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D7VK 1.2 Released For Improving Direct3D 6 Front-End Started last year was D7VK as a project bringing Direct3D 7 implemented over the Vulkan API for enjoying better performance and support for legacy Windows games on Linux, akin to DXVK and VKD3D-Proton for newer versions of Direct3D over Vulkan that is used by Valve's Steam Play (Proton). Back in December D7VK added a Direct3D 6 front-end for allowing even older game titles to be accelerated using the modern Vulkan API…

D7VK 1.2 Released For Improving Direct3D 6 Front-End - Phoronix

Started last year was D7VK as a project bringing Direct3D 7 implemented over the Vulkan API for enjoying better performance and support for legacy ...

Another RADV Ray-Tracing Merge Lands Some Additional Gains For Mesa 26.0 Separate from the Mesa merge request talked about earlier today for new RADV code that can deliver 10x faster ray-tracing pipeline compilation for this open-source Radeon Vulkan driver, another merge request landed today in Mesa 26.0 that was also carried out by Valve contractor Natalie Vock. That second merge request now in Mesa 26.0 delivers some additional gains for at least some ray-tracing gam…

Another RADV Ray-Tracing Merge Lands Some Additional Gains For Mesa 26.0 - Phoronix

Separate from the Mesa merge request talked about earlier today for new RADV code that can deliver 10x faster ray-tracing pipeline compilation for ...

GRUB 2.14 Bootloader Released With EROFS Support, Shim Loader Protocol More than two years after the release of GRUB 2.12, GRUB 2.14 shipped today as the newest feature release of this widely-used bootloader on Linux systems and elsewhere...

GRUB 2.14 Bootloader Released With EROFS Support, Shim Loader Protocol - Phoronix

More than two years after the release of GRUB 2.12, GRUB 2.14 shipped today as the newest feature release of this widely-used bootloader on Linux s...

Fedora Games Lab Approved To Switch To KDE Plasma, Become A Better Linux Gaming Showcase Back in December we reported on drafted plans for revitalizing Fedora Games Lab to be a modern Linux gaming showcase. This Fedora Labs initiative has featured some open-source games paired with an Xfce desktop while moving forward they are looking to better position it as a modern Linux gaming showcase...

Fedora Games Lab Approved To Switch To KDE Plasma, Become A Better Linux Gaming Showcase - Phoronix

Back in December we reported on drafted plans for revitalizing Fedora Games Lab to be a modern Linux gaming showcase