Post #1486145

2026-04-05 10:45 UTC

(more Linux news in previous posts) Wine 11.6 Begins Reviving Its Android Driver: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.6-Released A future Wine release could use Zink to run OpenGL via Vulkan: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/a-future-wine-release-could-use-zink-to-run-opengl-via-vulkan/ Steam On Linux Use Skyrocketed In March - More Than Double The macOS Gaming Marketshare: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-On-Linux-Tops-5p CentOS Launches Accelerated Infrastructure Enablement For Driving NVIDIA AI Factories: https://www.phoronix.com/news/CentOS-AIE-SIG-NVIDIA-AI 2D CAD Design Tool For GNOME Desktop Lands More Features: https://www.phoronix.com/news/2D-CAD-Design-GNOME-2026 Mesa 26.0.4 open source graphics drivers released for Linux: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/mesa-26-0-4-open-source-graphics-drivers-released-for-linux/ Wayland Protocols 1.48 Released With XDG Session Management: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-Protocols-1.48 April 1 Linux Patches: Verified Birth Date For File Creation, Block Emacs From Running: https://www.phoronix.com/news/April-1-Linux-Patches-2026 AWS Engineer Reports PostgreSQL Performance Halved By Linux 7.0, But A Fix May Not Be Easy: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-AWS-PostgreSQL-Drop Intel Linux NPU Driver 1.32 Adds Wildcat Lake Support: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-NPU-Linux-Driver-1.32 OpenRazer 3.12.1 Enables Two More Razer Devices Under Linux: https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenRazer-3.12.1-Released (FOSS news in comments) #WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #Wine #Steam #CentOS #2DCAD #Mesa #Wayland #LinuxKernel #IntelNPU #OpenRazer #FosseryTech

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(Linux news in previous posts) FOSS NEWS MidnightBSD 4.0.4 Released With Aged & Agectl For Age Verification/Attestation: https://www.phoronix.com/news/MidnightBSD-4.0.4 (I wonder what the heck is going on in the project that they didn't want to comply, and then they suddenly do... Hopefully it won't happen to more currently non-compliant projects) GhostBSD says no to age verification, but will probably comply with age attestation laws: https://forums.ghostbsd.org/d/793-freebsd-and-age-verification/35 (Now that's pretty sad, GhostBSD was one of the systems I would consider if I ever decided to switch to BSD. I'll stay on Linux because there are quite a few distros who openly oppose this nonsense, but I'd like to see at least one BSD system fully opposing just in case) Introducing Proton Meet: Confidential video calls for work and life: https://proton.me/business/blog/introducing-proton-meet Waterfox to integrate Brave adblock engine, with search ads enabled by default: https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/waterfox-to-integrate-brave-adblock-engine-with-search-ads-enabled-by-default/ Floorp introduces Zen Mode and enhanced Split View with 4 panes: https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/3/floorp-introduces-zen-mode-and-enhanced-split-view-with-4-panes/ OBS Studio 32.1.1 Is Out to Improve the Audio Mixer and Audio Deduplication: https://9to5linux.com/obs-studio-32-1-1-is-out-to-improve-the-audio-mixer-and-audio-deduplication Gaim 3 Is In Development For Restoring The Original Gaim Instant Messaging App In GTK4: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Gaim-3-In-Development Jami “Euclid” brings revamped UI, improved accessibility, better RTL support, and more: https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/jami-euclid-brings-revamped-ui-improved-accessibility-better-rtl-support-and-more/ OptiScaler tool gets a huge new release with more upscaling and frame generation goodies: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/optiscaler-tool-gets-a-huge-new-release-with-more-upscaling-and-frame-generation-goodies/ ScummVM 2026.2.0 "Railmonicon" out now supporting more retro games: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/scummvm-2026-2-0-railmonicon-out-now-supporting-more-retro-games/ OpenGOAL project adds the Naughty Dog classic Jak 3: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/opengoal-project-adds-the-naughty-dog-classic-jak-3/ Chiaki-ng the open-source PlayStation Remote Play app gets better streaming quality and stability: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/chiaki-ng-the-open-source-playstation-remote-play-app-gets-better-streaming-quality-and-stability/ Heretic II has a new reverse-engineered source port: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/heretic-ii-has-a-new-reverse-engineered-source-port/ (more FOSS news in comments) #WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #OpenSourceNews #News #AgeVerification #BSD #MidnightBSD #GhostBSD #ProtonMeet #Waterfox #Floorp #OBS #Jami #ScummVM #Gaim #OptiScaler #Heretic #FosseryTech

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