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GIMP 3.0.8 Released In Advance Of GIMP 3.2
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (131+ words) While the GIMP 3.2 release is expected out soon, GIMP 3.0.8 is available tonight as what could end up being the last set of bug fixes for GIMP 3.0... - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating…...
DXVK-NVAPI 0.9.1 Released With New Override & Improvements
10+ hour ago (154+ words) DXVK-NVAPI 0.9.1 is out today as this NVIDIA NVAPI implementation that is used by Valve's Steam Play (Proton) with DXVK and VKD3D-Proton. This is the important piece of the Steam Play puzzle to allow for NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex, PhysX, and…...
A Decade In The Making, Time Slice Extension Could Be Merged For Linux 7.0
12+ hour, 34+ min ago (165+ words) With the upcoming Linux 6.20~7.0 kernel cycle it looks like the time slice extension work could finally been merged, which has seen various attempts over the past decade. Time slice extension for the Linux kernel implemented using Restartable Sequences "RSEQ" allows…...
AMD Releases MLIR-AIE 1.2 Compiler Toolchain For Targeting Ryzen AI NPUs
15+ hour, 2+ min ago (143+ words) In addition to AMD releasing the Ryzen AI Software 1.7 release on Friday, they also published a new version of their MLIR-AIE compiler toolchain for targeting AMD Ryzen AI NPU devices with this LLVM-based MLIR-focused stack... - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics…...
AMDGPU Driver Reverts Code For A Number Of Regressions On Linux 6.19
15+ hour, 49+ min ago (134+ words) Merged on Friday as part of this week's DRM kernel graphics driver fixes for the week is addressing a regression affecting many different users with the Linux 6.19 development kernel... - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors…...
GNOME's AI Assistant Newelle Adds Llama.cpp Support, Command Execution Tool
16+ hour, 5+ min ago (159+ words) Newlle as a virtual AI assistant for the GNOME desktop with API integration for Google Gemini, OpenAI, Groq, and also local LLMs is out with a new release. Newelle has been steadily expanding its AI integration and capabilities and with…...
ASUS Armoury Driver For Linux 6.19 Picks Up Support For More ASUS Laptops
16+ hour, 32+ min ago (200+ words) A new driver in the Linux 6.19 kernel is the ASUS Armoury driver for supporting additional functionality with the ROG Ally gaming handhelds and other ASUS ROG gaming hardware like their laptops. The ASUS Armoury driver builds off the existing ASUS…...
KDE Plasma Saw At Least 9 Crash Fixes This Week
22+ hour, 25+ min ago (133+ words) KDE Plasma 6.6 feature development work continues winding down while Plasma 6.7 has begun seeing more feature work. This week also saw at least nine different crash fixes affecting Plasma/KWin... - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors…...
Firmware Upstreamed For Audio Support With Upcoming Dell & Lenovo Panther Lake Laptops
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (138+ words) Similar to the new Intel IPU 7.5 firmware upstreamed for Panther Lake this week, Cirrus has upstreamed their CS42L45 codec firmware for upcoming Dell and Lenovo laptops making use of this audio codec... - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory…...
Linux 6.19 Scheduler Feature Being Disabled Due To Performance Regressions
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (148+ words) Queued into tip/tip.git's "sched/urgent" Git branch today is a patch to disable the kernel scheduler's NEXT_BUDDY functionality that was re-implemented back during the Linux 6.19 merge window. It turns out to cause some performance regressions that have yet to…...