Keith Packard Articles & Reviews |
| X.Org Server 1.16 Officially Released With Terrific Features | Software | 2014-07-17 |
| Intel On Rebuilding The X.Org Linux Desktop | Display Drivers | 2009-02-09 |
| RandR 1.3 Explained, Demonstrated | Display Drivers | 2009-02-08 |
| Keith Packard Talks X.Org At OSCON 2008 | Events | 2008-07-23 |
Keith Packard Linux & Open-Source News |
| Mesa Vulkan KHR_present_wait Support Extended To Wayland | Mesa | 2023-05-03 |
| Picolibc 1.8.1 Released With Microblaze Support, Various Improvements | Free Software | 2023-04-09 |
| Valve Implements Opt-In VK_KHR_present_wait For Mesa Vulkan Drivers | Mesa | 2022-11-24 |
| Picolibc 1.7.9 Adds Support For More CPU Targets | Programming | 2022-10-13 |
| Picolibc 1.7.5 Released For Embedded Systems With Limited RAM | Programming | 2022-03-16 |
| Picolibc 1.7.4 Brings Improved Meson Support, Restructured Math Code | Programming | 2021-11-20 |
| Picolibc Continues Maturing As Very Lightweight C Library For The Embedded World | Programming | 2021-09-28 |
| DRM Lease Protocol Support Merged For Wayland For VR Headsets | Wayland | 2021-08-07 |
| Vulkan 1.2.185 Introduces Several New Extensions - Includes Presentation Work Led By Valve | Vulkan | 2021-07-20 |
| Happy New Year! A Look Back At The Most Popular Phoronix Content Of 2020 | Phoronix | 2020-12-31 |
| X11 Library Sees Lots Of Fixes With libX11 1.7 Release | X.Org | 2020-11-21 |
| Picolibc Continues Seeing Improvements, Contributions From Arm | Programming | 2020-08-16 |
| Intel vs. AMD, Systemd-Homed, Kernel Advancements Top H1'2020 For Linux | Phoronix | 2020-06-30 |
| X.Org Board Elections Wrap Up For 2020 | X.Org | 2020-04-30 |
| New Vulkan Extension Could Enhance Frame Timing Controls For Games | Vulkan | 2020-02-02 |
| Kernel Talk, AMD Hardware + Other Popular Linux Topics Of January | Phoronix | 2020-02-01 |
| Keith Packard Talks About The Early Politics Of X Window System + Code Licensing | X.Org | 2020-01-21 |
| X.Org Saw A Lot Of Work In The 2010s Even With Wayland Taking Off | X.Org | 2019-12-28 |
| Picolibc 1.1 Released With POSIX File I/O Support | Programming | 2019-11-15 |
| Vulkan To Better Handle Variable Rate Displays / Adaptive-Sync In The Future | Vulkan | 2019-10-13 |
| Picolibc 1.0 Released - A New C Library For Embedded Systems | Programming | 2019-09-24 |
| Stepping Towards Better VR Headset Support On Wayland | Wayland | 2019-08-12 |
| Longtime X11/Linux Developer Joins SiFive To Work On RISC-V Processors | RISC-V | 2019-07-01 |
| Red Hat Expecting X.Org To "Go Into Hard Maintenance Mode Fairly Quickly" | X.Org | 2019-06-28 |
| Interesting Linux.Conf.Au 2019 Videos Now Available | Linux Events | 2019-01-26 |
| Mesa Vulkan Drivers Move Ahead With PCI Bus Info, Calibrated Timestamps | Mesa | 2018-10-15 |
| Wayland's Weston Will Now Respect Your VR HMD | Wayland | 2018-09-24 |
| Threadripper 2, Spectre, Steam Play / Proton & Linux 4.19 Made August Super Exciting | Phoronix | 2018-08-31 |
| Keith Packard Takes On X.Org Window Scaling With Input Handling | X.Org | 2018-08-27 |
| Mesa 18.2 Is Releasing Soon With Many OpenGL / Vulkan Driver Improvements | Mesa | 2018-08-21 |
| XDC2018 Will Have Many Interesting Talks On Vulkan, AR/VR, Wayland & More | X.Org | 2018-08-12 |
| X.Org Server 1.20.1 Released With Many Bug Fixes | X.Org | 2018-08-07 |
| There Are 600+ Games In The Main Debian Repository | Debian | 2018-08-02 |
| The State of Gaming On Debian In 2018 | Debian | 2018-07-31 |
| DebConf18 Kicks Off This Weekend As The First Official Debian Conference In Asia | Debian | 2018-07-27 |
| Mesa 18.2 Is On The Final Days Of Development With Many New Features Coming | Mesa | 2018-07-26 |
| Pre-AMDGPU xf86-video-ati X.Org Driver Sees A Round Of Improvements | Radeon | 2018-07-11 |
| RandR Lease Support Appears Ready For AMDGPU X.Org Driver | Radeon | 2018-07-07 |
| Vulkan Display Extensions To Be Used By SteamVR Merged Into Mesa RADV/ANV | Mesa | 2018-06-19 |
| DRM Leasing / Display Patches Updated For Mesa's Vulkan Drivers | Mesa | 2018-06-12 |
| X.Org 2018 Elections Yield 54% Voter Turnout, Select Four New Board Members | X.Org | 2018-04-17 |
| Valve Reaffirms Commitment To Linux, SteamOS | Valve | 2018-04-03 |
| VK_GOOGLE_display_timing May Be A Big Help For Vulkan Games | Linux Gaming | 2018-03-31 |
| It's Time For X.Org Members To Cast Their 2018 Ballots | X.Org | 2018-03-22 |
| Six Candidates Are Vying For This Year's X.Org Foundation Board | X.Org | 2018-03-17 |
| RandR Leases Support For AMDGPU DDX Driver | X.Org | 2018-03-03 |
| A Look At The Many Features To X.Org Server 1.20 | X.Org | 2018-02-28 |
| RandR CRTC/Output Leases Lands In X.Org Server | X.Org | 2018-02-27 |
| Xorgproto 2018.3 Brings RandR Leasing + Non-Desktop Monitors | X.Org | 2018-02-21 |
| X.Org Server Patches Updated For Non-Desktop & Lease Handling | X.Org | 2018-02-12 |
| Keith Packard Plumbs Direct Display Extensions Into RADV & ANV | Valve | 2018-02-10 |
| Keith Packard Exploring "Semi-Automatic Compositing" For The X.Org Server | X.Org | 2018-02-03 |
| The State Of VR HMDs On Linux With DRM Leasing, Etc | Hardware | 2018-01-26 |
| XWayland Gets XDG-Output Support For Potential Fractional Scaling | X.Org | 2018-01-24 |
| The Most Popular Articles On Phoronix In 2017 | Phoronix | 2017-12-31 |
| The Most Popular Linux Gaming News For 2017 | Linux Gaming | 2017-12-30 |
| Keith Packard Sends Out Latest Patches For RandR 1.6, Linux VR Improvements | X.Org | 2017-12-22 |
| Libdrm 2.4.89 Released With Leasing & Synchronization Object APIs | Mesa | 2017-12-18 |
| Even With Wayland Around, X.Org Had A Busy 2017 | X.Org | 2017-12-11 |
| X.Org Server Patches Updated For Non-Desktop & Leases To Better VR HMD Support | X.Org | 2017-12-08 |
| 2017 Has Been The First Year In A Decade Without A Major X.Org Server Update | X.Org | 2017-12-05 |
| "NonDesktop" Proposed For RandR: Useful For VR & Apple Touch Bar Like Devices | X.Org | 2017-10-19 |
| DRM Leasing Support To Land For Linux 4.15 | X.Org | 2017-10-19 |
| A Recap Of XDC2017: Advancing Wayland, Mesa & Yes The X.Org Server | X.Org | 2017-09-25 |
| Keith Packard's Work On Better Supporting VR HMDs Under Linux With X.Org/DRM | Valve | 2017-09-23 |
| Leasing Support Revised For X.Org Server / RADV, For SteamVR On Linux | Valve | 2017-08-02 |
| Ryzen, NVIDIA & Unity 8 Abandonment Topped H1'2017 | Phoronix | 2017-07-03 |
| Keith Packard Continues Working On DRM Leases For Vulkan / Linux VR | Vulkan | 2017-07-01 |
| Keith Packard Making Progress With DRM Leases, Adding Vulkan Support | Hardware | 2017-05-30 |
| X.Org 2017 Election Results | X.Org | 2017-04-13 |
| RandR 1.6 Proposal Around The Work On Linux VR HMDs Support | X.Org | 2017-04-06 |
| AMD Ryzen Has Captivated Linux Gamers & Enthusiasts | Free Software | 2017-04-01 |
| Keith Packard Making Progress On DRM Leases For VR HMDs | X.Org | 2017-04-01 |
| Keith Packard On Needed DRM Changes For VR HMDs | Valve | 2017-03-28 |
| AMD Ryzen, Valve, Linux 4.10~4.11 & Kabylake Dominated Q1 | Phoronix | 2017-03-26 |
| Keith Packard Comments On Valve Work | Linux Gaming | 2017-03-14 |
| Valve Hires X11 Veteran Keith Packard To Work On The Linux Display Stack | Valve | 2017-03-14 |
| Linux.Conf.Au 2017 Kicks Off In Tasmania: Kernel Fun, Vulkan, GPU-Accelerated JPEG | Linux Events | 2017-01-15 |
| X.Org Server Development Continues Trending Quite Low | X.Org | 2016-12-27 |
| X.Org Server 1.20 "Shrimp & Grits" Open For Development | X.Org | 2016-11-18 |
| X.Org Server 1.19 RC2, Some Prominent XWayland Changes | X.Org | 2016-10-29 |
| X.Org's GLAMOR 2D Performance Continues To Be Tuned | X.Org | 2016-09-26 |
| X.Org Server 1.19 Release Candidate 1 | X.Org | 2016-09-19 |
| X.Org Server 1.19 Is Ready To Freeze, Almost 600 Changes | X.Org | 2016-09-17 |
| X.Org Server 1.19 Proposed For Release Next Month | X.Org | 2016-09-04 |
| Video & Input Driver ABIs Will Change Again For X.Org Server 1.19 | X.Org | 2016-07-20 |
| X.Org Server Development Continues Trending Lower | X.Org | 2016-07-16 |
| X Developer Keith Packard's ChaosKey Hardware RNG Is Almost Here | Hardware | 2016-07-10 |
| Dirk Hohndel Is No Longer Intel's Chief Linux/OSS Technologist | Intel | 2016-07-06 |
| Threaded Input Finally Lands In The X.Org Server | X.Org | 2016-05-26 |
| Intel Loses Another Longtime Open-Source Graphics Driver Developer | Intel | 2016-05-12 |
| Threaded Input Has Been Revised Again For The X.Org Server | X.Org | 2016-05-12 |
| X.Org Members Approve Becoming Part Of The SPI Organization | X.Org | 2016-04-27 |
| The Critically-Important X.Org Elections Are Ending Soon | X.Org | 2016-04-24 |
| X.Org 2016 Elections Commence: Will They Merge With The SPI? | X.Org | 2016-04-13 |
| Nominees For The 2016 X.Org Board Elections | X.Org | 2016-03-31 |
| There's Still Time To Nominate Someone To The X.Org Board (2016) | X.Org | 2016-03-13 |
| X.Org Elections Are Next Month, Will Vote Again About SPI Merger | X.Org | 2016-02-23 |
| More Details On HP's "The Machine" Finally Emerge | Hardware | 2016-02-08 |
| OpenGL 3.3 Core Profile Support For GLAMOR | X.Org | 2016-01-18 |
| X.Org Server Development Slows To Lowest Point In A Decade | X.Org | 2016-01-04 |
| Threaded Input Is Back To Being Worked On For The X.Org Server | X.Org | 2015-12-09 |
| XWayland, NotifyFD, Video ABI Bump In X.Org Server Git | X.Org | 2015-12-01 |
| X.Org Server 1.18 Officially Released | X.Org | 2015-11-09 |
| X.Org Server Commit Process Opens Up To More Developers | X.Org | 2015-10-27 |
| Keith Packard Talks About Sustaining X11's Development | X.Org | 2015-09-18 |
| Wayland Continues Advancing On Features, But XWayland Could Use Some Help | Wayland | 2015-09-16 |
| X.Org Server 1.18 Release Candidate Is Out | X.Org | 2015-09-02 |
| X.Org Server Lands More Mode-Setting/GLAMOR Improvements, But No Sign Of 1.18 | X.Org | 2015-06-30 |
| Wondering If HP Will Release Linux++ This Month | Hardware | 2015-06-01 |
| RandR 1.5 Brings Monitor Objects & Tile Support For X.Org | X.Org | 2015-05-18 |
| DRI3 Support Finally Added To AMD's Radeon X.Org Driver | X.Org | 2015-03-17 |
| New Debian TC Members Appointed For Going Past The Systemd Fallout | Debian | 2015-03-09 |
| Why The X.Org Foundation Wants To Join The SPI | X.Org | 2015-02-11 |
| X.Org Server 1.17.1 Released To Fix Yet Another X Security Vulnerability | X.Org | 2015-02-10 |
| X.Org Server 1.17 Officially Released | X.Org | 2015-02-04 |
| X.Org Server 1.17 Pre-Release "TimTam" Is Out | X.Org | 2015-01-23 |
| Intel's Open-Source Graphics Team Poaches A Top Nouveau Driver Developer | NVIDIA | 2015-01-21 |
| Keith Packard Leaves Intel's Linux Graphics Work | Intel | 2015-01-20 |
| Linux.Conf.Au 2015 Kicks Off In Auckland | Linux Events | 2015-01-12 |
| X.Org Server 1.17 Should Ship Soon, X.Org Server 1.18 Likely To Be A Quicker Cycle | X.Org | 2015-01-05 |
| X.Org Server Saw More Code In 2014 Than 2013, But Its Heydays Are Over | X.Org | 2015-01-03 |
| X.Org & Wayland Can Both Co-Exist & Continue Marching Forward | Wayland | 2014-12-28 |
| Multi-Stream Transport 4K Monitors To Become Better Supported On Linux | Hardware | 2014-12-17 |
| X-Video Support For The Mode-Setting DDX Driver | X.Org | 2014-12-15 |
| KeithP Looks To Reduce The Latency Of Using The X.Org Present Extension | X.Org | 2014-12-13 |
| GLAMOR Acceleration Continues To Be Cleaned Up | X.Org | 2014-10-30 |
| X.Org Server 1.17 RC1 Released, Exciting For GLAMOR & Modesetting | X.Org | 2014-10-29 |
| Recapping All The Interesting Talks Of XDC2014 | X.Org | 2014-10-12 |
| GLAMOR Is Making Linux 2D Performance More Glamorous | X.Org | 2014-10-10 |
| X.Org's XDC Is This Week In Bordeaux: Wayland, BSD & Wine | X.Org | 2014-10-06 |
| New Code Starts Lining Up For X.Org Server 1.17 | X.Org | 2014-09-16 |
| X.Org Server 1.17 Likely To Have Built-In KMS Modesetting Driver | X.Org | 2014-09-12 |
| Getting Involved With The New Raspberry Pi Graphics Driver | Raspberry Pi | 2014-08-30 |
| LinuxCon Is This Week In Chicago | Linux Events | 2014-08-18 |
| Linux 3.17 Will Detect If Your Toshiba Laptop Is Falling Down | Hardware | 2014-08-16 |
| Drivers & Drama Dominated Linux Talk In July | Phoronix | 2014-07-31 |
| X.Org Foundation Still Works Towards Becoming An SPI Project | X.Org | 2014-07-25 |
| New Intel GLAMOR Code Is Taking Shape & Running Fast | Intel | 2014-07-21 |
| GLAMOR Changes Already Get Queued For X.Org Server 1.17 | X.Org | 2014-07-18 |
| X.Org Server 1.17 Is Planned For A New Year's Release | X.Org | 2014-07-17 |
| X.Org Server 1.16 Delayed To Let In Non-PCI Graphics Support | X.Org | 2014-07-08 |
| XWayland GLAMOR & DRI3 Support Added In Mainline X.Org Server | Wayland | 2014-06-25 |
| X.Org Server "Strawberry Shortcake" Released | X.Org | 2014-06-05 |
| Wayland 1.6 Planned For September With Better Work-Flow | Wayland | 2014-05-20 |
| X.Org Server Commit Activity Continues Declining | X.Org | 2014-05-19 |
| RadeonSI Starts Beating Catalyst In Some Linux Tests | Radeon | 2014-05-09 |
| X.Org Server 1.16 ABI Breakage Causes Concern | X.Org | 2014-04-29 |
| The Current Performance Of GLAMOR Acceleration | X.Org | 2014-04-27 |
| X.Org Server 1.16 Merge Window Closes, Pre-Release Issued | X.Org | 2014-04-08 |
