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Debian Releases APT 2.9.3 With New Package Solver

Phoronix - Tue, 05/14/2024 - 21:58
Debian's APT packaging tool is working its way toward the big APT 3.0 release. The APT 2.9 development series is underway and debuting last month was APT's new (CLI) user interface with a columnar display, colored text, and other improvements for this widely-used tool on Debian-based environments. APT 2.9.3 is out today as the newest development release and new to this version is a new package solver...

Steam Deck IMU Support Submitted For Linux 6.10 Plus ASUS ROG Ally HID

Phoronix - Tue, 05/14/2024 - 21:36
The Human Interface Devices (HID) subsystem updates have been submitted for the newly-opened Linux 6.10 kernel merge window. Among the HID driver updates coming with Linux 6.10 are supporting the Steam Deck IMU motion sensors as well as HID coverage for the ASUS ROG Ally and ASUS ROG Z13 devices...

NVK Vulkan Driver Lands DRM Format Modifiers Support

Phoronix - Tue, 05/14/2024 - 20:18
After the 22 patches were under review for the past eight months, merged today is the NVK Vulkan driver support for the VK_EXT_image_drm_format_modifier extension for handling DRM format modifiers...

Zone Write Plugging Comes To Linux 6.10 For Better Performance

Phoronix - Tue, 05/14/2024 - 18:45
Along with the IO_uring improvements for Linux 6.10, the block subsystem changes have also been merged for this new kernel version...

Qualcomm Talks Up Their Linux Support For The Snapdragon X Elite

Phoronix - Tue, 05/14/2024 - 18:34
While much of the emphasis for Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite laptop SoC has been around Windows on Arm PCs, Qualcomm has also been working to have upstream Linux support for this high-end SoC and everything is coming together for said support...

Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT+ Now Available For $12 To Connect NVMe Drives & More

Phoronix - Tue, 05/14/2024 - 18:27
The Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT+ has finally launched for allowing M.2 devices like NVMe drives, WiFi adapters, accelerators, and more to be connected to the Raspberry Pi 5...

Manjaro 24.0 Released: Powered By Linux 6.9 & The Latest Desktops

Phoronix - Tue, 05/14/2024 - 18:14
Manjaro 24.0 has been released today as the newest version of this Arch Linux derived desktop OS. Manjaro 24.0 ships with the latest the newly-released Linux 6.9 kernel and a slew of other updated packages...

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