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GNOME File Previewer Finally Switches TO GTK4, Adds Dark Mode
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (212+ words) GNOME Sushi as the file previewer component for the GNOME Files (Nautilus) file manager has now been adapted to make use of GTK4 as well as delivering other enhancements for a nicer file previewing experience on GNOME. .. - Categories Computers Display Drivers…...
GNU Gets Back Into Nutrition Software After 14 Year Hiatus
7+ hour, 22+ min ago (195+ words) For those looking for open-source food nutrition software, GNU's GNUtrition has seen its first new release in 14 years. .. - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals GNU Gets Back Into Nutrition Software…...
Linux DRM Ioctl Developed By AMD Being Disabled Following Ongoing Security Issue
17+ hour, 6+ min ago (240+ words) It's unfortunately another busy week in the Linux 7. 1 kernel space with not everything slowing down so well, late in the cycle and leading to the upcoming 7. 1 stable release. This week's DRM pull request of kernel graphics/accelerator drivers is again…...
Ubuntu 26. 10 To Begin Laying Foundation For Context-Aware Desktop, Other New Features
21+ hour, 56+ min ago (235+ words) Jean Baptiste Lallement of the Canonical Desktop Team today posted a roadmap of many development items they are hoping to tackle for Ubuntu 26. 10 due out in October. Some of these desktop plans are more ambitious and will take multiple release…...
Vulkan 1. 4. 353 Released With Three New Extensions
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (208+ words) After three weeks without any Vulkan API spec updates, Vulkan 1. 4. 353 was released today to deliver the latest documentation updates for this high performance graphics/compute API as well as introducing three new extensions. .. - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux…...
Benchmarking The BORE Scheduler Performance With Cachy OS Linux
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (97+ words) Phoronix Benchmarking The BORE Scheduler Performance With Cachy OS Linux: Earlier this week I ran benchmarks of different Cachy OS Linux kernel flavors that proved interesting from the performance overhead of their hardened kernel build to various other interesting performancr…...
Blender 5. 2 LTS Enters Beta With New Features
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (182+ words) Phoronix - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals Blender 5. 2 LTS Enters Beta With New Features Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix. com and founded the site in 2004 with a…...
LLVM To Begin Offering Zstd-Compressed Binaries For "Significantly Reduced" Downloads
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (209+ words) The LLVM project will begin offering Zstd-compressed archives of their binaries in addition to the existing XZ-compressed releases. LLVM developers are finding Zstd working out great with "significantly reduced" download sizes. .. - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory…...
Widely-Used libinput Updated Due To Arbitrary Root Code Execution
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (212+ words) The libinput input handling library used by both X. Org and Wayland environments on modern Linux desktops is out with a new security fix release. A new vulnerability is now public allowing for arbitrary root code execution. .. - Categories Computers Display Drivers…...
New "KRAID" Compiler Merged To Mesa For Panfrost/Pan VK Drivers
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (214+ words) As a follow-up to the article last week about KRAID as a new compiler for modern Arm Mali graphics, that initial code has now been merged to Mesa 26. 2 for benefiting the Panfrost and Pan VK open-source drivers. .. - Categories Computers Display…...