Linux NewsKDE Plasma 6.7.5 Brings More KWin and Wayland Fixes
KDE Plasma 6.7.5 is now available with fixes for KWin, Discover, Plasma NetworkManager, Spectacle, Klipper, and more.
KDE Plasma 6.7.5 Desktop Environment Is Out with Many Improvements and Fixes
KDE Plasma 6.7.5 is now available as the fifth maintenance update to the KDE Plasma 6.7 desktop environment series with more improvements and bug fixes.
The Linux Kernel Planning To Remove Around ~55k Lines Of Old ARM Platform Code
For the current Linux 7.3 kernel many older 32-bit ARM platforms are deprecated and in turn orphaning hundreds of drivers only relevant to those out-of-date ARM platforms. The removal of that now deprecated code is planned for the next kernel cycle or two...
Arduino Uno Q - LED Matrix - Rain
I covered the basics of the Arduino Uno Q, but I very much wanted to experiment with the LED Matrix. The LED Matrix is an 8 by 13 grid of LEDs that are blue. I won't get into how long it took me to get a single LED to light up, but it was definitely longer than it should have been. It took a while to get it streamlined and then make it something worth watching. We are going to make rain on the Arduino Uno Q. Basic Setup The first thing you need is a system hooked up to the Arduino... https://www.linux.org/threads/arduino-uno-q-led-matrix-rain.71072/
CHUWI UniBook With Intel Wildcat Lake For A $449 Linux-Friendly Laptop
CHUWI recently launched the UniBook laptop powered by the Intel Core 3 304 "Wildcat Lake" SOC and priced at just $449 USD. Especially with today's high component pricing, a brand new sub-$500 laptop is extremely rare. Rather than using some dated SoC, it uses Wildcat Lake as Intel's new value option alternative to the Core 3 Series Ultra "Panther Lake" SoCs. This was our first time testing out Intel Wildcat Lake and that SoC plus the overall CHUWI UniBook has been working out well on Linux for those looking at a laptop in the sub-$500 space.
DaVinci Resolve 21.1 Released - Now With AI Assistant Integration
For those using the Linux-friendly DaVinci Resolve video editing and color correction/grading and visual effects software, DaVinci Resolve 21.1 is out today as a major update to this cross-platform solution...
New Patches Provide HDMI 1.4 3D Mode Support For AMD Radeon Graphics On Linux
It turns out one of the feature limitations of the AMDGPU Linux graphics driver is HDMI 1.4 3D output support with frame packing, top-and-bottom, and side-by-side options for transmitting simultaneous video streams. I wasn't aware of this limitation for the lack of any 3D displays and many Linux enthusiasts/gamers as well, but if you happen to have a compatible HDMI 1.4 3D display, there are pending patches to finally make this a reality...
Jellyfin 12.0 Media Server Released with Faster Database, Modern UI
Jellyfin 12.0 is out with a faster database backend, Modern UI by default, FFmpeg 8.1, expanded books and comics features, and security fixes.
Linux 7.4 To Support Realtek RTL8127atf & RTL8116af Networking
Queued this past week into the net-next development tree of the latest networking additions for the Linux kernel is enabling support for Realtek's newer RTL8127atf and RTL8116af wired networking ASICs...
DirectX Support Promoted To Official Target Within LLVM
Over the past four years there has been a lot of work on a DirectX back-end within the LLVM compiler stack. Microsoft has backed the initiative for being able to lower LLVM IR into the DirectX Intermediate Language (DXIL) for execution by Windows DirectX 12 graphics drivers. This back-end is now officially supported...
FEX 2609 Released With Speedier JIT Performance, JIT Disk Cache Option
FEX 2609 was released overnight as the newest monthly feature release for this open-source emulator that allows running Linux x86_64 binaries on AArch64, including the likes of Steam and Steam Play (Proton) for enabling Windows games to run rather well on ARM64 Linux systems...
LLVM Merges Support For AMD's RMPCHKD, RMPREAD & RMPOPT Instructions
With the Linux kernel still working toward landing support for AMD's RMPOPT optimization for helping to reduce overhead on SEV-SNP enabled servers, the LLVM/Clang compiler has in turn prepped for the milestone by landing support for the RMPOPT, RMPREAD, and RMPCHKD instructions for Zen 5 and newer...
GStreamer 1.28.7 Open-Source Multimedia Framework Adds Support for OpenCV 5
GStreamer 1.28.7 open-source multimedia framework is now available for download with support for building against OpenCV 5, missing API version suffix in HIP support library filename, and other changes.
GStreamer 1.28.7 Released with Security and Playback Fixes
GStreamer 1.28.7 is now available with security updates, playback fixes, OpenCV 5 support, and stability improvements.
KDE’s new Photos app offers a sleek alternative to Gwenview
Photos is a new(ish) image viewer and organiser for KDE Plasma aiming to give Gwenview a run for its pixels. Linux distributions that use KDE Plasma typically ship Gwenview, which has been the KDE image app for over 25 years. It’s a solid, feature-filled and Qt-based tool that and many love and rely on to view, manage and edit images. But development on Gwenview has slowed – and it legacy could be to blame. As GNOME found in its efforts to modernise the Evince document viewer, updating old software can require rewriting and rewiring large chunks of an antiquated codebase. […]