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It's been nearly three months since the last DXVK release for this Direct3D 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 implementation built atop Vulkan for Steam Play (Proton) / Wine. That changed today with Philip Rebohle having just released DXVK 2.4.1...

Vulkan 1.3.296 is out as the first spec update in nearly one month. Given the time that has passed there are more bug fixes than usual but there is also a prominent new extension: VK_EXT_device_generated_commands...

From 'Just for Fun' to a Full-Fledged Distribution: Aditya Shakya's Archcraft Journey  It's FOSS News

Where do Linux and Rust go from here? A roundtable of kernel developers share their thoughts  ZDNet

Linux nerds in existential crisis  Fudzilla

Linux nerds in existential crisis  Fudzilla

Check Hardware Info on Linux Graphically With Hardinfo  It's FOSS

Someone built a system with Intel’s first CPU that’s half a century old, and it can boot Linux – if you have a spare week to wait  MSN

5 Linux terminal apps that are better than your default - and free to install  ZDNet

Someone built a system with Intel’s first CPU that’s half a century old, and it can boot Linux – if you have a spare week to wait  TechRadar

Valve open-source graphics software engineer Mike Blumenkrantz is well known in the Linux community for his work on the Zink OpenGL-on-Vulkan driver code, various Mesa driver optimizations, and creative writing on his blog. He's also taken up a new task: further accelerating Wayland protocol development...

5 messaging apps for Linux that make chatting online fun again  ZDNet

SIOS focuses on failovers in LifeKeeper for Linux update  TechTarget

Reviving A 15-Year Old Asus EeePC With Modern MX Linux  Hackaday

Reviving A 15-Year Old Asus EeePC With Modern MX Linux  Hackaday

ChipStar 1.2 has been released as the open-source software enabling HIP/CUDA programs to be compiled and run atop SPIR-V whether it be OpenCL or Vulkan drivers...

Can You Run Linux On An Intel 4004 CPU From 1971? Yes, But It Takes Days To Boot  Hot Hardware

RTOS vs Linux: The IoT battle extends from software to hardware  BetaNews

While Intel has been making steady progress around enhancing the Linux kernel handling for CPUs with a mix of P and E cores for proper task placement and power optimizations, one area that still is less than desirable for these hybrid Intel Core processors is around virtualization. But Intel engineers are now actively working on improving the Linux virtualization infrastructure for being able to convey the P/E core differences among vCPUs so that the guest VMs can better behave in such environments...

Intel Working To Improve Virtualization Handling For P/E-Core Hybrid CPUs  Phoronix