systems is out today with a new pre-release...

NVIDIA Announces The GeForce RTX 4060 Series

Phoronix - Thu, 05/18/2023 - 21:04
NVIDIA today announced the GeForce RTX 4060 series consisting of the $399 RTX 4060 Ti 8GB while in July an RTX 4060 Ti 16GB version will come along with a $299 RTX 4060...

The Progress With KDE Plasma 6's KWin HDR Support

Phoronix - Thu, 05/18/2023 - 18:25
Following last month's Red Hat hosted HDR hackfest that brought together many Linux desktop stakeholders from GPU driver developers to desktop environment developers, KDE developer Xaver Hugl has shared an update on the progress being made for high dynamic range (HDR) display support from the KWin side...

New Maintainer Steps Up For GCC Compiler's MIPS CPU Port

Phoronix - Thu, 05/18/2023 - 18:11
With development of the MIPS architecture having officially ended two years ago in favor of focusing on RISC-V for future CPU designs and the overall decline of that CPU architecture, it's been years since the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) has seen its MIPS code well maintained. However, now a capable developer has stepped up willing to serve as the GCC maintainer for MIPS...

AlmaLinux 8.8 Released For Those Relying On RHEL8

Phoronix - Thu, 05/18/2023 - 17:54
Earlier this month Red Hat released RHEL 9.2 and at the same time they also released RHEL 8.8 for those continuing to rely on the stable RHEL8 series. AlmaLinux managed to provide a same-day release of AlmaLinux 9.2 while now one week later they have also shipped AlmaLinux 8.8...

Steam Client Beta Fixes NVIDIA HiDPI Scaling, GPU Hardware Acceleration

Phoronix - Thu, 05/18/2023 - 17:33
Valve released a new Steam client beta overnight and contains a few notable fixes for NVIDIA Linux gamers...

Wayland's Weston 12.0 Released With Multi-GPU Support, PipeWire Backend, Tearing Control

Phoronix - Thu, 05/18/2023 - 03:55
Weston 12.0 as Wayland's reference compositor is now available with multiple GPU support in the DRM back-end, support for HDMI content types, support for the Wayland tearing control protocol, plane alpha DRM property handling, a PipeWire back-end, and much more...

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