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KMS Articles & Reviews

The Importance Of The TUXEDO Driver Package On Their Newer Ryzen Laptops   Computers   2024-02-14
GeForce GTX 750 Series: Nouveau vs. NVIDIA Linux Driver Performance   Display Drivers   2015-05-04
The Tests Showing Ubuntu 11.04 On A Power Consumption Binge   Operating Systems   2011-04-23
Test Driving The QEMU-KVM KMS Driver   Display Drivers   2011-04-19
Further Testing Shows More Hope For ATI Gallium3D   Display Drivers   2011-01-19
It's Becoming Very Easy To Run Wayland   Software   2010-11-25
Nouveau With Mesa 7.9 Is Better, But Still Slow   Display Drivers   2010-10-06
Talking About Kernel Mode-Setting   Display Drivers   2010-06-16
NVIDIA Drops Their Open-Source Driver, Refers Users To VESA   Display Drivers   2010-03-26
Intel KMS vs. UMS With Ubuntu 10.04   Display Drivers   2010-03-26
ATI Radeon KMS vs. UMS With Ubuntu 10.04   Display Drivers   2010-03-18
The Direction Of Intel Graphics With Fedora 13 Alpha   Software   2010-03-10
An Update On The Boot & Power Performance In Ubuntu 10.04   Software   2010-02-25
The Cost Of ATI Kernel Mode-Setting On Fedora 12   Display Drivers   2009-11-25
The State of Kernel Mode-Setting   Display Drivers   2008-10-01

KMS Linux & Open-Source News

Linux 6.10 Preps A Kernel Panic Screen - Sort Of A "Blue Screen of Death"   Linux Kernel   2024-04-19
Wayland Protocols 1.35 Introduces Alpha Modifier Protocol, Tablet-V2 As Stable   Wayland   2024-04-17
More Efficient VirtIO DRM Driver To Import Scanout Buffers From Other Devices   Virtualization   2024-03-28
Rust Bindings Posted For KMS Drivers, VKMS Ported To Rust   Linux Kernel   2024-03-23
Tiny Corp At "70%" Confidence For AMD To Open-Source Some Relevant GPU Firmware   Radeon   2024-03-06
CUDA On ROCm, Ryzen 8000G Series & Rust Activity Made For An Exciting February   Phoronix   2024-03-01
NetBSD 10.0 Should Be Released Soon - Likely Last RC Debuts   BSD   2024-02-29
Nouveau Driver Squeezes In Some Last Minute Minor Additions For Linux 6.8   Linux Kernel   2024-02-23
GNOME 46 Beta Released - Mutter Supporting Direct Scanout For Cropped/Scaled Surfaces   GNOME   2024-02-17
Intel Posts Patches For Plane Color Pipeline Support On Linux - Jiving With AMD's Design   Intel   2024-02-15
GNOME Mutter 46 Beta A Win For Gamers & VM Users, Other Last Minute Changes Too   GNOME   2024-02-11
Variable Refresh Rate "VRR" Support Comes Down To The Wire For GNOME 46   GNOME   2024-02-10
Mesa 24.0 Released With Faster Radeon RADV Ray-Tracing & Initial PowerVR Vulkan Driver   Mesa   2024-01-31
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS To Ship With Some Extra GNOME Performance Optimizations   Ubuntu   2024-01-15
Intel Framebuffer Driver Set To Be Retired For Old i8xx/i9xx Graphics   Intel   2024-01-05
Plymouth Boot Splash Screen Sees First Update In Nearly Two Years   Free Software   2023-12-22
GNOME's Dynamic Triple Buffering "Ready To Merge"   GNOME   2023-12-08
Linux 6.8 Dropping Support For Very Old Graphics Drivers   Linux Kernel   2023-12-07
Linux 6.8 To Add Atomic Mode-Setting Mouse Hotspots, Atomic Async Page Flip   Linux Kernel   2023-12-03
Atomic Async Page Flips Expected To Land For Linux 6.8   Linux Kernel   2023-11-24
Archinstall 2.7 Brings Unified Kernel Image Support To The Arch Linux Installer   Arch Linux   2023-11-23
wlroots 0.17 Adds New Wayland Protocols, Continued Vulkan Renderer Work   Wayland   2023-11-22
Linux 6.7 Staging Drops The QLGE Ethernet & rtl8192u WiFi Drivers   Linux Kernel   2023-11-08
Intel Updates Its Packaged Arc Graphics Driver For Ubuntu   Intel   2023-11-03
The VKMS Display Driver Continues Evolving Nicely For Headless Linux Systems   Linux Kernel   2023-10-24
NVIDIA R545 Linux Beta Driver Brings HDMI Deep Color, Night Color & FB Consoles   NVIDIA   2023-10-17
Intel La Jolla Cove Adapter "LJCA" Drivers Coming With Linux 6.7   Intel   2023-10-16
Red Hat Continues Hiring For Experienced Linux Graphics Driver Engineers   Red Hat   2023-10-11
Linux 6.6 Graphics Drivers: NVK uAPI, New AMD GPUs, More Meteor Lake, CI Support   Linux Kernel   2023-08-31
NVIDIA 535.104.05 Fixes An Issue Using The Open Kernel Driver With SLI   NVIDIA   2023-08-22
GNOME Shell & Mutter 45 Betas Released   GNOME   2023-08-08
GNOME 45's Mutter Implements A Dedicated KMS Thread   GNOME   2023-08-07
Linux 6.6 DRM-Misc-Next Carries VirtIO Sync Objects, Other Improvements   Linux Kernel   2023-08-03
Linux Display Driver Worked On For A Popular & Low-Cost RISC-V SoC   Linux Kernel   2023-08-01
Many Intel & AMD Graphics Driver Updates For Linux 6.5: Intel VRR, More MTL, RDNA3 Overclocking   Linux Kernel   2023-06-29
Red Hat's HDR Hackfest Sounds Like It Was A Success   Desktop   2023-05-01
Improved AMD Color Management Being Worked On For The Steam Deck   Valve   2023-04-24
Intel Updates Packaged Arc Graphics Driver For Ubuntu 22.04 LTS   Intel   2023-04-21
GNOME Shell & Mutter 44 Release Candidates Bring Last Minute Changes   GNOME   2023-03-07
xf86-video-modesetting TearFree Gets Fixed Up For A/V De-Synchronization Issue   X.Org   2023-03-01
AMDGPU X.Org Driver 23.0 Released With Few Fixes   Radeon   2023-02-22
GNOME Shell & Mutter 44 Beta Released With Many Changes   GNOME   2023-02-14
Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS Delayed To End Of February Over Kernel & Signed Shim Woes   Ubuntu   2023-01-19
Linux 6.3 To Remove Obsolete GPU Drivers: ATI Rage 128, 3Dfx, S3 Savage, i810 & More   Linux Kernel   2023-01-19
Dynamic Triple Buffering Hopefully Will Land For GNOME 44   GNOME   2023-01-09
Red Hat Planning A Hackfest To Further Advance HDR Support On The Linux Desktop   Desktop   2023-01-04
Linux 6.3 To Bring Analog TV Support Improvements   Linux Kernel   2023-01-03
AMD Improving The Linux Experience When Running New GPUs Without Proper Driver Support   AMD   2022-12-23
The Most Interesting New Features For Linux 6.1   Linux Kernel   2022-12-08
NVIDIA 525.60.11 Linux Driver Released With Many Fixes, Vulkan Improvements   NVIDIA   2022-11-28
Intel's IPU6 Webcam Linux Driver Still A Mess, But Some Patches To Help   Intel   2022-11-27
Intel's IWD 2.0 Released For Modern Linux Wireless Daemon   Linux Networking   2022-11-20
Linux 6.2 Will No Longer Treat Intel Arc Graphics As Experimental   Intel   2022-11-19
AMD Introduces New Hotplug Driver Option For The X.Org Server   X.Org   2022-11-17
Mesa's Asahi/AGX Gallium3D Driver Makes Early Prep Changes For WIP Kernel Driver   Mesa   2022-11-17
FBDEV Drivers Will Honor "nomodeset" With Linux 6.2   Linux Kernel   2022-11-17
NVIDIA 525.53 Linux Driver Brings Dynamic Boost For AMD Laptops, Installer Enhancements   NVIDIA   2022-11-10
Linux 6.2 To Introduce Allwinner A100 & D1 Display Support   Linux Kernel   2022-11-10
NVIDIA Proposing New Linux API For Dynamic Mux Switching With Modern Dual-GPU Laptops   NVIDIA   2022-11-09
Linux 6.2 To Put The Raspberry Pi In Good Shape For 4K @ 60Hz Displays   Raspberry Pi   2022-11-03
Intel Releases Packaged Arc Graphics Driver For Ubuntu 22.04 LTS   Intel   2022-10-20
Open Firmware DRM Driver "OFDRM" Queuing For Linux 6.2   Hardware   2022-10-20
Linux 6.1-rc1 Released With Rust Now In The Kernel, MGLRU Added, New Hardware Support   Linux Kernel   2022-10-16
NVIDIA 520.56.06 Linux Driver Released With OTA Updates For Proton/Wine NVIDIA NGX Build   NVIDIA   2022-10-12
Kernel Memory Sanitizer Lands For Linux 6.1   Linux Kernel   2022-10-12
MGLRU & Maple Tree Submitted For Linux 6.1   Linux Kernel   2022-10-08
Open-Source VIA Linux Driver Still Wants To Be Merged, But Pursuing Acceleration First   X.Org   2022-10-08
AMD Continues Working Toward HDR Display Support For The Linux Desktop   Wayland   2022-10-06
Linux 6.1 Graphics Driver Work Includes Intel Arc Improvements, New AMD GPU IP Blocks   Linux Kernel   2022-10-05
Open-Source NVIDIA Vulkan "NVK" Driver Continues Progressing   NVIDIA   2022-10-04
The Work-In-Progress Rust-Written Apple DRM Driver Manages To Start Wayland's Weston   Apple   2022-09-28
The Smaller DRM Drivers See Last Minute Updates Ahead Of Linux 6.1   Linux Kernel   2022-09-23
Wayland's Weston 11.0 Released With HDR Display & Multi-GPU Preparations   Wayland   2022-09-22
Renewed Talk Of User-Space Consoles, Accelerators In The DRM Subsystem   Linux Kernel   2022-09-16
Ubuntu 22.10 Aiming To Support The $16+ Sipeed LicheeRV RISC-V Board   Ubuntu   2022-09-16
Rust UEFI Firmware Targets Look For A Promotion To Tier-2   Programming   2022-09-12
Linux 6.1 To Drop Radeon DRM Driver's Legacy & Broken DP MST Code   Linux Kernel   2022-09-09
More DRM-Misc-Next Driver Changes Queue Up For Linux 6.1   Linux Kernel   2022-09-06
Mir 2.9 Released With XDG-Shell For Wayland, Support For More Protocols   Ubuntu   2022-08-26
Atomic Async Page Flips Proposed, Valve's Gamescope Compositor Has Support Pending   Valve   2022-08-25
Imagination PowerVR Rogue DRM Linux Kernel Driver Out For Review   Linux Kernel   2022-08-23
GNOME 43's Mutter Lands Max BPC Property Support To Deal With Monitor Issues   GNOME   2022-08-22
SDL 2.24 Released With New APIs, D3D12 Renderer Work On Windows, New Linux Hints   Linux Gaming   2022-08-19
Renewed Work Around GNOME 30-bit Deep Color Frame-Buffer Support   GNOME   2022-08-09
FBDEV Updates For Linux 6.0 Bring Fixes For The Atari Graphics Chipset Driver   Linux Kernel   2022-08-07
NVIDIA GA103 Support Posted For Open-Source Nouveau Linux Driver   Nouveau   2022-08-03
Fedora 37 To Offer Official Support On Raspberry Pi 4 Devices   Raspberry Pi   2022-08-02
Open-Source VIA DRM/KMS Driver "OpenChrome" Not Ready For Merging Into Linux 5.20   Linux Kernel   2022-07-31
Linux VKMS Driver Patches Making It Easier To Build Your Own Virtual Graphics Devices   X.Org   2022-07-25
Adreno 619 Support Added To Mesa - Enables Fairphone 4 GPU Support   Mesa   2022-07-23
Radeon Software for Linux 22.20 Released With Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Support   Radeon   2022-07-15
Open-Source NVIDIA "Nouveau" Driver Sees Few Changes For Linux 5.20   Nouveau   2022-07-13
Atari Open-Source Linux DRM Graphics Driver Being Worked On In 2022   Linux Kernel   2022-07-09
KernelMemorySanitizer v4 Published While Already Having Found 300+ Kernel Bugs   Linux Kernel   2022-07-04
Linux 5.20 Looks To Be Primed For Usable DG2/Alchemist Desktop Graphics & ATS-M Support   Intel   2022-07-02
Apple M2 Enablement For Linux Begins With Good Progress   Apple   2022-06-28
Open-Source VIA Graphics Driver Hopes To Be Mainlined For Linux 5.20   Linux Kernel   2022-06-25
GNOME's Mutter Working On "Max BPC" Handling To Deal With Monitor Issues   GNOME   2022-06-13
Linux 5.19 Advances In Quest To Improve Explicit Synchronization For Graphics   Linux Kernel   2022-06-10
GNOME's Mutter Variable Rate Refresh Support Closer To Being Merged   GNOME   2022-06-07
Asahi Linux Celebrates First Triangle On The Apple M1 With Fully Open-Source Driver   Apple   2022-06-05
Nouveau Begins Shifting Around Code For Use By New Driver - Vulkan And/Or New Driver   Nouveau   2022-05-31
Mesa 22.1 Released With Many Vulkan Improvements, Kopper For Zink, Imagination Driver   Mesa   2022-05-18
Apple M1 Mesa Code Begins To Run glmark2   Apple   2022-05-09
ASpeed AST2600 BMC Support For DisplayPort Landing In Linux 5.19   Hardware   2022-05-06
Qualcomm MSM DRM/KMS Driver To See Display Improvements With Linux 5.19   Linux Kernel   2022-05-04
Intel Preps Some Big Graphics Driver Improvements For Linux 5.19   Intel   2022-04-27
KMSAN Patches For The Linux Kernel Updated For Catching Uninitialized Memory Problems   Linux Kernel   2022-04-26
GNOME 42 Mutter Lands Fix For Using The Old "Radeon" Graphics Driver   Radeon   2022-04-17
Mesa 22.1-rc1 Brings Radeon Vulkan Enhancements, Imagination Driver & Microsoft Dozen   Mesa   2022-04-14
NVIDIA Publishes Signed Ampere Firmware To Finally Allow Accelerated Open-Source Support   NVIDIA   2022-04-11
New NVIDIA Open-Source Linux Kernel Graphics Driver Appears   NVIDIA   2022-04-08
NVIDIA Working On Support For Valve's Gamescope Wayland Compositor   Valve   2022-03-24
Imagination PowerVR Rogue GPU Vulkan Driver Merged Into Mesa 22.1   Mesa   2022-03-23
FBDEV Drivers See More Fixes With Linux 5.18   Free Software   2022-03-23
Linux 5.18 Will Speed Up Some FBDEV Operations By 6x, ASpeed AST2600 DRM Code Added   Linux Kernel   2022-03-03
OpenChrome DRM Driver For Open-Source VIA Continues To See Some Activity In 2022   Linux Kernel   2022-02-22
GNOME Dynamic Triple Buffering Can 2x The Desktop Performance For Intel Graphics, Raspberry Pi   GNOME   2022-02-13
Wayland's Weston 10.0 Compositor Released With DMA-BUF Feedback, Libseat Support   Wayland   2022-02-01
Graphics Driver Changes Begin Lining Up For Linux 5.18   Linux Kernel   2022-01-27
DirectFB2 Aims To Resurrect DirectFB For Embedded Systems   Free Software   2022-01-27
Initial Bits Land In Mesa 22.0 For Intel Raptor Lake   Intel   2022-01-25
GNOME 42 Lands DRM Privacy Screen Support   GNOME   2022-01-25
GhostBSD 22.01.12 Released With Automatic Detection For Old AMD GPUs   BSD   2022-01-17
Developer Steps Up Wanting To Maintain Linux's FBDEV Subsystem   Hardware   2022-01-16
Linux 5.17 Patch Can Help With Systemd-Less System Security, May Break Some Old Drivers   Linux Security   2022-01-04
Hypocrite Commits, Rust RFC & FUTEX2 Were Among Popular Kernel Topics In 2021   Linux Kernel   2022-01-01
Happy New Year & A Wrap On 2021   Phoronix   2021-12-31
Open-Source Qualcomm "Turnip" Driver Achieves Vulkan 1.1 Conformance, Fixes For DXVK Use   Mesa   2021-12-03
Alpine Linux 3.15 Released - Builds Off Linux 5.15, Drops MIPS64, SimpleDRM For FB   Operating Systems   2021-11-24
ASpeed Preparing AST2600 DisplayPort Support   Hardware   2021-11-22
Freedreno Gallium3D Lands Basic Support For "Clover" OpenCL   Mesa   2021-11-16
Raspberry Pi OS Updated For Debian 11 Bullseye, Desktop Transitions To GTK3+Mutter   Raspberry Pi   2021-11-08
X.Org Server 21.1 Released With Variable Rate Refresh In Modesetting Driver, Other Work   X.Org   2021-10-27
NVIDIA 470.74 Linux Driver Released With Several Fixes   NVIDIA   2021-09-20
Google Is Successfully Using The Open-Source Qualcomm GL/VLK Drivers On Chromebooks   Mesa   2021-09-16
Reverse Engineering, Open-Source Driver Writing Continues For Apple's M1 GPU   X.Org   2021-09-15
Linux 5.15 Is A Very Exciting Kernel For AMD   AMD   2021-09-12
Privacy-Screen DRM API With Intel Support Ready Now That GNOME Is Prepared To Use It   Hardware   2021-09-10
AMD Prepares More Graphics Driver Code For Linux 5.15   Radeon   2021-08-07
xf86-video-amdgpu 21.0.0 Released For Radeon Linux Users Still On X.Org   Radeon   2021-07-30
AMD Leveraging VKMS Driver To Improve Its Virtual Display Support   Radeon   2021-07-13
The Most Popular Intel Linux/Open-Source News From H1'2021   Intel   2021-07-08
AMD's Linux Strides In H1'21 From FreeSync HDMI To PyTorch ROCm   AMD   2021-07-04
Microsoft's Hyper-V DRM Display Driver Will Land For Linux 5.14   Microsoft   2021-06-09
Canonical's Mir 2.4 Brings Numerous X11 + Wayland Enhancements   Ubuntu   2021-06-08
Linux 5.14 To Bring SimpleDRM Driver, VC4 HDR, Marks More AGP Code As Legacy   Linux Kernel   2021-05-13
Apple Magic Mouse 2, Microsoft SAM Support Added For Linux 5.13   Hardware   2021-04-29
X.Org Server 1.20.11 Released Due To New Security Advisory   X.Org   2021-04-13
The Most Popular AMD Linux/Open-Source News For Q1'2021   AMD   2021-03-31