Vivaldi Web Browser is Now Available as a Snap
Vivaldi web browser has arrived on the Canonical Snap Store, officially. This Chromium-based web browser has long been available on Linux, offering a traditional DEB installer for Ubuntu users (which adds an APT repo for subsequent updates). And while ...
Zorin OS 17.2 Released with New Appearance Options, Linux Kernel
Zorin OS 17.2 is now available for download, bringing users of the Ubuntu-based Linux distribution a welcome set of improvements and updates. The latest major release in the Zorin OS 17 series, which is based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, is described by the Zo...
Zorin OS 17.2 Released, Powered by Linux Kernel 6.8
Zorin OS 17.2 is available to download, bringing users a welcome set of enhancements. The latest release in the Zorin OS 17 series, still based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, is described by the team as the “most capable, customisable, and compatible versi...
Wow! Microsoft DirectX Adopting SPIR-V Moving Forward
Well this is a hell of a surprise... Microsoft announced today that DirectX will be adopting SPIR-V as the interchange format of the future. Microsoft's DirectX 12 will accept shaders compiled to SPIR-V, the intermediate representation defined by The K...
AMD AGESA PI 1.2.0.2 Performance With The Ryzen 9 9950X On Linux
There has been a lot of talk the past few days over the AMD AGESA PI 1.2.0.2 update that has begun rolling out to AMD AM5 motherboards with BIOS updates. The AGESA 1.2.0.2 is said to improve inter-core latency for Ryzen 9000 "Zen 5" processors when cor...
The Best New Features in Ubuntu 24.10
Ubuntu 24.10 ‘Oracular Oriole’ is released on October 13th, and as you’d expect from a new version of Ubuntu, it’s packed with new features. As a short-term release, Ubuntu 24.10 gets 9 months of ongoing updates, security patch...
