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Linux Device Trees For Cancelled Products? Don't "Waste Time"

Phoronix - Sat, 11/22/2025 - 22:44
Yesterday TUXEDO Computers cancelled their Snapdragon X Elite Linux laptop plans. In their announcement discontinuing work on this X1E Linux laptop, they said they would still upstream the Device Tree support to the mainline Linux kernel. Indeed they posted a new revision of their DT patches on Friday for the Linux kernel, but there is diminishing outlook that they will be accepted upstream for this cancelled product...

Algol 68 GCC Compiler Patches Updated With Modules System Added

Phoronix - Sat, 11/22/2025 - 19:57
Since the start of the new year, there have been patches being posted for proposing a new GCC compiler front-end for the half-century old Algol 68 programming language. Oracle engineer Jose Marchesi has been leading the Algol 68 effort for GCC and this weekend posted a new revision of the patches, which now includes a working modules system implementation...

Linux 6.18 To Enable Both Touchscreens On The AYANEO Flip DS Dual-Screen Handheld

Phoronix - Sat, 11/22/2025 - 19:47
Sent out today were a set of input subsystem fixes for the near-final Linux 6.18 kernel. A bit of a notable addition via this "fixes" pull is getting both touchscreens working on the AYANEO Flip DS, a dual-screen gaming handheld device that can be loaded up with Linux...

KDE Plasma 6.6 Will Provide A Much Better Experience For High Refresh Rate Displays

Phoronix - Sat, 11/22/2025 - 19:17
More features continue piling on for the KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop, including an important performance fix this week for those running displays with a higher than 60Hz refresh rate...

Nautilus File Manager In GNOME 50 Will Load Thumbnails Much Faster

Phoronix - Sat, 11/22/2025 - 09:53
Just last week GNOME's Nautilus file manager "GNOME Files" made headlines for finally supporting Ctrl+INsert and Shift+Insert while this week there is more activity worth pointing out. Nautilus in GNOME 50 will be loading thumbnail images much faster than in prior versions...

NVIDIA 580.94.11 Linux Driver Brings HDR Metadata Support

Phoronix - Sat, 11/22/2025 - 06:38
NVIDIA today issued the 580.94.11 driver release as their newest Vulkan beta driver for Linux customers. Most notable with this beta driver update is adding VK_EXT_hdr_metadata support...

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