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Microsoft Makes More Of Their DirectX Compiler Code Open-Source

Phoronix - Sun, 02/23/2025 - 01:37
Back in 2017 was the initial open-source DirectX Shader Compiler milestone and since then Microsoft has continued iterating on it with better Linux support, new features, and ironing out other gaps in this "DirectXShaderCompiler" project. On Friday they released the newest version of this DirectX Shader Compiler that features another newly open-sourced component...

Asahi Linux's Honeykrisp Vulkan Driver Gains Sparse Support In Mesa 25.1

Phoronix - Sat, 02/22/2025 - 22:14
Alyssa Rosenzweig has carried out a fresh sync of the Asahi Linux AGX Gallium3D and Honeykrisp Vulkan driver changes of the work that was being carried by the Asahi Linux development tree and now upstreamed to Mesa proper...

SystemV Filesystem Being Removed From The Linux Kernel

Phoronix - Sat, 02/22/2025 - 19:57
The SystemV file-system that implements Xenix FS, SystemV/386 FS, and Coherent FS is set to be removed from the Linux kernel. The SystemV file-system was orphaned back in 2023 while now is set to be removed entirely after developers realized the code was fundamentally broken...

FreeBSD 13.5 Beta 3 Drops KDE Packages From DVD ISOs

Phoronix - Sat, 02/22/2025 - 19:49
FreeBSD 13.5 Beta 3 is out this weekend in being the newest weekly development version leading towards next month's stable release to cap off the FreeBSD 13 series...

Niri 25.02 & Labwc 0.8.3 Wayland Compositors Released

Phoronix - Sat, 02/22/2025 - 19:41
The Niri and Labwc Wayland compositor projects are both out with new releases this weekend to further their efforts...

KDE Plasma 6.4 Preps Improvement To Help KWin Reduce Frame Drops

Phoronix - Sat, 02/22/2025 - 19:28
In addition to this week's release of Plasma 6.3.1, KDE developers have been busy preparing more bug fixes for what will become Plasma 6.3.2 next month. Additionally, more feature code for Plasma 6.4 continues to bake...

Ubuntu 25.04 Working To Better Cope With BitLocker-Enabled Windows, Other Improvements

Phoronix - Sat, 02/22/2025 - 13:00
Jean Baptiste Lallement was recently appointed at Canonical as the new Director of Engineering for Ubuntu Desktop. Jean Baptiste Lallement has a decade and a half history at Canonical working on Ubuntu QA, Ubuntu Phone / Unity, and other projects while now he is leading the charge on further enhancing the Ubuntu desktop initiatives. As somewhat of a mid-point for the Ubuntu 25.04 cycle, he published a Discourse post on Friday to outline some of the recent and ongoing improvements for the Ubuntu desktop...

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