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PCSX2 Enables Wayland Support By Default - After Previously Calling It "Super Broken"

Phoronix - Fri, 02/21/2025 - 20:30
The latest open-source project enabling Wayland support by default today is PCSX2 as the PlayStation 2 game emulator for Linux and other platforms...

Gentoo Linux Announces Official QCOW2 Images For Cloud VMs

Phoronix - Fri, 02/21/2025 - 19:54
One of the Linux distributions we hear very little about in the industry for cloud/VM usage is Gentoo Linux. But that could change with the Gentoo project now putting out official QCOW2 disk images to make it easier deploying this source-based Linux distribution within virtual machines...

Z3fold & Zbud Allocators Likely To Be Removed In Linux 6.15

Phoronix - Fri, 02/21/2025 - 19:42
It's looking like Linux 6.15 will be the kernel that does away with the Z3fold and Zbud allocators...

Ubuntu 25.04 Now Under Feature Freeze Ahead Of April Release

Phoronix - Fri, 02/21/2025 - 19:18
The Ubuntu 25.04 feature freeze is now in effect as Canonical and the Ubuntu Linux developer community work toward releasing the "Plucky Puffin" in April...

Chromium Ozone Support For Wayland Continues Progressing In 2025

Phoronix - Fri, 02/21/2025 - 19:06
Google engineers themselves haven't been energetically pursuing Wayland support within the Ozone abstraction layer for the Chrome/Chromium web browser but thankfully the consulting firm Igalia continues pushing this native Wayland support along. Nick Yamane with Igalia has out a new blog post covering the remaining items being addressed...

How to Enter Single User Mode in AlmaLinux 8/9

Tecmint - Fri, 02/21/2025 - 15:07
The post How to Enter Single User Mode in AlmaLinux 8/9 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Single user mode, also known as rescue mode, is a minimal environment in Linux that allows system administrators to perform

The post How to Enter Single User Mode in AlmaLinux 8/9 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Linus Torvalds Clearly Lays Out Linux Maintainer Roles - Or Not - Around Rust Code

Phoronix - Fri, 02/21/2025 - 09:34
The Linux kernel mailing list drama around the Rust programming language use within the kernel continues... Linus Torvalds has largely refrained from the ongoing LKML discussions around a Rust policy for the Linux kernel and in-fighting between kernel developers and maintainers with differing views over Rust. This evening though Linus Torvalds did decide to chime in on the conversation...

Mesa's Zink Driver Enables cl_khr_gl_sharing, Working On DaVinci Resolve Support

Phoronix - Fri, 02/21/2025 - 04:07
Mesa's generic Zink OpenGL-on-Vulkan driver has landed support for cl_khr_gl_sharing, the extension that allows using OpenGL buffer / texture / render-buffer objects as OpenCL memory objects for better interoperability between the OpenGL and OpenCL APIs. This is important as in turn it is needed for the Zink driver to be used with the popular DaVinci Resolve video editor application...

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