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It turns out the Arch Linux User Repository "AUR" has a strict mandate that packages must be able to be built for the x86_64 CPU architecture. Software not supporting x86_64 like ARM-only software is not permitted for the common Arch Linux AUR repository...

Arch Linux User Repository Requires Packages To Support x86_64: No ARM-Only Software  Phoronix

While it's very rare in recent times for a new OpenGL extension -- especially one that is exciting -- given the continued great adoption of the modern Vulkan API, in 2025 we are looking at an interesting addition to OpenGL with cross-vendor mesh shading via a proposed GL_EXT_mesh_shader implementation...

AMD's GPUOpen team today released HIP RT 2.5 as the newest version of this ray-tracing library for HIP. This library in turn is used by the likes of the Blender 3D modeling software for ray-tracing acceleration on Radeon GPUs...

Valve wants SteamOS on every device, and I couldn't be happier that a public beta is coming soon  XDA Developers

Valve confirms a public beta of SteamOS is coming as 'SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck'  GamingOnLinux

A Handheld Computer Free of Walled Gardens  Hackster.io

Firefox 135 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing with XZ Packaging on Linux  9to5Linux

Lenovo Officially Announces The Legion Go S Handheld With SteamOS  Phoronix

Following weeks of rumors, today at CES in Las Vegas as part of debuting other new wares, Lenovo introduced the Legion Go S handheld gaming console option that is officially licensed by Valve for SteamOS...

HipScript is a new open-source project that allows for compiling and running AMD HIP and NVIDIA CUDA code within web browsers by leveraging WebAssembly and WebGPU...

In time for the upcoming release of Mesa 25.0, Mesa's Lavapipe software Vulkan API implementation is now the latest driver exposing Vulkan 1.4 support...

Keith Packard is known for his X.Org/X11 work over the course of many years but alongside other software projects he also maintains Picolibc as a C library designed for embedded 32-bit and 64-bit systems. Recently he sent out a patch for adding Picolibc support to the GCC compiler...

Distro watch - 7 Jan 2025 - Linux Format Magazine  Readly

Enhance your keyboard with full rgb lighting! - 7 Jan 2025 - Linux Format Magazine  Readly

For fans of the Budgie desktop environment that got its start out of the Solus Linux distribution, the Budgie 10.10 release expected later this quarter will be their first release that is Wayland-only...

Budgie 10.10 Desktop Releasing This Quarter As Wayland-Only  Phoronix

Upgrade To Windows 11 Or Switch To Linux Before End Of Support For Windows 10: ESET  ETV Bharat

A pull request submitted this week to DRM-Next ahead of the upcoming Linux 6.14 cycle is introducing the notion of device memory "DMEM" to cgroup with the main intended use being to restrict device memory usage based on the cgroup hierarchy such as for graphics cards with their dedicated vRAM...

Device Memory "DMEM" Cgroup Support Ready For Linux 6.14 To Allow Limiting GPU vRAM  Phoronix