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X.Org Server Change Allows GLAMOR To Fallback To Software Rendering For Obsolete GPUs

Phoronix - Thu, 04/11/2024 - 23:20
For those trying to use the X.Org Server's GLAMOR accelerated 2D rendering on legacy/obsolete GPUs, there's now a fallback in place to allow software rendering to work when encountering crippled hardware...

GCC 14 Compiler Adds AArch64 GNU/Hurd Support

Phoronix - Thu, 04/11/2024 - 22:27
While GNU Hurd continues having a tough time on x86 support and GNU Hurd x86_64 is being worked toward, the GCC 14 compiler has been working on compiler toolchain support for GNU Hurd AArch64...

Ubuntu 24.04 Beta Now Available For Testing

Phoronix - Thu, 04/11/2024 - 22:10
The Ubuntu 24.04 beta release is now available for testing ahead of the official release later this month for this new Long Term Support release of Ubuntu Linux...

Open-Source Radeon Driver Enables Support For Vulkan Video H.264/H.265 Encode

Phoronix - Thu, 04/11/2024 - 18:51
The open-source Radeon Vulkan driver within Mesa, RADV, has merged its support for handling Vulkan Video accelerated encoding for H.264 and H.265...

Wayland 1.23 Planned For Release Around The End Of May

Phoronix - Thu, 04/11/2024 - 18:36
Wayland 1.22 released at the start of April 2023 while now Wayland 1.23 is taking shape as the next version of this core Wayland code...

Bcachefs Sees More Fixes For Linux 6.9-rc4, Reiterates Its Experimental Nature

Phoronix - Thu, 04/11/2024 - 18:23
Last week Bcachefs' repair code was largely completed and in good shape for merging with the Linux 6.9-rc3 kernel. Bcachefs patches last week amounted to about one third of the kernel changes for the week. This week is a new round of fixes to further stabilize the experimental file-system...

Lutris 0.5.17 Game Manager Brings Bug Fixes, Library Syncing & New Runners

Phoronix - Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:21
A new release of Lutris is now available, the open-source game manager that's popular with Linux gamers and enthusiasts for managing games from Steam, GOG, a number of retro game consoles and emulators, and other sources from one convenient UI...

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