NTSYNC Driver Ready For Enhancing Windows Gaming With Linux 6.14 Set to make the upcoming Linux 6.14 kernel cycle even more exciting is that it looks like the completed NTSYNC driver will be ready for merging. The NTSYNC driver enhances Wine / Proton (Steam Play) gaming by better matching the Windows NT synchronization primitives to allow for better gaming performance. The NTSYNC code has long been a work-in-progress but this week th…

NTSYNC Driver Ready For Enhancing Windows Gaming With Linux 6.14 - Phoronix

Set to make the upcoming Linux 6.14 kernel cycle even more exciting is that it looks like the completed NTSYNC driver will be ready for merging

Niri 25.01 Scrollable-Tiling Wayland Compositor Brings More Features Niri 25.01 was released on Saturday as the newest version of this scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor that has developed a nice following among enthusiasts...

Niri 25.01 Scrollable-Tiling Wayland Compositor Brings More Features - Phoronix

Niri 25.01 was released on Saturday as the newest version of this scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor that has developed a nice following among en...

Debian 12.9 Released With Various Security & Bug Fixes Debian 12.9 was just released as the latest install media refresh for those wishing to run the latest Debian 12 packages...

Debian 12.9 Released With Various Security & Bug Fixes - Phoronix

Debian 12.9 was just released as the latest install media refresh for those wishing to run the latest Debian 12 packages.

GNOME Image Viewer Now Editing JPEGs, Other GNOME 48 Progress GNOME 48 is moving along with the GNOME 48 Alpha packages due this weekend followed by the beta in early February. GNOME 48 is still making good progress in its goal to release on 19 March...

GNOME Image Viewer Now Editing JPEGs, Other GNOME 48 Progress - Phoronix

GNOME 48 is moving along with the GNOME 48 Alpha packages due this weekend followed by the beta in early February

KDE Plasma 6.3 Bringing A More Consistent Close Button, Other Last Minute Changes This week brought the KDE Plasma 6.3 beta as well as a number of last minute feature changes for this desktop update due for release in February...

KDE Plasma 6.3 Bringing A More Consistent Close Button, Other Last Minute Changes - Phoronix

This week brought the KDE Plasma 6.3 beta as well as a number of last minute feature changes for this desktop update due for release in February.

Blumenkrantz Boosts Zink Performance By 150% For Everspace, Possibly Helping Other Games Mike Blumenkrantz of Valve's Linux graphics driver team who is known for his work on the Zink generic OpenGL-on-Vulkan driver implementation has made another mighty round of improvements for helping the gaming performance...

Blumenkrantz Boosts Zink Performance By 150% For Everspace, Possibly Helping Other Games - Phoronix

Mike Blumenkrantz of Valve's Linux graphics driver team who is known for his work on the Zink generic OpenGL-on-Vulkan driver implementation h...

KDE Plasma 6.3 Beta Released With A Ton Of Improvements Ahead of the planned stable release next month, the beta version of Plasma 6.3 is out today for testing this next iteration of the KDE desktop...

KDE Plasma 6.3 Beta Released With A Ton Of Improvements - Phoronix

Ahead of the planned stable release next month, the beta version of Plasma 6.3 is out today for testing this next iteration of the KDE desktop.

Arch Linux User Repository Requires Packages To Support x86_64: No ARM-Only Software It turns out the Arch Linux User Repository "AUR" has a strict mandate that packages must be able to be built for the x86_64 CPU architecture. Software not supporting x86_64 like ARM-only software is not permitted for the common Arch Linux AUR repository...

Arch Linux User Repository Requires Packages To Support x86_64: No ARM-Only Software - Phoronix

It turns out the Arch Linux User Repository 'AUR' has a strict mandate that packages must be able to be built for the x86_64 CPU architec...

Lenovo Officially Announces The Legion Go S Handheld With SteamOS Following weeks of rumors, today at CES in Las Vegas as part of debuting other new wares, Lenovo introduced the Legion Go S handheld gaming console option that is officially licensed by Valve for SteamOS...

Lenovo Officially Announces The Legion Go S Handheld With SteamOS - Phoronix

Following weeks of rumors, today at CES in Las Vegas as part of debuting other new wares, Lenovo introduced the Legion Go S handheld gaming console...

GCC Goes For "libc Diversity" With Picolibc Support Keith Packard is known for his X.Org/X11 work over the course of many years but alongside other software projects he also maintains Picolibc as a C library designed for embedded 32-bit and 64-bit systems. Recently he sent out a patch for adding Picolibc support to the GCC compiler...

GCC Goes For "libc Diversity" With Picolibc Support - Phoronix

Keith Packard is known for his X.Org/X11 work over the course of many years but alongside other software projects he also maintains Picolibc as a C...