LLVM Moves To A Versioning Scheme Like GCC – N.1 Version For Stable Branch

Following discussions with upstream developers, LLVM is changing its versioning as part of the branch creation process to better distinguish mainline development builds of LLVM against those from stable (or soon to be stable) release branches…

Source: Phoronix – LLVM Moves To A Versioning Scheme Like GCC – N.1 Version For Stable Branch

KDE Developers Prepare For Christmas With More Bug Fixes & Qt 6 Porting

This week brought the second beta of KDE Plasma 6.0 along with KDE Gear and KDE Frameworks updates too. The holidays haven’t resulted in KDE development slowing down too much with still a number of bug fixes being merged this week and other minor enhancements…

Source: Phoronix – KDE Developers Prepare For Christmas With More Bug Fixes & Qt 6 Porting

Autoconf 2.72 Released With C23 Support, New Year 2038 Safety Option

For those still relying on GNU Autoconf for generating configure scripts for building/installing/packaging software rather than more modern alternatives like CMake and Meson, Autoconf 2.72 is out today as a nice holiday treat…

Source: Phoronix – Autoconf 2.72 Released With C23 Support, New Year 2038 Safety Option

Intel Is Hosting An Open-Source Community Survey For Developers

In helping to guide Intel’s open-source interests in 2024, the company is hosting an Open-Source Community Survey. Intel is looking for feedback from open-source developers and other community stakeholders about your principal interests and concerns…

Source: Phoronix – Intel Is Hosting An Open-Source Community Survey For Developers

Wayland-Proxy Load Balancer Helping Firefox Cope With Wayland Issues

With this week’s release of Firefox 121, Wayland is being used by default when encountering a native Wayland desktop. Shipping as part of Firefox 121 is wayland-proxy as a C++ module to serve as a Wayland proxy load balancer…

Source: Phoronix – Wayland-Proxy Load Balancer Helping Firefox Cope With Wayland Issues

Wayland-Proxy Load Balancer Helping Firefox Cope With Wayland Issues

With this week’s release of Firefox 121, Wayland is being used by default when encountering a native Wayland desktop. Shipping as part of Firefox 121 is wayland-proxy as a C++ module to serve as a Wayland proxy load balancer…

Source: Phoronix – Wayland-Proxy Load Balancer Helping Firefox Cope With Wayland Issues

Trying Out & Benchmarking The New Experimental Intel Xe Linux Graphics Driver

One of the new features to look forward to with the upcoming Linux 6.8 kernel cycle is the merging of the experimental “Xe” Intel kernel graphics driver. This driver has been in development for quite a while but has reached the state now at which Intel is comfortable with developing it further while in the mainline kernel tree.

Source: Phoronix – Trying Out & Benchmarking The New Experimental Intel Xe Linux Graphics Driver

Trying Out & Benchmarking The New Experimental Intel Xe Linux Graphics Driver

One of the new features to look forward to with the upcoming Linux 6.8 kernel cycle is the merging of the experimental “Xe” Intel kernel graphics driver. This driver has been in development for quite a while but has reached the state now at which Intel is comfortable with developing it further while in the mainline kernel tree.

Source: Phoronix – Trying Out & Benchmarking The New Experimental Intel Xe Linux Graphics Driver

ASRock Launches AI QuickSet Software For Linux

Here’s a pleasant Christmas present and one I certainly wasn’t expecting… Motherboard manufacturer ASRock has announced software for Linux! Well, not any motherboard management/configuration software for their desktop motherboards or anything like that but rather a Linux port of their AI QuickSet software that is intended to help users “experience AI in one click.”..

Source: Phoronix – ASRock Launches AI QuickSet Software For Linux

ASRock Launches AI QuickSet Software For Linux

Here’s a pleasant Christmas present and one I certainly wasn’t expecting… Motherboard manufacturer ASRock has announced software for Linux! Well, not any motherboard management/configuration software for their desktop motherboards or anything like that but rather a Linux port of their AI QuickSet software that is intended to help users “experience AI in one click.”..

Source: Phoronix – ASRock Launches AI QuickSet Software For Linux

Plymouth Boot Splash Screen Sees First Update In Nearly Two Years

One of the often overlooked pieces of the Linux desktop software stack is Plymouth that for the past 15 years or so has been providing a graphical boot splash screen that succeeded Red Hat’s former RHGB software or having no graphical boot splash screen at all on some Linux distributions. This week marked the first new release of Plymouth in nearly two years…

Source: Phoronix – Plymouth Boot Splash Screen Sees First Update In Nearly Two Years

Plymouth Boot Splash Screen Sees First Update In Nearly Two Years

One of the often overlooked pieces of the Linux desktop software stack is Plymouth that for the past 15 years or so has been providing a graphical boot splash screen that succeeded Red Hat’s former RHGB software or having no graphical boot splash screen at all on some Linux distributions. This week marked the first new release of Plymouth in nearly two years…

Source: Phoronix – Plymouth Boot Splash Screen Sees First Update In Nearly Two Years