Mesa's NVK open-source NVIDIA Vulkan driver now has mesh shader support as another significant step forward for this driver in being able to handle modern Linux gaming and other workloads.

VK_EXT_mesh_shader is the cross-vendor mesh shader extension for replacing the traditional pipeline with two new programmable stages for task shaders and mesh shaders.

The mesh shader support for the NVK driver and NAK compiler back-end has been on their TODO list since 2023 while only today realized in Mesa Git.

Canonical today released Mir 2.27 as the latest version of this set of compositor libraries for easily building Wayland-based shells on Linux and fitting into the Ubuntu Linux paradigm.

Mir now implements org_kde_kwin_server_decoration as another way for clients to request server-side or client-side decorations.

Mir 2.27 also now supports EGL_TEXTURE_EXTERNAL_WL as needed for devices running libhybris-based operating systems with their EGL driver stack.

There are also many Wayland Rust

ASUS ZenVision is a feature of some ASUS laptops like the Zenbook 14X OLED Space Edition where there is a 3.5-inch monochrome screen embedded into the top lid of the laptop. From this mini display embedded into the top lid of the laptop it's possible to display animated themes, show the current date/time, battery status, or customized messages and the like. The practicality is rather limited as primarily it's for showing off to people around you besides when your laptop lid is closed

Some of the latest feature work for the Rust and Wayland based COSMIC desktop environment is on creating their new "Frosted Glass" appearance. It's getting closer to release and giving off Windows Aero vibes for that design language from the Windows Vista days.

System76 CEO Carl Richell shared on X yesterday that COSMIC Frosted Glass is "getting closer" with plans to make the effect subtle by default but can be made glassier depending on user preference. Or, disabled outright.

Here are some of the latest development screenshots

Shotcut 26.6 is now available in beta form as this latest feature update for this popular, open-source and cross platform video editor.

Shotcut 26.6 is introducing basic support for OpenFX plug-ins as well as VST2 audio plug-ins. In addition, there is a new "safe mode" and the ability to leave safe mode, for if Shotcut is crashing within 30 seconds of start-up. The safe mode is loading Shotcut without the OpenFX or VST2 plug-

There are nine new security vulnerabilities impacting the X.Org Server as well as the XWayland component. Yep, more than a decade after X.Org Server security issues began coming to light with a security research acknowledging it's a disaster and "it's worse than it looks" , it continues holding true.

These latest security vulnerabilities were uncovered using AI... In particular, Trend Micro's TrendAI Zero Day Initiative. TrendAI found eight of the nine vulnerabilities made public today with longtime X.Org

Ahead of Intel Diamond Rapids server processors launching in 2027 , the Linux kernel continues getting into shape for these next-gen Xeon processors. The latest enablement work taking place for Diamond Rapids is readying the Error Detection And Correction (EDAC) driver support for propagating memory errors/correction information under Linux.

With Diamond Rapids' Retry Read Error Log "RRL" it now operates at a sub memory channel granularity and thus the Intel EDAC driver code had to be restructured. Over the course of several patches queued into

Intel open-source software engineers have been busy beginning to prepare their upstream IWLWIFI wireless driver in the Linux kernel for supporting their next-gen WiFi adapters supporting the WiFi 8 "Ultra High Reliability" standard.

Intel has a big update to their IWLWIFI driver slated for the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel as they continue work on preparing this driver for their upcoming products that will feature WiFi 8 Ultra High Reliability (UHR) capabilities.