GNU Coreutils 9.6 Released With Changes For POSIX 2024, More AVX2 & AVX-512 Use GNU Coreutils 9.6 released today as the updated version of these core utilities common to Linux systems and elsewhere... https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Coreutils-9.6 image
Vulkan 1.4.305 Published With Three New Extensions Vulkan 1.4.305 has been published as the newest version of the Vulkan API specification for high performance graphics and compute... https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vulkan-1.4.305-Released image
Linux 6.14 To Add Support For SpacemiT's "Energy Efficient AI" RISC-V CPUs The upcoming Linux 6.14 kernel is poised to introduce initial support for SpacemiT platforms, the Chinese computing chip company developing "next-generation RISC-V high-performance CPUs." For this next Linux kernel release the SpaceMiT Key Stone K1 octa-core RISC-V AI CPU with SpacemiT X60 cores will see support... https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.14-SpaceMiT-RISC-V-CPUs image
The Most Exciting Kernel Optimizations, New Hardware Support & Other Linux 6.13 Features With Linus Torvalds expected to release Linux 6.13 stable this coming Sunday, 19 January, here's a reminder about the most exciting features, performance optimizations, and new hardware support arriving for this first major kernel release of 2025... https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.13-Features-Reminder image
Fedora KDE Plasma Edition Aims To Appeal To Multimedia Enthusiasts & Content Creators Back in November it was decided that the Fedora KDE Desktop Spin would be promoted to the same tier as the GNOME-based Fedora Workstation. Fedora KDE as an "Edition" status for Fedora 42 will now be on the same level as Fedora Workstation Edition. More details on those Fedora KDE Edition plans have now come to light... https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-KDE-Edition-Plan image
GNOME 48 Desktop Introducing An Official Audio Player: Decibels The modern GNOME desktop hasn't had a core application to playback audio files although many different audio/multimedia players exist. But now for the upcoming GNOME 48 desktop release, there is now a promoted core app for audio playback: Decibels... https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-48-Decibels-Audio-Player image
Haiku OS Gets The Iceweasel Web Browser Up & Running The BeOS-inspired Haiku open-source operating system has published their latest monthly development report. During December they worked on a number of features and fixes as well as getting a modern web browser up and running... https://www.phoronix.com/news/Haiku-Gets-Iceweasel-Browser image
GNOME Shell 48 Alpha Introduces Screen Time / Health Breaks, Mutter 48 Alpha Out Too The "48.alpha" releases of GNOME Shell and Mutter were tagged on Sunday for this week's release of the GNOME 48 Alpha in leading up to the GNOME 48.0 stable release in mid-March... https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Shell-Muter-48-Alpha image
DXVK 2.5.3 Brings More Fixes For Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 On Vulkan Philip Rebohle working for Valve has just released DXVK 2.5.3 as the newest update to this Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 implementation over the Vulkan API that is used for enjoying older Windows games on Linux... https://www.phoronix.com/news/DXVK-2.5.3-Released image
Hyprland Wayland Compositor Lands HDR / Color Management Support Hyprland is now the latest Wayland compositor supporting the color management protocols and allowing High Dynamic Range (HDR) color support with capable displays... https://www.phoronix.com/news/Hyprland-HDR-Color-Management image