FFmpeg Lands Initial Support For JPEG-XS The widely-used FFmpeg open-source multimedia library has merged initial support for JPEG-XS...

FFmpeg Lands Initial Support For JPEG-XS - Phoronix

The widely-used FFmpeg open-source multimedia library has merged initial support for JPEG-XS.

Exciting Laptop & Gaming Handheld Device Improvements Merged For Linux 6.19 Merged during this second week of the Linux 6.19 feature merge window were the many x86 platform driver changes. As usual, much of the x86 platform driver activity surrounds bettering Linux hardware laptop support but also a growing number of handheld computers / gaming devices...

Exciting Laptop & Gaming Handheld Device Improvements Merged For Linux 6.19 - Phoronix

Merged during this second week of the Linux 6.19 feature merge window were the many x86 platform driver changes

New Rule Forbids GNOME Shell Extensions Made Using AI Generated Code The GNOME.org Extensions hosting for GNOME Shell extensions will no longer accept new contributions with AI-generated code. A new rule has been added to their review guidelines to forbid AI-generated code...

New Rule Forbids GNOME Shell Extensions Made Using AI Generated Code - Phoronix

The GNOME.org Extensions hosting for GNOME Shell extensions will no longer accept new contributions with AI-generated code

KDE Plasma 6.6 Will Finally Support Proper Screen Mirroring On Wayland It's an exciting week in KDE Plasma development land ahead of the holidays. Plasma 6.6 continues tacking on more feature work for Wayland...

KDE Plasma 6.6 Will Finally Support Proper Screen Mirroring On Wayland - Phoronix

It's an exciting week in KDE Plasma development land ahead of the holidays

Linux Patches Fix eMMC Secure Erase Of 1GB Taking ~10 Minutes To Now Just 2 Seconds A new patch series from an NXP engineer optimizes the secure erase performance for certain Kingston eMMC devices. Currently with the Linux kernel performing a secure erase on 1GB of data can take around ten minutes. With these new patches that 1GB secure erase can be done in around two seconds...

Linux Patches Fix eMMC Secure Erase Of 1GB Taking ~10 Minutes To Now Just 2 Seconds - Phoronix

A new patch series from an NXP engineer optimizes the secure erase performance for certain Kingston eMMC devices

Vulkan 1.4.336 Released With NVIDIA Compute Occupancy Priority Extension Vulkan 1.4.336 is out today as the first spec update in two weeks for this high performance graphics and compute API...

Vulkan 1.4.336 Released With NVIDIA Compute Occupancy Priority Extension - Phoronix

Vulkan 1.4.336 is out today as the first spec update in two weeks for this high performance graphics and compute API.

Ubuntu Studio 26.04 May Modernize Its Desktop Layout Ubuntu Studio is the variant of Ubuntu Linux focused on content creation and audio recording needs, video editing, and other creative workloads. Ubuntu Studio's desktop hasn't seen too many changes since Ubuntu 12.04 LTS some 13+ years ago. But Ubuntu Studio developers are now considering desktop layout changes to help modernize its appearance...

Ubuntu Studio 26.04 May Modernize Its Desktop Layout - Phoronix

Ubuntu Studio is the variant of Ubuntu Linux focused on content creation and audio recording needs, video editing, and other creative workloads

D7VK 1.0 Released For "Production Ready" Direct3D 7 On Vulkan The D7VK project recently started as the Direct3D 7 API implemented atop the Vulkan API akin to DXVK and VKD3D-Proton with newer versions of Microsoft Direct3D. Today marks the D7VK 1.0 release for this project in now declaring itself "production ready" for Linux gamers...

D7VK 1.0 Released For "Production Ready" Direct3D 7 On Vulkan - Phoronix

The D7VK project recently started as the Direct3D 7 API implemented atop the Vulkan API akin to DXVK and VKD3D-Proton with newer versions of Micros...

NVIDIA GTX 980 Through RTX 5080: Open-Source Nouveau/Mesa Drivers vs. NVIDIA 580 Linux Drivers With the NVIDIA 590 Linux driver series removing GeForce 900 series "Maxwell" and GeForce 10 series "Pascal" as part of punting it off to the latest legacy driver branch, it's time for a last look at how the mainline NVIDIA Linux driver is performing with these aging graphics cards relative to the current state of the upstream open-source NVIDIA L…

NVIDIA GTX 980 Through RTX 5080: Open-Source Nouveau/Mesa Drivers vs. NVIDIA 580 Linux Drivers - Phoronix

With the NVIDIA 590 Linux driver series removing GeForce 900 series 'Maxwell' and GeForce 10 series 'Pascal' as part of punting...

LibreOffice 26.2 Beta 1 Now Available For This Free Software Office Suite LibreOffice 26.2 Beta 1 is now available for testing in working toward the stable release in February for this cross-platform, open-source office suite solution...

LibreOffice 26.2 Beta 1 Now Available For This Free Software Office Suite - Phoronix

LibreOffice 26.2 Beta 1 is now available for testing in working toward the stable release in February for this cross-platform, open-source office s...