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Intel's Rendering Toolkit Turns To More Open, Community-Welcoming Development Model

Phoronix - Tue, 10/08/2024 - 21:51
Intel's oneAPI Rendering Toolkit with the likes of OSPRay, Embree, OpenVKL, Open Image Denoise, and others has been open-source for years. But it's not been exactly an open-source development model with making it easy for independent contributors to propose code changes. But Intel has now decided to make these projects more like traditional open-source projects and welcoming community contributions -- including from different hardware vendors...

KDE Plasma 6.2 Released With More Desktop Polishing

Phoronix - Tue, 10/08/2024 - 18:58
KDE Plasma 6.2 is now available as the latest refinement to the modern Plasma 6 desktop environment...

A Few Intel Xe2 Graphics Tuning Updates Found In Linux 6.12-rc2

Phoronix - Tue, 10/08/2024 - 18:43
Merged as part of last week's Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) graphics/display driver fixes for Linux 6.12-rc2 are a few performance tuning updates for Intel Xe2 graphics to benefit the recently released Core Ultra 200 Series "Lunar Lake" laptops...

LunarG Exploring Vulkan To Metal Translation With Mesa

Phoronix - Tue, 10/08/2024 - 18:19
While there is the open-source MoltenVK project that implements the Vulkan API atop Apple's Metal graphics drivers on iOS/macOS, the 3D graphics consulting firm LunarG is exploring the possibility of implementing Vulkan to Metal translation using Mesa...

Qt 6.8 LTS Released With XR Module, Lower RAM Usage & Quicker Start Times

Phoronix - Tue, 10/08/2024 - 18:05
Today marks the release of Qt 6.8 as not only a new feature release but also the latest long-term support (LTS) release for this open-source, cross-platform toolkit...

51 Useful Lesser Known Commands for Linux Users

Tecmint - Tue, 10/08/2024 - 14:00
The post 51 Useful Lesser Known Commands for Linux Users first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Linux is known for its vast set of powerful command-line tools that allow users to interact efficiently with the system.

The post 51 Useful Lesser Known Commands for Linux Users first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

GNOME Foundation Announces Cost Cutting Measures Due To Budget Woes

Phoronix - Tue, 10/08/2024 - 09:00
While the recently-departed GNOME Foundation Executive Director in the summer statement was described as "drafting a bold five-year strategic plan for the Foundation, securing two important fiscal sponsorship agreements with GIMP and Black Python Devs, writing our first funding proposal that will now enable the Foundation to apply for more grants, vastly improving our financial operations, and implementing a break-even budget to preserve our financial reserves." It turns out that wasn't enough. The GNOME Foundation today announced some new cost-cutting measures for the project overseeing the open-source GNOME desktop...

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