Hacker News
- Zink (OpenGL over Vulkan) allocator improves performance in 1000% in some games https://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=40fdb3212c3ded2150faf952dc2b669991bfbf94 65 comments
- Systemd/systemd – shared: add minimal JSON tokenizer http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=e7eebcfc42f00aa481ef31abc8e7e243c16f5b2c 22 comments
- Intel: [We] will not carry XMir patches upstream. http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-intel/commit/?id=58a7611ccfda88c7cbcc62b25b787d6b0fa64081 23 comments
- FreeSync lands in mesa master https://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=2e12fe425fe35d2c72ce0dbffa826f0098fdac2e 60 comments linux_gaming
- LibreOffice adds KDE Open/Save dialogs. Probably available in LibreOffice 6.2. https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/log/?id=9b19f99430e5ece638a6b2afee0ad77ccd0588f2&qt=author&q=katarina+behrens&showmsg=1 32 comments linux
- GStreamer Now Supports Multi-Threaded Scaling/Conversion For Big Performance Win https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-base/commit/?id=49ac382b47bfd481621a44155f9533d46a189a26 14 comments linux
- Batman Origin should finally be playable on radeonsi! (with wine yes...) https://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=6dc96de303290e8d1fc294da478c4f370be98dea 9 comments linux_gaming
- Touch events dropped from Xorg Synaptics driver https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-input-synaptics/commit/?id=0a4cf80a00663ff3ce8e76baf0940782576efe13 8 comments linux
- Who is behind the bots trying to turn /r/linux in a mirror of phoronix.com? Is it a mod? https://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=5e2072c711c13244987878117a834ae60ccb4413 36 comments linux
- Intel's Mesa Driver Now Has OpenGL 4.0 Support https://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=71465179fc45820dabf933146fb16f044a7363d7 29 comments linux
- radeonsi driver just reached openGL 4.3 https://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/docs/gl3.txt?id=464cef5b06e65aa740704e4adac68b7f5fee1b88 61 comments linux
- Intel Vulkan driver merged into mainline Mesa https://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=cab30cc5f90b99ba9b5c2bcc34cd88d3523bf30c 39 comments linux_gaming
- radeonsi mesa driver gets OpenGL 4.2 support! https://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=10cfd7a6045ffbfd0debf66d2dfd2caeeb559951 4 comments linux
- NetworkManager 1.2 first release candidate is now available. - Network connection manager and user applications https://cgit.freedesktop.org/networkmanager/networkmanager/log/?h=nm-1-2 49 comments linux
- Mesa 11.2.0 Has Been Released - The Mesa 3D Graphics Library https://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/log/?h=11.2 7 comments linux
- MSM driver improvements landed in DRM-Next for Linux 4.6 provide HDMI support for the 8996 (Snapdragon 820) SoC and Adreno 430 graphics support https://cgit.freedesktop.org/~airlied/linux/commit/?id=912b330c20096a9b579ec151ec1d2225eb93b38f 5 comments linux
- Qualcomm Adreno 430 Now Supported By Freedreno Gallium3D http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=13b87e02b979b86872e1872b8cb325d376d05cc5 6 comments linux
- VA-API Video Acceleration Now Enabled For Nouveau Gallium3D http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=777d1453f1053af7e051fa701b9440061bc27dce 3 comments linux
- Intel Enables Tessellation Shader Support In Open-Source Linux Driver http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=7738f3a988bfa27a7c48c364cfa2d51c0b57e5d9 23 comments linux
- All AMD FOSS drivers up to openGL 4.1 compliance now (GL_ARB_tessellation_shader for r600 done) http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=33404f141551d0ace00101e78f9b2d93cad135f1 26 comments linux
- TIL systemd has a feature where it will restart your system if you press crtl + alt + delete 8 times in under 2 seconds. http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/news?id=2d1ca11270e66777c90a449096203afebc37ec9c#n610 235 comments linux
- Next Mesa release will be 11.0 http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=6f2d88927a77f902157704d16b70b1265e0ca357 3 comments linux_gaming
- Wayland devs explain design goals of the upcoming libweston library http://cgit.freedesktop.org/wayland/weston/tree/readme?id=2abe4455466b990d01f51b00f99d70d8ec21209c 35 comments linux
- Tessellation enabled in Mesa for RadonSI http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/docs/GL3.txt?id=bac12c8948681a23fd1a8f8a6bbb5523ccfe0939 23 comments linux_gaming
- small radeonSI change improves Metro Redux performance - "may also affect other applications and games" http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=29aaab2b5f55cc6d9a84f58ce2bb8607e76a9dde 21 comments linux_gaming
- The new AMDGPU kernel driver can be found via this Git branch by Alex Deucher. Most likely coming to Linux Kernel 4.2 http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/linux/log/?h=amdgpu 22 comments linux
- Systemd now has its own JSON tokenizer http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=e7eebcfc42f00aa481ef31abc8e7e243c16f5b2c 24 comments linux
- Read code below. Yes sir. http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/tree/plugins/elements/gstfilesrc.c?id=release-0_10_22#n798 223 comments programming
- xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati -GLAMOR Can Now Be Enabled For AMD R300/R500 GPUs http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati/commit/?id=515bcf14d514f9dcaaf30fd0bf1ef6dd6ba9a0cd 3 comments linux
- Mesa3d OpenGL status: OpenGL 3.3 fully done for i965, nv50, nvc0, r600, radeonsi http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/tree/docs/gl3.txt 109 comments linux
- AMD lands Hawaii GPU support on Linux 3.13 http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~airlied/linux/commit/?id=8d0a2215931f1ffd77aef65cae2c0becc3f5d560 33 comments linux
- Mesa3d: Radeonsi (GCN) reaches feature parity with r600. http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=f0733479f06c0e6d6b36b863982329455aaf39af 16 comments linux
- The upcoming Linux 3.12 kernel will feature a DRM/KMS driver that supports Qualcomm Snapdragon/Adreno graphics. http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~airlied/linux/commit/?id=e906d7bdd3b63ffac8b91f2f05c450775de95ef6 75 comments linux
- nouveau/xf86-video-nouveau -Features of this new update include multi-screen reverse Optimus support and NVIDIA "NVF0" EXA and X-Video hardware acceleration. http://cgit.freedesktop.org/nouveau/xf86-video-nouveau/ 9 comments linux
- Forcing MSAA on Source engine games with Mesa/Gallium? http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=1d0bf69f831e138a05a282e59746f20141046fd6 7 comments linux_gaming
- AMD is improving its open source driver support for its Radeon HD 7000 "Southern Islands" GPUs. http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati/commit/?id=a60d2152e928a7011fc7c44a885a34c3cdd4f0fe 48 comments linux
- Marek Continues Improving Radeon Performance http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=428e37c2da420f7dc14a2ea265f2387270f9bee1 3 comments linux
- Xorg added compose sequence for "\o/" character of upcoming Unicode 6.0 http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libx11/commit/?id=554da76ece85d0fc0cada45a86860e69c2107e9a 95 comments programming
- Xorg 1.8 is there! http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=495cec794dad95ed0c79048f3c410ad23e7d5ea4 7 comments linux
- Intel TTM is now dead. http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=56d88aece94d1f9972b6887e98a638a314af8732 2 comments linux