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Libcamera 0.7.1 Released With Improved Software ISP

Phoronix - Wed, 04/29/2026 - 18:30
Libcamera 0.7.1 released on Tuesday as the newest feature release for this open-source library for camera image signal processors (ISPs) that has grown of importance for the likes of Raspberry Pi and Chrome OS and modern desktop Linux distributions with modern laptop hardware like recent Intel Core (Ultra) laptops...

Wayland Developers Target June For Weston 16 Release

Phoronix - Wed, 04/29/2026 - 18:17
Weston 16.0 could ship by the end of June with good color management and HDR support along with other new features for this reference Wayland compositor...

Devuan Developer Working On Reviving GTK2 With Modern Fixes

Phoronix - Wed, 04/29/2026 - 18:05
A Devuan developer, the Linux distribution that provides a Debian-based operating system without dependence on systemd, is working on "gtk2-ng" for providing modern fixes and improvements to the old GTK2 toolkit...

AMD Introducing New Linux Driver For Their Halo Box: For Its RGB LED Light Bar

Phoronix - Wed, 04/29/2026 - 08:49
AMD CEO Lisa Su back at CES 2026 showed off the Ryzen AI Halo box as a mini PC built around their excellent Strix Halo SoC. The Ryzen AI halo box is to serve as an AI development platform to compete with the likes of NVIDIA's DGX Spark and Dell GB10. This week is the first time I am seeing new Linux driver activity specifically referencing this exciting AMD "Halo Box" system...

Valve Updates GameNetworkingSockets After Nearly Four Year Hiatus

Phoronix - Wed, 04/29/2026 - 08:22
Back in 2018, Valve open-sourced their Steam networking sockets library as a basic network transport layer for games. This library is used by games from Counter-Strike to Dota 2 and since its public open-source drop has been picked up elsewhere. Finally after going nearly four years without a new version, GameNetworkingSockets v1.5 dropped today...

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