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The RISC-V architecture updates have been submitted for the Linux 6.12 kernel cycle. More RISC-V CPU ISA extensions are being supported along with enabling some additional kernel features for this CPU architecture...

RISC-V Wires Up More Kernel Features With Linux 6.12  Phoronix

DXVK 2.4.1 brings improvements for launchers, more robust D3D8, lots of game fixes for Linux  GamingOnLinux

This Linux App Turns Websites Into Apps Themselves—Here's Why It's Great  How-To Geek

The VirtIO Vsock guest/host communication interface using virtual sockets will see better performance with the in-development Linux 6.12 kernel...

VirtIO Vsock Performance To Improve With Linux 6.12  Phoronix

It's been nearly three months since the last DXVK release for this Direct3D 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 implementation built atop Vulkan for Steam Play (Proton) / Wine. That changed today with Philip Rebohle having just released DXVK 2.4.1...

Vulkan 1.3.296 is out as the first spec update in nearly one month. Given the time that has passed there are more bug fixes than usual but there is also a prominent new extension: VK_EXT_device_generated_commands...

From 'Just for Fun' to a Full-Fledged Distribution: Aditya Shakya's Archcraft Journey  It's FOSS News

Where do Linux and Rust go from here? A roundtable of kernel developers share their thoughts  ZDNet

Linux nerds in existential crisis  Fudzilla

Linux nerds in existential crisis  Fudzilla

Check Hardware Info on Linux Graphically With Hardinfo  It's FOSS

Someone built a system with Intel’s first CPU that’s half a century old, and it can boot Linux – if you have a spare week to wait  MSN

5 Linux terminal apps that are better than your default - and free to install  ZDNet

Someone built a system with Intel’s first CPU that’s half a century old, and it can boot Linux – if you have a spare week to wait  TechRadar

Valve open-source graphics software engineer Mike Blumenkrantz is well known in the Linux community for his work on the Zink OpenGL-on-Vulkan driver code, various Mesa driver optimizations, and creative writing on his blog. He's also taken up a new task: further accelerating Wayland protocol development...

5 messaging apps for Linux that make chatting online fun again  ZDNet

SIOS focuses on failovers in LifeKeeper for Linux update  TechTarget

Reviving A 15-Year Old Asus EeePC With Modern MX Linux  Hackaday