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QEMU 8.1 Released With New PipeWire Audio Backend, Many CPU Improvements   Virtualization   2023-08-22
Proton 8.0-1 Published With More Games Now Running On Steam Play   Valve   2023-04-17
Linux 6.0 HID Brings AMD SFH v1.1 Support, XP-PEN Deco L Tablet Support   Hardware   2022-08-03
elementary OS 6.0 Released For A Meticulously Crafted Linux Desktop   Operating Systems   2021-08-10
Linux 5.14 Ready With Light Sensor + Human Presence Detection For Newer AMD Laptops   Hardware   2021-06-30
The Linux Kernel Might Finally See Proper Support For The Apple Magic Mouse 2   Apple   2021-03-27
Laptop Touchpad Improvements, New Joystick Driver For Linux 5.10   Hardware   2020-10-23
Linux 5.7.1 Releases As A Benign First Point Release   Linux Kernel   2020-06-07
Linux Getting Fixed Up For Handling Pointing Sticks On Some Touchpads   Hardware   2020-05-27
New System76 Darter Pro Coming Soon With Intel 8th Gen CPUs, 1080p Display   Hardware   2019-01-29
Thanks Google: Linux Kernel Finally Nearing Support For The Apple Magic Trackpad 2   Apple   2018-09-30
Microsoft Surface Dial & Dell Totem Support Heading To Linux 4.19   Hardware   2018-07-22
The Linux Kernel's HID Multi-Touch Driver Gets Rewritten, Microsoft Surface Dial Support   Linux Kernel   2018-05-29
The Big Changes Merged This Week For The Linux 4.17 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2018-04-08
Razer's Blade Stealth Multi-Touch To Be Supported By Linux 4.17   Hardware   2018-04-05
Some Of The Other Changes Slated For Linux 4.16   Linux Kernel   2018-01-10
New Touchpad & Touchscreen Support, Better Dell Canvas Support In Linux 4.15   Hardware   2017-11-15
Qt QML Is Better Than HTML5 For User Interfaces?   Qt   2017-07-28
XPad Updates, Google Rose Touchpad Support Heading To Linux 4.13   Hardware   2017-06-25
Qt 5.9 Alpha Released   Qt   2017-02-23
An Early Qt 5.9 Alpha Snapshot: Qt 5.9 Packing A Ton Of Features   Qt   2017-02-14
Linux 4.10 Gets Microsoft Surface 3/4 Input, Wacom MobileStudio Pro   Linux Kernel   2016-12-14
Linux Tests Of The New 2016 MacBook Pro With Touchbar Are Coming   Hardware   2016-11-02
Intel's GPU-Accelerated Precise Touch & Stylus Tech Still Not Mainlined For Linux   Intel   2016-09-13
Libinput 1.1.5 Released, Still Dealing With Multi-Touch Woes   Hardware   2016-01-25
Kodi 16 Alpha 4 Brings Better Android Rendering, Multi-Touch On Linux   Multimedia   2015-11-01
Mozilla Lands GTK3 Touch Event Support In Firefox   Mozilla   2015-10-21
Android-x86 5.1-RC1 Is Now Out: Mesa OpenGL ES & UEFI Fun   Operating Systems   2015-10-06
That Awkward Ubuntu Tablet Plans To Go Up For Pre-Order Soon   Ubuntu   2015-09-02
The Wacom Linux Driver Continues To Be Improved, New Features In Linux 4.3   Linux Kernel   2015-09-01
Genode OS 15.05 Brings New Drivers, Architecture Improvements   Operating Systems   2015-05-28
Many HID Improvements For Linux 4.1, Wacom Bamboo Pads Properly Supported   Linux Kernel   2015-04-14
Pricing Details On The Alleged MJ Ubuntu Tablet Design   Hardware   2015-03-03
New Specifications On The Alleged Ubuntu Tablet   Ubuntu   2015-02-27
The Best Changes & Features Of The Linux 3.19 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2015-02-08
Features Of The Linux 3.19 Kernel: Graphics & Disks Rule   Linux Storage   2014-12-22
Features Added So Far To The Linux 3.19 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2014-12-15
Linux 3.19 To Have Full Multi-Touch For More Logitech Devices   Hardware   2014-12-12
The Features Coming For Fedora 21   Fedora   2014-09-23
The Gestures Support Of GNOME 3.14   GNOME   2014-09-22
GTK+ 3.14 Brings Much Better Wayland Support, Multi-Touch, New Theme   GNOME   2014-09-22
System76's Bonobo Extreme Tries For Extreme Performance   Hardware   2014-05-15
Linux 3.15 Supports The Dualshock 4, Win 8.1 Multi-Touch Protocol   Hardware   2014-04-02
Wayland's Weston Can Now Be Built With A Libinput Back-End   Wayland   2014-03-13
Wayland's Libinput Gets New Multi-Touch Touchpad   Wayland   2014-02-17
GTK3 Version Of Firefox Up For Fedora Testing   Mozilla   2014-01-13
Jolla's Smartphone Launches Today   Hardware   2013-11-27
Microsoft PixelSense Gets Linux Touchscreen Support   Microsoft   2013-11-24
VirtualBox 4.3 Supports Multi-Touch, New OSes   Virtualization   2013-10-15
DirectFB Project Draws Up Plans For The Future   Free Software   2013-10-09
SDL 2.0 WIll Finally Be Released This Week!   Free Software   2013-08-12
The Developers Behind The Mir Display Server   Ubuntu   2013-03-04
X.Org: "2013 Will Be The Year Of Mobile Wayland"   X.Org   2013-02-22
BSDs Struggle With Open-Source Graphics Drivers   BSD   2013-02-08
Firefox OS Gets Developer Preview Phones   Mozilla   2013-01-22
The Feature Overview For The Linux 3.8 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2012-12-24
The 3.8 Kernel Is An Amazing Gift To Linux Users   Linux Kernel   2012-12-15
Linux Begins To Support Windows 8 Multi-Touch   Hardware   2012-12-13
Features Coming In For The GNOME 3.8 Desktop   GNOME   2012-11-12
Linux 3.7 Supports The Nintendo Wii Balance Board   Linux Kernel   2012-10-01
Blender On Android With OpenGL ES Now Works   Free Software   2012-08-27
Fedora 18 To Get MATE Desktop, Samba 4, Etc   Fedora   2012-07-30
SDL 2.0 Is Coming Very Soon With New Features   Linux Gaming   2012-07-14
Linux Devs Begin Looking At Windows 8 Multi-Touch   Linux Kernel   2012-07-03
An Overview Of Qt 5.0 Features   Free Software   2012-06-25
X.Org 7.7 Katamari Finally Surfaces   X.Org   2012-06-06
Today Is Fedora's Beefy Miracle Day (F17 Release)   Fedora   2012-05-29
The Most Awesome But Least-Advertised F17 Feature   Free Software   2012-05-02
The Most Interesting GSoC 2012 Projects   Google   2012-04-24
Qt 5.0 Alpha Tool-Kit Released For Testing   Qt   2012-04-03
The Synaptics Driver That Does Multi-Touch, ClickPads   X.Org   2012-03-14
New evdev Handles Multi-Touch, Smooth Scrolling   X.Org   2012-03-08
X.Org Server 1.12 Released With Multi-Touch   X.Org   2012-03-05
ClickPad Support For The Synaptics Driver   X.Org   2012-03-03
X Input 2.2 Is Ready To Be Touched   X.Org   2012-03-02
FOSDEM 2012 Summary, Videos To Watch   Free Software   2012-02-18
Demo Of The Lima Driver On The KDE Spark Tablet   Free Software   2012-02-11
Planning the X/Wayland Marriage, X Server 1.13   X.Org   2012-02-09
X Input 2.2 Multi-Touch Is Feeling Good   X.Org   2012-02-08
NVIDIA Releases New Driver For X.Org Server 1.12   NVIDIA   2012-02-06
Wayland Preparing For 1.0 Stable Release   Wayland   2012-01-31
KDE's Plasma Active Shipping On New ARM Tablet   KDE   2012-01-29
X.Org Server 1.12 Steps Closer To Release   X.Org   2012-01-28
Plans For X.Org, Wayland At FOSDEM 2012 Are Drawn   Free Software   2012-01-22
GTK+ 3.4 For Multi-Touch May Come In GNOME 3.4   X.Org   2012-01-20
Responses To The Linux Desktop Security Problem   Linux Security   2012-01-19
MeeGo-Successor Tizen Is Not On Wayland Yet   Operating Systems   2012-01-11
Fedora 17 Has More Features: GIMP 2.8, GCC 4.7, oVirt, Etc   Fedora   2012-01-10
X.Org Server 1.12 RC1 Released With X Input 2.2   X.Org   2011-12-28
The X.Org Stack For Ubuntu 12.04 To Enter Staging   Ubuntu   2011-12-25
X Input 2.2 Is Merged, But RandR 1.4 Is Still M.I.A.   X.Org   2011-12-22
X Multi-Touch: Pointer Emulation, Getting Events   X.Org   2011-12-22
How-To: Run Your Qt Apps On Wayland Right Now   Wayland   2011-12-20
Fedora 17 Will Feature Multi-Touch Excitement   Fedora   2011-12-19
Quickly Emerging Wayland Support For Chrome OS   Google   2011-12-19
A Second Snapshot Of X.Org Server 1.12   X.Org   2011-12-18
Multi-Touch Patches Already Come To Wayland   Wayland   2011-12-17
X.Org Server 1.11.3 Officially Releasd   X.Org   2011-12-17
X.Org Multi-Touch Support Finally Set To Land   X.Org   2011-12-14
Qt 5 Preps For Multi-Touch, Input Improvements   Free Software   2011-12-12
X.Org 7.7 Katamari Coming With X.Org Server 1.12 In March   X.Org   2011-12-09
Racing To Finish X.Org Multi-Touch Support   X.Org   2011-12-07
Android 4.0 For x86 Is Now Available   Google   2011-12-01
Mesa 7.12, Linux 3.2 Likely For Ubuntu 12.04 LTS   Mesa   2011-11-02
XDC2011 Chicago Kicks Off Tomorrow   X.Org   2011-09-11
What To Expect From X Input 2.1; Multi-Touch Is Delayed   X.Org   2011-09-02
One Month Until The X.Org Meeting In Chicago   X.Org   2011-08-11
GNOME Shell Multi-Touch Support State   GNOME   2011-08-09
Apple Unleashes Mac OS X 10.7 Lion   Free Software   2011-07-20
X Input 2.1 Not Coming Until X.Org Server 1.12   X.Org   2011-05-12
That Was Quick, X Server 1.10 Officially Released   X.Org   2011-02-26
Unigine Engine Ported To Android Phones, Tablets   Linux Gaming   2011-01-16
The Fourth Version Of X.Org Multi-Touch Support   X.Org   2010-12-28
X.Org Multi-Touch Nears Completion   X.Org   2010-12-17
The First X.Org Server 1.10 Snapshot Brings Some Fun   X.Org   2010-12-07
X Input 2.1 Multi-Touch Getting Back On Track   X.Org   2010-12-02
The State Of Unity In Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha 1   Ubuntu   2010-11-29
The X Input 2.1 Multi-Touch Implementation Is Here   X.Org   2010-11-13
The Major Happenings From The Ubuntu 11.04 Summit   Ubuntu   2010-11-01
Other X.Org Discussions At The Ubuntu 11.04 Summit   Ubuntu   2010-10-28
A Peek Into The X.Org Stack For Ubuntu 11.04   Ubuntu   2010-10-26
Multi-Touch For The X.Org Synaptics Driver   X.Org   2010-10-08
What Will Be Talked About At The Ubuntu 11.04 Summit   Ubuntu   2010-10-07
A Few Notes From Day 2 Of XDS Toulouse   X.Org   2010-09-17
Where Wayland May First Appear In Use By A Distro   Wayland   2010-09-16
A Tentative Schedule For XDS 2010   X.Org   2010-09-08
XDS 2010 Has Been Moved To A Tobacco Factory   X.Org   2010-09-03
Canonical's X Gesture Extension Being Re-Evaluated   X.Org   2010-08-28
Supporting Multi-Touch In Non-Multi-Touch Linux Apps   Ubuntu   2010-08-19
Ubuntu 11.04 Release Schedule   Ubuntu   2010-08-18
Introducing The X.Org Gesture Extension   X.Org   2010-08-16
Canonical Comes Up With Its Own Multi-Touch Framework   Ubuntu   2010-08-16
The X.Org Multi-Touch Protocol Specification Is Drafted   X.Org   2010-08-06
More Of What To Look Forward To At XDS2010   X.Org   2010-07-13
Multi-Touch Support For X.Org Evdev Driver   X.Org   2010-06-02
Preparing To Let Go Of GTK+ 2.x For GTK+ 3.0   GNOME   2010-05-07
Synaptics Gesture Suite Ported To Linux   Hardware   2010-04-19
Multi-Touch Gesture Recognition For Clutter   X.Org   2009-12-26
A Video To Show Off X.Org's Multi-Touch Support   X.Org   2009-12-19
Nokia Releases Qt 4.6 With Multi-Touch Support   Qt   2009-12-01
Native Multi-Touch Support On Linux   Free Software   2009-06-11
Blender 2.49 Released With Great Changes   Free Software   2009-05-31
Qt Publishes Roadmap, Opens Up Git Repository   Free Software   2009-05-11
VDPAU + OpenGL 3.0 On Gallium3D This Summer?   X.Org   2009-03-13