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      ReactOS "Open-Source Windows" Project Now Capable Of Running Half-Life 2

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:42

    One month ago it was exciting to see the open-source ReactOS operating system running Valve's Half-Life game. Little to realize less than 30 days later it would also be running Half-Life 2...
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      AMD Begins Staging Graphics Driver Changes For Linux 7.3

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:32

    In addition to Intel beginning to volley graphics driver patches for Linux 7.3, this week AMD also began sending out their pull requests of "new stuff" to DRM-Next for the Linux 7.3 kernel cycle...
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      Intel Preparing Linux For IPU8 Web Camera Support With Nova Lake Laptops

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:14

    More Linux kernel patches have been surfacing that confirm next-gen, high-end Nova Lake laptops will feature IPU8 image processing capabilities...
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      OpenRazer 3.12.4 Fixes Compatibility With Linux 7.2

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 0:33

    OpenRazer 3.12.4 is now available as the newest update to these out-of-tree, unofficial Linux drivers for Razer devices. OpenRazer when paired with the likes of Polychromatic or other GUI options is what makes for a nice experience running Razer gaming peripherals under Linux...
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      FEX 2607 Optimizing For Yet-To-Be-Released ARM 256-bit SVE2 Hardware

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 18 hours ago

    The FEX Emulator that allows running Linux x86/x86_64 software on ARM64 (AArch64) systems, including the likes of Wine / Valve's Steam Play (Proton) for Windows gaming on ARM, is out with its newest monthly feature release. The Valve-backed project for running x86_64 games and other software on ARM for the upcoming Steam Frame and other more typical ARM Linux systems has been baking more optimizations and improvements...
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      Linux DRM Scheduler Patches Yield Massive Improvement For Job Submission Latency

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 21 hours ago

    A set of patches to the Linux kernel's Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) scheduler that is shared among different kernel graphics drivers is showing the potential of delivering much lower job submission latency when the system is loaded with many runnable CPU processes...
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      4K @ 60 FPS USB Video Capture Finally Becomes Less Problematic On Linux

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 1 day ago

    One area of Linux hardware testing I haven't explored much in many years has been modern USB video capture for the lack of said hardware. The last time I did much video capturing on Linux was during the Hauppauge PCI card days. It turns out though that USB video capture of 4K 60 FPS content has been a pain point under Linux but is finally smoothing out with newer versions of the Linux kernel...
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      Phoronix Premium Summer Sale To Help Support Linux Hardware Testing

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 1 day ago

    For those that missed Phoronix turning 22 years old last month when running a special to help support the site, a few readers mentioned recently they missed out on seeing the deal in time. Paired with the US Independence Day holiday and summer sales elsewhere, now through 10 July is a Phoronix Premium summer sale if wishing to view the site ad-free while supporting the daily open-source/Linux news coverage and relentless Linux hardware testing...
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      GNOME Lands ext-background-effect-v1 Support For Background Blur Effect

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 1 day ago

    Added to the Wayland Protocols repository back in May of 2025 was the ext-background-effect-v1 protocol for background blur that had been under discussion since early 2024. The initial focus is on being able to apply a blur effect on a window's background or otherwise a specified screen region. GNOME 51 has now merged support for ext-background-effect-v1 with the latest Mutter code...