Linux 2.6.32-rc4 Brings A Huge, Bloated Driver
phoronix.com — As another Sunday release, Linus has made the Linux 2.6.32-rc4 kernel release. 60% of the patch for this release is the result of the addition of a single new SCSI FC driver. Linus refers to this SCSI driver as being "huge and bloated", but he has vowed not to merge "drivers-from-hell" anymore. (Submitted by SirPopper) More...
Linux : WINE 1.1.21 Starts On Shader Model 4 Support.
phoronix.com — The release two weeks ago of WINE 1.1.20 brought some cleaner Direct3D code, but there really was not much to get overly excited about. The release of WINE 1.1.21, however, is different. With the release today of WINE 1.1.21, work is now underway in supporting Shader Model 4.0 in this open-source project atop Linux and other operating systems. (Submitted by greenx) More...
Fedora 11 Preview
phoronix.com — Red Hat is expecting to deliver the final release of Fedora 11 in just less than one month, but today they have offered up a preview build of this next open-source Linux distribution update that is known as Leonidas. This afternoon we have screenshots of the Fedora 11 Preview release along with information on some of the changes. (Submitted by motang) More...
Will Ubuntu 9.04 Be Jauntily Fast?
phoronix.com — When announcing Ubuntu 9.04, the Jaunty Jackalope, Mark Shuttleworth had hoped to make this next Ubuntu Linux release perform better and to boot "blindingly quick", in particular with Ubuntu beginning to appear on more mobile devices. Well, with Alpha 4 have been released earlier this month, are Canonical developers and the community in the right d (Submitted by SirPopper) More...
Intel On Rebuilding The X.Org Linux Desktop
phoronix.com — At FOSDEM 2009 in Keith Packard's talk on the rebuilt Linux desktop, he shared the progress made in composited 3D, monitor auto-plugging, 2D/3D/media shared objects, kernel mode-setting, and kernel-based 2D drawing. Allowing these problems to be addressed was the Graphics Execution Manager for kernel memory management. The Graphics Execution Manage (Submitted by SirPopper) More...
Ubuntu, Linux Mint, & gOS Benchmarks [Web 2.0, WINE, Gears]
phoronix.com — gOS and Linux Mint are two of the many Linux distributions based upon Ubuntu, but they provide their own spin of things. gOS, for instance, ships with WINE and Google Gears by default and focuses upon providing an easy and rich experienced catered around Web 2.0 services. Linux Mint ships with its own set of customizations and its focus is on ... (Submitted by SirPopper) More...
Intel Graphics Regressions In Ubuntu 9.04?
phoronix.com — A month ago we compared Intel's graphics performance between Ubuntu 8.10 and the latest Ubuntu 9.04 daily snapshot at the time. With those tests we found Intel's performance had degraded significantly. However, with many new graphics packages having been released since then, we have carried out some additional tests this morning to look at where .. (Submitted by SirPopper) More...
Btrfs File-System For The Mainline Linux Kernel
phoronix.com — Chris Mason, the founder of the Btrfs file-system, had previously stated he hoped to merge the first bits of this much-improved Linux file-system into the Linux 2.6.29 kernel. With the 2.6.29 merge window still open, earlier this week he started a new thread entitled Btrfs for mainline. (Submitted by SirPopper) More...
First There Was Compiz, Now There Is Compiz++
phoronix.com — First there was Compiz, a compositing window manager that brought very interesting desktop effects to Linux , and then Beryl came about as a fork of Compiz before it ultimately turned into Compiz Fusion. Today though, on Christmas eve, the world can now meet Compiz++. (Submitted by pavelmah) More...
AMD Linux 2008 Year in Review
phoronix.com — Last year when publishing our AMD Year in Review article there were numerous new features to account for, including but not limited to the new OpenGL driver, support for Compiz, and the AMD Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition. This year has been another interesting year for AMD's Linux efforts on both the open and closed fronts. We are focusing o (Submitted by upick) More...
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