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NVIDIA RTX Remix 0.6 Brings CPU/GPU Performance Improvements
NVIDIA's RTX Remix software for remastering DirectX 8 and DirectX 9 era games is out with the newest version of the RTX-Remix runtime that is powered in part by DXVK for Direct3D to Vulkan mapping...
2024-12-03 05:34
PostgreSQL Finally Deprecates MD5 Passwords
While long overdue, the PostgreSQL database server has finally deprecated MD5 password support with its latest code...
2024-12-03 05:20
Last Call For This Year's Phoronix Premium Cyber Week Sale
If you would like to show your support this holiday season and enjoy the site ad-free, multi-page articles on a single page, and other benefits, today is the last day of the discounted rate on joining Phoronix Premium...
2024-12-03 05:07
Bits from the DPL
This is bits from DPL for November. MiniDebConf Toulouse I had the pleasure of attending the MiniDebConf in Toulouse, which featured a range of engaging talks, complementing those from the recent MiniDebConf in Cambridge. Both events were preceded by a...
2024-12-03 00:00
Cinnamon Desktop 6.4 Brings New Look, New Features
A new version of the Cinnamon desktop environment has been tagged for release – a sure-fire sign that the Linux Mint 22.1 beta is on the way! As the flagship desktop of Linux Mint, Cinnamon 6.4 will come preinstalled in Linux Mint 22.1 when it’s re...
2024-12-02 22:09
Cinnamon Desktop 6.4 Released with New Look
A new version of the Cinnamon desktop environment has been tagged for release – a sure-fire sign that the Linux Mint 22.1 beta is on the way! As the flagship desktop of Linux Mint, Cinnamon 6.4 will come preinstalled in Linux Mint 22.1 when it’s re...
2024-12-02 22:09
Join Canonical in Mumbai at HPE Discover More
Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is proud to sponsor HPE Discover More in Mumbai. Join us to learn how Canonical and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) can help you securely advance your business with comprehensive open source solutions that span fr...
2024-12-02 21:13
FreeBSD 14.2 Released With OpenZFS Upgrade, Installer Improvements
FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE is out today as a strong, incremental update to the FreeBSD 14 series...
2024-12-02 20:20
Canonical announces public beta of optimized Ubuntu image for Qualcomm IoT platforms
Today Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, and Qualcomm® Technologies announce the official beta launch of the very first optimized image of  Ubuntu for Qualcomm® IoT Platforms. Through this beta program, developers will be able to download and use U...
2024-12-02 16:50
Qt Creator 15 Open-Source IDE Released with Axivion Support, New Themes
Qt Creator 15 open-source IDE (Integrated Development Environment) is now available for download with Axivion support, new themes, and more. Here's what's new! The post Qt Creator 15 Open-Source IDE Released with Axivion Support, New Themes appeared fi...
2024-12-02 16:14
NVK, RADV, & Other Mesa Drivers Ready With Launch Day Vulkan 1.4 Support
Years ago when new OpenGL spec releases would occur, it could take months or years for the open-source Mesa drivers to catch-up in supporting the latest versions... Thankfully in the Vulkan space it continues to prove to be a very different story. As w...
2024-12-02 14:09
Mir 2.19 Released With Atomic KMS Platform Support, New Wayland Protocols
Mir 2.19 is out today as the newest version of this Ubuntu/Canonical project making it easier for other desktops/environments to embrace Wayland support. This set of libraries for building Wayland-based shells has added a few new features with today's ...
2024-12-02 13:51
Vulkan 1.4 Released With More Extensions Mandated, Better 8K Rendering
As a lovely early Christmas present, The Khronos Group used SIGGRAPH Asia today for announcing the Vulkan 1.4 specification release...
2024-12-02 12:00
Industrial cybersecurity: the journey towards IEC 62443 compliance
Industrial cybersecurity is on every CISO’s mind as manufacturers strive to integrate their IT and OT operations to drive efficiency and productivity. However, with increased connectivity comes heightened risk. This means that securing devices, netwo...
2024-12-02 11:08
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: December 1st, 2024
The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for December 1st, 2024, brings news about Linux 6.13 Release Candidate, Cinnamon 6.4, Firefox 133, Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5, elementary OS 8, Firefox 134 beta, KDE Plasma 6.2.4, Ubuntu Touch OTA-7, Armbian 24.11, NixOS...
2024-12-02 10:43
AMD Per-Core Energy Counter Support Slated For Linux 6.14
While the Linux 6.13 merge window just closed yesterday in landing all of the new features and functionality for that first kernel version of 2025, already for the Linux 6.14 kernel cycle to follow a feature was queued up early this morning in a TIP br...
2024-12-02 10:00
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger Retires
While Intel has been under much financial difficulties and as they pursue their build out of new fabs to better compete with TSMC, to much surprise Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired effective today...
2024-12-02 08:47
Qt 6.8.1 Toolkit Released With 550+ Bug Fixes
Building off the early October release of Qt 6.8 LTS, Qt 6.8.1 is out today with more than 550 fixes collected over the past two months...
2024-12-02 08:27
Fedora Linux Flatpak cool apps to try for December
This article introduces projects available in Flathub with installation instructions. Flathub is the place to get and distribute apps for all of Linux. It is powered by Flatpak, allowing Flathub apps to run on almost any Linux distribution. Please rea...
2024-12-02 08:00
Vulkan Video Now Enabled By Default For Radeon VCN2/VCN3 Hardware On Linux
An exciting merge today for the Radeon "RADV" Vulkan driver with next quarter's Mesa 25.0 is enabling Vulkan Video API support by default for AMD graphics having VCN 2.x and VCN 3.x hardware...
2024-12-02 07:00