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Altec Lansing VS2421   Peripherals   2009-07-20
Early Linux 2.6.31 Kernel Benchmarks   Software   2009-07-08
Razer Piranha Gaming Headset   Peripherals   2008-04-04
OpenSuSE 11.0 Alpha 2   Operating Systems   2008-02-10
Open-Source Creative X-Fi Support   Software   2008-02-05
Snd-Oxygen For C-Media's CMI8788   Software   2007-12-10
OpenSuSE 11.0 Alpha 0   Operating Systems   2007-12-07
Creative X-Fi Linux Driver Coming Soon   Software   2007-09-23
Razer Barracuda AC-1 With ALSA   Software   2007-09-12
SLAX 6.0.0 Pre 3   Operating Systems   2007-02-12
Linux Audio Comparison   Software   2006-03-10
Ubuntu 5.10 Colony 2   Operating Systems   2005-07-04

ALSA Linux & Open-Source News

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS To Ship With Some Extra GNOME Performance Optimizations   Ubuntu   2024-01-15
PulseAudio 17.0 Released With A Few New Features   Multimedia   2024-01-12
Sound Open Firmware 2.8 Released With New Intel & AMD Bits   Multimedia   2023-12-20
PipeWire 1.0 Released For Managing Audio/Video Streams On The Linux Desktop   PipeWire   2023-11-26
PipeWire 1.0 RC2 Released With Fixes, Improved Rate Switching   PipeWire   2023-10-13
PipeWire 1.0 RC Available With Jackdbus By Default, Improved IRQ-Based Scheduling   PipeWire   2023-10-06
PipeWire 1.0 Planned For Release Later This Year   PipeWire   2023-09-25
Dynamic Triple Buffering Patch Updated For GNOME 45   GNOME   2023-09-25
USB MIDI 2.0 Gadget Function Driver Merged For Linux 6.6, Lunar Lake USB Work   Linux Kernel   2023-09-06
More MIDI 2.0 Code Being Worked On For The Linux Kernel   Multimedia   2023-07-17
Virtual PCM Test Driver Coming With Linux 6.5 To Help With Audio Testing & Fuzzing   Multimedia   2023-06-13
Virtual ALSA Driver Posted To Help With Linux Testing/Fuzzing   Multimedia   2023-05-20
Big Patch Series Prepares The Linux Audio Drivers For MIDI 2.0   Multimedia   2023-05-19
Debian's APT 2.7 Packaging Tool Begins Rolling Out "Snapshots" Support   Debian   2023-05-03
Intel Lunar Lake HD Audio & Other Sound Changes For Linux 6.4   Multimedia   2023-04-27
Debian Fixes Secure Boot For 64-bit ARM After Being Broken For Two Years   Debian   2023-04-24
PipeWire 0.3.67 Fixes Stuttering For Some Bluetooth Devices   PipeWire   2023-03-09
xf86-video-modesetting TearFree Gets Fixed Up For A/V De-Synchronization Issue   X.Org   2023-03-01
Ubuntu 23.04 & Debian Prepare For Updated GNOME Triple Buffering Optimization   GNOME   2023-02-15
Microsoft CBL-Mariner 2.0 Update Adds New PipeWire, Other Changes   Microsoft   2023-02-02
PipeWire 0.3.65 Adds New Combine-Stream Module, Bluetooth MIDI   Multimedia   2023-01-26
X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low   X.Org   2022-12-30
A Fix Is On The Way For AMD HDMI Audio Being Broken With Linux 6.1+   Radeon   2022-12-28
xf86-video-modesetting TearFree Page-Flipping Merged   X.Org   2022-12-26
xf86-video-modesetting X.Org Driver Sees Patch For "TearFree" Page Flipping   X.Org   2022-11-30
PipeWire 0.3.60 Released With Many Fixes, Improvements   PipeWire   2022-11-10
Debian 12 Switches To PipeWire & WirePlumber By Default With The GNOME Desktop   Debian   2022-10-01
AMD Posts Linux Audio Driver For The "Pink Sardine"   AMD   2022-08-12
An Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Fix Is Coming For A Very Annoying & Serious APT Problem   Ubuntu   2022-07-14
SteamOS 3.3 Beta Released With Updated Drivers, Many Fixes   Valve   2022-06-30
Hertzbleed Disclosed As New Family Of Side-Channel Attacks Affecting Intel + AMD   Linux Security   2022-06-14
PipeWire 0.3.52 Released To Continue Enhancing Linux Audio/Video Streams   PipeWire   2022-06-09
Arch Linux Temporarily Steps Back From WirePlumber After Snafu   Arch Linux   2022-05-13
Wine 7.5 Released With HLSL Compiler Support For Bundled VKD3D   WINE   2022-03-25
Wine 7.3 Released With More PE Conversion Work, Long Type Conversion Process   WINE   2022-02-25
JACK2 1.9.20 Released With Official FreeBSD Support   Multimedia   2022-01-16
PipeWire 0.3.43 Released With Many Fixes   PipeWire   2022-01-05
SALSA Back In Development As A Small ALSA Library For Linux Systems   Multimedia   2021-10-15
Linux 5.16 Aims For Better USB Low-Latency Audio Playback   Multimedia   2021-10-03
AMD Van Gogh Audio Driver Lands For Linux 5.15   Multimedia   2021-09-02
PipeWire 0.3.34 Released With Yet More Improvements, Fixes   PipeWire   2021-08-26
PipeWire 0.3.32 Released With Numerous Fixes   PipeWire   2021-07-21
Linux's USB Audio Driver Aims For Latency Reduction   Multimedia   2021-06-04
Raspberry Pi OS Updated With Faster OpenSSH, Software Upgrades   Raspberry Pi   2021-05-28
Linux 5.13 Reverts + Fixes The Problematic University of Minnesota Patches   Linux Kernel   2021-05-21
Easier Sound Debugging With Software Audio Jack Injection Coming To Linux 5.12   Multimedia   2021-02-05
Raspberry Pi OS Switches To PulseAudio, Updated Chromium   Raspberry Pi   2020-12-04
PulseAudio 14.0 Released With Better USB Gaming Headset Support   Multimedia   2020-11-23
Fedora 34 Might Try To Use PipeWire By Default To Replace PulseAudio/JACK   Fedora   2020-11-23
PipeWire Is In Increasingly Great Shape - Ready For More User Testing   PipeWire   2020-09-04
The Problems Debian Is Facing In 2020   Debian   2020-09-04
Creative SoundBlaster AE-7 Sound Card To Be Supported By Linux 5.10   Hardware   2020-09-01
Linux 5.9 Supports A Lot Of New Audio Hardware, Intel Silent Stream Added   Hardware   2020-08-08
Changes Expected For The Linux 5.9 Kernel From Intel DG1 To AMD Navi 2 To New CPU Capabilities   Linux Kernel   2020-08-02
Linux Sound Subsystem Begins Cleaning Up Its Terminology To Meet Inclusive Guidelines   Linux Kernel   2020-07-20
Ardour 6.0 Digital Audio Workstation Released   Multimedia   2020-05-24
Debian Testing Is Enabling WireGuard Within Their Linux Kernel Build   Debian   2020-03-21
PipeWire 0.3 Released With Redesigned Scheduling Code To Offer JACK2-Like Performance   PipeWire   2020-02-22
Linux 5.7 Picking Up Support For A High-End USB-C Audio Interface   Hardware   2020-02-18
Linux 5.6 Is The First Kernel For 32-Bit Systems Ready To Run Past Year 2038   Linux Kernel   2020-01-29
Many Linux 5.6 Sound Driver Updates Especially On The Intel / Sound Open Firmware Front   Hardware   2020-01-28
Debian Enabling Support For Booting From Root F2FS File-Systems   Debian   2020-01-11
Linux 5.6 Will Bring Another Radeon Run-Time Power Management Improvement   Radeon   2019-11-23
NVIDIA DP MST Audio To Begin Working With The Linux 5.5 Kernel   NVIDIA   2019-11-21
PulseAudio 13.0 Released With Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio Support   Desktop   2019-09-16
Debian's DebConf 19 Slides & Video Presentations   Debian   2019-08-04
It Looks Like PulseAudio 13.0 Will Be Releasing Soon   Multimedia   2019-06-22
Debian's Apt 1.9 Moves To Experimental, Coming To Ubuntu 19.10   Ubuntu   2019-06-17
Intel Comet Lake Support Appears To Be In Good Shape With Linux 5.2   Intel   2019-05-14
Linux 5.2 Kernel Introducing Support For Intel's Sound Open Firmware   Intel   2019-05-09
Debian's New Project Leader Hits The Ground Running With Ideas   Debian   2019-04-30
"SPURV" Containerized Android Allows Running Apps From Wayland Linux Desktop   Wayland   2019-04-02
SIMPLE_LMK: A Low Memory Killer For Android Systems Being Worked On For Linux Kernel   Linux Kernel   2019-03-10
Linux 5.1 Should Sound Great... Well, At Least Work With More Audio Hardware   Hardware   2019-03-02
PipeWire Should Be One Of The Exciting Linux Desktop Technologies For 2019   PipeWire   2019-02-03
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed Now Rolling With Linux 4.20, KDE Updates   Operating Systems   2019-01-25
Linux Picking Up Support For The Fireface UCX High-End Professional Audio Solution   Hardware   2019-01-22
Linux 4.20.1 Kernel Released With Various Fixes   Linux Kernel   2019-01-09
AMD Audio Co-Processor 3.x Support Coming For Linux 4.21   AMD   2018-12-18
Linux's ALSA HDA Code Finally Seeing AMD Stoney Ridge Support   AMD   2018-11-29
Linux Patches Surface For Supporting The Creative Sound BlasterX AE-5   Hardware   2018-09-18
Some Problematic Laptops On Linux Will Soon Stop Making Loud Noises When You Reboot   Hardware   2018-08-09
Sound Blaster Recon3D Finally Seeing Better Linux Support   Hardware   2018-08-08
GNU Guix/GuixSD 0.15 Released, Closing In On v1.0   GNU   2018-07-06
Linux Kernel Hardens Sound Drivers Against Spectre V1 Vulnerability   Linux Security   2018-05-05
USB Audio Class 3.0 Support, Intel Icelake Audio Set For Linux 4.17   Hardware   2018-03-27
PipeWire Is Making Progress But Still Needs More Time To Mature   PipeWire   2018-01-26
Debian Salsa Is Served Out On A Beta Dish   Debian   2017-12-25
New Audio Hardware Supported By The Linux 4.13 Kernel   Hardware   2017-07-05
PlayStation 3 Emulator Making Progress On Linux Support   Linux Gaming   2017-04-16
HDMI Audio Patches Posted For Raspberry Pi's VC4 Driver   Raspberry Pi   2017-02-07
ALSA 1.1.3 Released For Linux Sound   Multimedia   2016-12-21
Hearing The Sound Updates For Linux 4.10   Linux Kernel   2016-12-18
VirtualBox 5.1.6 Brings Many Fixes   Virtualization   2016-09-13
DragonFlyBSD Decides To Drop PulseAudio   BSD   2016-08-20
OpenSK Hopes To Be The Vulkan Of Audio/Multimedia   Multimedia   2016-08-14
ALSA 1.1.2 Released   Hardware   2016-08-03
A Proper TSN Driver Is Being Worked On For The Linux Kernel (Time Sensitive Networking)   Linux Kernel   2016-06-14
ALSA 1.1.1 Released For Linux Audio   Hardware   2016-03-31
To No Surprise, It Appears NVIDIA Is Already Working On Pascal Linux Support   NVIDIA   2016-01-30
Features & Changes Merged So Far For The Linux 4.5 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2016-01-17
Kabylake HDMI/DP Codec Support Comes With Sound Pull For Linux 4.5   Hardware   2016-01-16
Slackware 14.2 Beta Released, Now Uses PulseAudio   Operating Systems   2016-01-13
Next-Gen Media Controller Support Going Into Linux 4.5   Linux Kernel   2016-01-12
Why It Took So Long For Linux To Properly Handle 2.1 Speaker Systems   Hardware   2015-12-15
ASoC Support Still Being Worked On For AMD APUs   AMD   2015-12-05
ALSA 1.1 Released For Linux Audio   Hardware   2015-11-09
AMD Releases New Open-Source Audio Support, ACP Driver   AMD   2015-09-23
AMDGPU DRM Driver Adds CGS Interface, ACP Driver   Radeon   2015-07-09
Audio Code For Linux 4.2 Has Skylake Attention & Other Improvements   Hardware   2015-06-25
Linux Audio Is Being Further Modernized With The 4.1 Kernel   Hardware   2015-04-16
ALSA 1.0.29 Released   Hardware   2015-02-26
Sound Updates For Linux 3.20 Improve HP Laptops, Other Features   Hardware   2015-02-11
XBMC's Kodi 14.1 Brings Bug-Fixes, MIPS Port Lands In Master   Multimedia   2015-02-02
Linux 3.19: ThinkPad Muting Redone, New Dell Backlight Support, Acer Is Banging   Linux Kernel   2014-12-19
Linux 3.17 Adds Support For Intel "Braswell" HD Audio   Linux Kernel   2014-08-06
Skype 4.3 For Linux Released With Updated UI   Proprietary Software   2014-06-18
ALSA 1.0.28 Released   Hardware   2014-06-18
Sound Support Gets Updated For The Next Kernel Release   Linux Kernel   2014-06-06
OpenELEC 4.0 Beta 6 Works On 4K Graphics, RPi ALSA   Operating Systems   2014-04-20
Many Audio/Sound Improvements Land For Linux 3.15   Linux Kernel   2014-04-01
Orbital v0.1 Plug-In For Wayland's Weston Released   Wayland   2014-01-26
Intel, AMD HDMI Audio Improvements In Linux 3.13   Hardware   2013-11-11
Radeon Audio Will Hopefully Be Great In Linux 3.13   Radeon   2013-10-04
Raspberry Pi Support Added To SDL2 Library   Raspberry Pi   2013-09-30
Wine 1.6 Released With 10,000+ Changes   WINE   2013-07-18
Linux 3.11: Bay Trail Audio, 32+ Sound Cards   Linux Kernel   2013-07-03
Features For The Upcoming Wine 1.6 Release   WINE   2013-06-08
ALSA Releases TinyCompress 0.2.0   Free Software   2013-06-07
Sound Updates To Be Played In Linux 3.10 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2013-04-21
ALSA 1.0.27 Released With Audio Improvements   Free Software   2013-04-12
ALSA's TinyCompress Audio Library Gets A Release   Free Software   2013-02-24
Linux Sound To Be Improved In 3.9 Kernel   Free Software   2013-02-21
ALSA SoC Sound Improvements For Linux 3.9   Linux Kernel   2013-02-16
GNOME Wants To Sandbox Applications Too   GNOME   2013-02-06
HDA Intel Audio To Improve A Lot In Linux 3.9 Kernel   Intel   2013-01-18
Linux Audio Driver Improvements On The Horizon   Linux Kernel   2012-12-14
Ubuntu Desires Lower Audio Latency For Gaming   Ubuntu   2012-11-01
Ubuntu Needs To Improve OpenGL Drivers For Gaming   Ubuntu   2012-10-30
Linux Now Has Audio Run-Time Power Management   Linux Kernel   2012-10-08
The Linux 3.7 Kernel Is Going To Be A Beast   Linux Kernel   2012-10-05
GStreamer Conference 2012 Videos   GNOME   2012-09-15
Crack Becomes Compelling For General Purpose Coding   Free Software   2012-09-10
ALSA 1.0.26 Released   Free Software   2012-09-06
GStreamer Conference 2012: ALSA, OpenGL, Wayland   Free Software   2012-08-29
ALSA: Audio Compression Offloading, Power Savings   Free Software   2012-08-29
One Week To GStreamer Conf, LinuxCon San Diego   Free Software   2012-08-21
Wine 1.5.11 Kills Big X11 Lock, Brings Multi-Channel ALSA   WINE   2012-08-17
KLANG: A New Linux Audio System For The Kernel   Free Software   2012-07-31
Mesa, ALSA At GStreamer Conference 2012   Free Software   2012-07-19