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Intel Battlemage Battles More Linux 6.12 Kernel Graphics Driver Changes - Phoronix

Google News - Fri, 08/30/2024 - 22:18

Intel Battlemage Battles More Linux 6.12 Kernel Graphics Driver Changes Phoronix

Intel To Push Out Xe2 Graphics Enablement At Linux By Default In Upcoming 6.12 Kernel - Wccftech

Google News - Fri, 08/30/2024 - 21:12

Intel To Push Out Xe2 Graphics Enablement At Linux By Default In Upcoming 6.12 Kernel Wccftech

Vulkan 1.3.295 Released With Compute Shader Derivatives Extension

Phoronix - Fri, 08/30/2024 - 20:40

Following last week's Vulkan 1.3.294 with pipeline binary extension, Vulkan 1.3.295 is out today and it too introduces a prominent new extension...

Linux Kernel 6.12 sees optional QR code during kernel panics - Tom's Hardware

Google News - Fri, 08/30/2024 - 19:48

Linux Kernel 6.12 sees optional QR code during kernel panics Tom's Hardware

Microsoft Further Improves D3D12 Video Acceleration In Mesa

Phoronix - Fri, 08/30/2024 - 18:53

Microsoft engineers continue contributing to the open-source Mesa graphics driver code for benefiting Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) usage and other related use atop Windows 11. The latest contribution to Mesa is wiring up direct DPB management for the D3D12 video acceleration code...

Important Linux Patch Arriving For Intel Arrow Lake Graphics

Phoronix - Fri, 08/30/2024 - 18:39

While all of the focus recently when it comes to Intel's open-source Linux graphics driver has been around getting Lunar Lake and Battlemage graphics ready, there is an important last-minute fix that is also needed for ensuring Arrow Lake graphics support is ready for Linux users...

Important Linux Patch Arriving For Intel Arrow Lake Graphics - Phoronix

Google News - Fri, 08/30/2024 - 18:39

Important Linux Patch Arriving For Intel Arrow Lake Graphics Phoronix

Rust Linux Developers Compared To Road Builders & Mapmakers

Phoronix - Fri, 08/30/2024 - 18:23

Longtime Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem maintainer David Airlie of Red Hat has written an interesting blog post providing an analogy to types of developers compared to road builders and hotels...

Rust Linux Developers Compared To Road Builders & Mapmakers - Phoronix

Google News - Fri, 08/30/2024 - 18:23

Rust Linux Developers Compared To Road Builders & Mapmakers Phoronix

Bazzite Linux gets keyboard-less installation (good for handhelds) and smaller updates - GamingOnLinux

Google News - Fri, 08/30/2024 - 18:19

Bazzite Linux gets keyboard-less installation (good for handhelds) and smaller updates GamingOnLinux

VKD3D 1.13 Improves Direct3D 12 API Support Atop Vulkan

Phoronix - Fri, 08/30/2024 - 18:00

The Wine project has released VKD3D 1.13 as the newest version of this open-source code for mapping Microsoft's Direct3D 12 API atop the Vulkan API for helping to accelerate Windows games and applications on Linux...