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Intel Graphics With Linux 6.8 To Add FDINFO Memory Stats, More Meteor Lake Workarounds

Phoronix - Sat, 12/09/2023 - 22:10
In addition to Intel preparing to merge their new Xe kernel graphics driver into the mainline kernel potentially for Linux 6.8, their existing open-source Intel kernel graphics driver code continues to be improved upon and receiving new features...

GNOME Developers Working On USB Portal Integration, Updated Phosh

Phoronix - Sat, 12/09/2023 - 19:42
With the recent €1M in funding from the Sovereign Tech Fund, GNOME developers remain quite busy working on improving the accessibility and security of the GNOME desktop...

KDE Developers Continue On Bug Fixing Spree Ahead Of Plasma 6.0

Phoronix - Sat, 12/09/2023 - 19:15
It's a Christmas season of bug fixing in the KDE world as following the late November Plasma 6.0 Beta 1 they've shifted from feature work to fixes and with the new test release has received an influx of bug reports...

W4 Games Raises $15M To Help Push Open-Source Video Game Development With Godot

Phoronix - Sat, 12/09/2023 - 18:48
Last year W4 Games was formed by Godot game engine developers as part of an effort to strengthen the open-source Godot ecosystem as well as work on commercial products and services, such as integrating with the proprietary game console/cloud platforms. They started out with $8.5 million dollars last year while this week announced a series A funding round of $15M...

Wine 9.0-rc1 Released With Upgraded VKD3D, Wine Wayland Improvements

Phoronix - Sat, 12/09/2023 - 05:57
The release process has begun for releasing Wine 9.0 as stable early next year...

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