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...

Intel Touch Host Controller Drivers Nearing The Mainline Linux Kernel For the past several months Intel Linux software engineers have been working on Intel Touch Host Controller drivers as an IP block on the PCH for handling touchscreen, touchpad, and related touch input devices. On Sunday the fourth iteration of these driver patches were sent out as these new Intel open-source drivers near the mainline Linux kernel...

Intel Touch Host Controller Drivers Nearing The Mainline Linux Kernel - Phoronix

For the past several months Intel Linux software engineers have been working on Intel Touch Host Controller drivers as an IP block on the PCH for h...

GNOME Now Has Refine As An Alternative To GNOME Tweaks, Phosh 0.44 Released There weren't too many changes this week for the GNOME project given the end of year holidays wrapping up and many taking time off. But This Week in GNOME is out with its newest issue to highlight the interesting desktop changes that did get made...

GNOME Now Has Refine As An Alternative To GNOME Tweaks, Phosh 0.44 Released - Phoronix

There weren't too many changes this week for the GNOME project given the end of year holidays wrapping up and many taking time off

systemd Saw A Record Number Of Commits In 2024 While systemd has been around for a decade and a half, it's showing no signs of slowing down for driving new innovations to Linux for this system and service manager...

systemd Saw A Record Number Of Commits In 2024 - Phoronix

While systemd has been around for a decade and a half, it's showing no signs of slowing down for driving new innovations to Linux for this sys...

X.Org Server Development Hit A Decade High For The Number Of Commits In 2024 To much surprise, the X.Org Server Git tree saw the most commits in 2024 going all the way back to 2014... While there were many more commits than in years prior, it's not a sign of resurgence for the X.Org Server with Wayland continuing to become the dominant force on the Linux desktop...

X.Org Server Development Hit A Decade High For The Number Of Commits In 2024 - Phoronix

To much surprise, the X.Org Server Git tree saw the most commits in 2024 going all the way back to 2014..

Arch Linux Had A Great Year With Valve's Continued Backing, EndeavourOS & CachyOS Boost The Arch Linux project appears to have enjoyed a rather robust and successful 2024 with Valve continuing to make use of it as a base for their SteamOS distribution and now engaging more with upstream Arch Linux. Downstreams like CachyOS, Manjaro, and EndeavourOS continue to make it an appealing choice for enthusiasts and gamers. And then the continued…

Arch Linux Had A Great Year With Valve's Continued Backing, EndeavourOS & CachyOS Boost - Phoronix

The Arch Linux project appears to have enjoyed a rather robust and successful 2024 with Valve continuing to make use of it as a base for their Stea...

Microsoft Continued With Many Linux & Open-Source Announcements In 2024 This year was another interesting year for Microsoft with continuing to make more of their software projects open-source, adding more Unix/Linux-like features to Windows, continuing to advance Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), keeping up with maintenance on their Azure Linux distribution, and other unexpected open-source/Linux surprises...

Microsoft Continued With Many Linux & Open-Source Announcements In 2024 - Phoronix

This year was another interesting year for Microsoft with continuing to make more of their software projects open-source, adding more Unix/Linux-li...

Xfce 4.20, COSMIC Alpha & LXQt 2 Led Alternative Open-Source Desktops In 2024 In addition to all the GNOME advancements and KDE excitement with shipping Plasma 6 this year, other alternative open-source desktop environments enjoyed much success too this year... System76's Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment for their Pop!_OS Linux distribution reached alpha form, Xfce 4.20 released earlier this month, LXQt 2.0 and 2.1 debuted, and other imp…

Xfce 4.20, COSMIC Alpha & LXQt 2 Led Alternative Open-Source Desktops In 2024 - Phoronix

In addition to all the GNOME advancements and KDE excitement with shipping Plasma 6 this year, other alternative open-source desktop environments e...