The initial Apple M3 hardware debuted back in
Apple M3 Progress On Linux: Asahi Can Boot To KDE Desktop - But No GPU Acceleration Yet
The initial Apple M3 hardware debuted back in
New Intel Linux Driver Workaround Halves Initial Game Load Time For MHW
The new
GStreamer 1.28 Released With More Rust Code
With the GStreamer 1.28 feature release there is continued work from recent releases of writing more functionality in the Rust programming language for its memory safety guarantees. New Rust code in GStreamer 1.28 includes a burn-based YOLOX inference element and a YOLOX tensor decoder, an audio source separation element, a new GIF decoder element, and an Icecastsink element with AAC support
GStreamer 1
GNU C Library Moving From Sourceware To Linux Foundation Hosted CTI
In order to better meet the needs of Glibc development and the GNU Toolchain at large, they are moving to the LF/CTI-hosted infrastructure for security, robustness, and sustainable infrastructure.
Migrating to CTI hosted by Linux Foundation IT will provide a robust and secured mirrored Git repository, more robust CI/CD
KDE Plasma 6.6 Beta 2 Released For Testing
New modules with Plasma 6.6 include the Plasma Login Manager, Plasma Keyboard, and Plasma Setup. All three additions are nice, especially Plasma Login Manager as the new SDDM alternative as a modern log-in/display manager that is already being eyed by Fedora KDE and
Google Axion CPU Performance With The New Google Cloud N4A Instances
Back in 2024 Google rolled out their Axion in-house ARM processors with the Google Cloud C4A instance type . Today they are expanding their Axion offerings in Google Cloud with the N4A instances now out of preview. The Google Cloud N4A instances are designed for scale-out web servers and microservices, containerized applications, back-end application services, databases, data analytics, and cost-effective development/staging/testing environments.
Google Cloud N4A instances have been in preview
Systemd Founder Lennart Poettering Announces Amutable Company
The announcement of Amutable on the company's new website, Amutable.com , elaborates on this new firm as:
"Today’s infrastructure approaches security reactively. Software agents watch for vulnerabilities and intrusions; attackers refine their evasion
TigerVNC 1.16 Released With "w0vncserver" For Sharing Wayland Desktop Sessions
The w0vncserver allows for sharing local Wayland display support that is akin to TigerVNC's x0vncserver but for native Wayland. The w0vncserver makes use of the org.freedesktop.portal.RemoteDesktop and org.freedesktop.portal.ScreenCast portals for working with the likes
Zlib-rs Declares A Stable & Complete API For This Rust-Based Zlib Implementation
Zlib-rs developers with the Trifecta Tech Foundation have announced their Zlib implementation to now have a stable and complete API:
"Since the first release in April 2024, zlib-rs has come a long way. It has seen major adoption over the last year, and, we're proud to say, is now feature complete. We'
Xfwl4 Being Developed As New Wayland Compositor For Xfce
Xfce is developing Xfwl4 as "an important investment in Xfce's future" with the plans being for Xfwl4 to have the same functionality and behavior as Xfwm4 for feature parity between X11 and Wayland.
Xfwl4 is being developed in the Rust programming language and not based on existing Xfwm4 code. Xfwl4 will rely on Smithay to help in constructing