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Explicit GPU Synchronization for Xwayland Is Now Finally Merged into XOrg Server

NVIDIA’s year-long request to add explicit sync support to the DRI3 and Present extensions, and the Xwayland implementation, has finally been merged.
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Developer Explains Why Explicit Sync Will Finally Solve the NVIDIA/Wayland Issues

KDE developer Xaver Hugl explains why the explicit synchronization protocol will finally encourage the Wayland adoption among NVIDIA GPU users.
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Red Hat Announces Nova, a Rust-Based GSP-Only Graphics Driver for NVIDIA GPUs

Red Hat announces the Nova project as the successor of the Nouveau open-source driver for GSP-firmware-based NVIDIA graphics cards.
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NVIDIA 550.67 Linux Graphics Driver Brings Wayland Fixes, Better Support for VKD3D Games

NVIDIA 550.67 Linux graphics driver is now available for download with improved support for VKD3D games, Alan Wake 2, and Wayland systems.
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GStreamer 1.24 Multimedia Framework Released with Vulkan H.264 and H.265 Video Decoders

GStreamer 1.24 open-source multimedia framework is now available for download with Vulkan H.264 and H.265 video decoders, DRM Modifier Support for dmabufs on Linux, as well as many other changes.
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Mesa’s NVK Open-Source Vulkan Driver for NVIDIA Hardware Is Now Stable

The NVK open-source Vulkan graphics driver for NVIDIA hardware in the Mesa graphics stack is no longer experimental and it’s now ready for prime time.
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Mesa 22.2 Graphics Stack Brings Improvements for Halo Infinite, Minecraft, and Other Games

Major highlights of the Mesa 22.2 graphics stack series include the ARB_robust_buffer_access_behavior extension for the D3D12 Gallium driver, GL_EXT_memory_object_win32 and GL_EXT_semaphore_win32 support for the D3D12 and Zink drivers, variablePointers…

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HP Linux Imaging and Printing Drivers Now Support Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Fedora 36

HPLIP 3.22.6 is here exactly two months after the HPLIP 3.22.4 release, which only added support for the Manjaro Linux 21.2 distribution and several new printers, to add support for more recent distributions, including Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Fedora Linux 36, and MX Linux 21.1. This means that you can now use your HP printer or […]

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Install NVIDIA 510.47.xx Drivers on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

The following tutorial will teach you to install the latest bleeding-edge 510.47 Nvidia Graphic Card Drivers on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS using three different installation methods.
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Writing an Open-source GPU Driver – Without the Hardware

Until now, no Valhall devices (Mali-G57, Mali-G78) ran mainline Linux. Whilst this made driver development obviously difficult, there’s no better time to write drivers than before the devices even get into the hands of end-users. Here’s a tale fr…

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HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) Drivers Now Support Ubuntu 21.10 and Debian 11

HPLIP 3.21.10 is here almost two months after HPLIP 3.21.8 and adds support for the Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri), Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye”, Zorin OS 15, and Zorin OS 16 distributions. This means that you can now use your HP printer/scanner with an…

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Linux Kernel 5.15 Will Have Improved NTFS File System Support

Paragon’s NTFS driver was merged by Linux creator Linus Torvalds earlier this month, bringing reliable read and write functionality for this file system to Linux kernel 5.15. Compared with the existing FUSE-based open source NTFS driver, the Paragon’s NTFS3 driver undoubtedly wins in terms of functionality and performance. The driver fully supports reads, writes, and […]

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Paragon NTFS Driver Might Finally Make it into Linux

Working with Windows’ NTFS drives in Linux has always been difficult, but if the Paragon NTFS driver finally makes it into the Linux kernel, it will be much easier.
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