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WPA_Supplicant 2.11 Released With WiFi 7 EHT & Many Other New Features

Phoronix - Tue, 07/23/2024 - 08:42
Released this weekend was a new version of WPA_Supplicant along with hostapd for this WiFI Protected Access client and IEEEE-802.1x supplicant. WPA_Supplicant 2.11 is the first major release of this software since early 2022 and as a result comes packing many changes...

Pop!_OS 24.04 Alpha With COSMIC Desktop Planned For 8 August

Phoronix - Tue, 07/23/2024 - 07:47
We have been eagerly awaiting the end of July for the planned alpha release of System76's Rust-written COSMIC desktop. For those awaiting COSMIC in the form of a new Pop!_OS development release, that at least will be coming in early August...

Performance Event Changes For Linux 6.11 Bring Several Additions For Intel Hardware

Phoronix - Tue, 07/23/2024 - 03:02
All of the "perf" performance events feature updates were merged last week for the ongoing Linux 6.11 merge window...

MidnightBSD 3.2 Released With Ravenports On x86_64, New AMD Features

Phoronix - Tue, 07/23/2024 - 00:53
MidnightBSD 3.2 is out as the newest feature update to one of the few desktop-focused BSD operating systems still being maintained. MidnightBSD 3.2 continues to be derived from FreeBSD sources while shipping with a nice Xfce-based desktop experience...

X.Org Server Patches Look To Cleanup VRR Handling, Make It Xinerama-Aware

Phoronix - Tue, 07/23/2024 - 00:11
Open-source developer Enrico Weigelt has in recent months taken to near single-handedly maintain and further enhance the aging X.Org Server codebase. The latest area that Weigelt has been working to improve is around the X.Org Server's Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) support...

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