BED-Con 2024
BED-Con 2024 This was my first time at Berlin Expert Days. This conference is organized by the community for the community over two days. The venue is pretty cool with a modern exterior and slightly older interior and well sized for the conference. The...
Phoronix Premium Deal For Oktoberfest 2024
While there sadly the previously-annual Phoronix meet-up at Oktoberfest in Munich remains defunct, in honor of Oktoberfest 2024 kicking off today in Munich, it's time for the annual Phoronix Premium special. With the Oktoberfest sale you can go ad-free...
PDX + WCUS 2024: A Recap
WordCamp US (WCUS), North America's largest WordPress event, hosted over 1,500 attendees from around the world at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, from September 17 to 20.
SDL Now Prefers Vulkan Over Direct3D 12 On Windows
The SDL abstraction library commonly used by cross-platform games now prefers using Vulkan on Windows as its ideal graphics API. Direct3D 12 has been demoted lower in priority compared to Vulkan for this Simple DirectMedia Layer...
Apple working to fix iPadOS 18 bug that bricked M4 iPad Pro
As reported earlier this week, a number of users have reported their bricked after installing the iPadOS 18 update – which was released to the public on Monday. After pulling the update for the affected iPad models, Apple is now working on a fix. mor...
See Real-Time Power Consumption in Ubuntu’s Top Panel
If you’re looking for a no-fuss way to monitor real-time power consumption on your Ubuntu laptop, a new GNOME Shell extension makes it deliciously easy. “Why would I want to see energy usage?” – anyone asking that question probably ...
Show Power Consumption (in Watts) on Ubuntu’s Top Bar
If you’re looking for a no-fuss way to see real-time energy consumption on your Ubuntu laptop as you use it, a new GNOME Shell extension makes this deliciously easy. “Why would I want to see energy usage?” – anyone asking that quest...
