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SDL 3.1.2 Preview Prefers PipeWire Over PulseAudio, Fixes XWayland Mouse Warp   Linux Gaming   2024-05-01
KDE Plasma 6.0.4 Ships With Dozens Of Bug Fixes   KDE   2024-04-16
SDL 3.0 Will Now Prefer PipeWire Over PulseAudio   Linux Gaming   2024-04-12
Linux Mint 22 Will Use The PipeWire Sound Server, Support JPEG-XL Images   Operating Systems   2024-04-01
OBS Studio 30.1 Released With AV1 Support For VA-API & PipeWire Video Capture   Multimedia   2024-03-12
KDE Plasma 6.0.2 Delivers Another Week Worth Of Bug Fixes   KDE   2024-03-12
PipeWire To Work On Vulkan Converters & Processing Filters   PipeWire   2024-02-05
OBS Studio 30.1 Beta Released With AV1 For VA-API & AV1 For WebRTC/WHIP Output   Multimedia   2024-02-02
It's Becoming Possible To Use The Webcam On Newer Intel Laptops With Open-Source Linux   Intel   2024-01-26
GNOME Network Displays Adds Support For Chromecast & Miracast MICE Protocols   GNOME   2024-01-25
PulseAudio 17.0 Released With A Few New Features   Multimedia   2024-01-12
Solus Linux 4.5 Released With AMD ROCm Support, PipeWire Default & Calamares Installer   Operating Systems   2024-01-08
Wayland Enjoyed Many Successes In 2023   Wayland   2024-01-01
KDE's Nate Graham On X11 Being A Bad Platform & The Wayland Future   KDE   2023-12-27
KDE Developers Prepare For Christmas With More Bug Fixes & Qt 6 Porting   KDE   2023-12-23
Manjaro 23.1 Released With Linux 6.6 LTS, Pipewire 1.0 & Desktop Updates   Arch Linux   2023-12-16
Pop!_OS COSMIC Desktop Improving Multi-Monitor & Multi-Window Support   Desktop   2023-12-15
OBS Studio 30.0.1 Released With Crash Fixes   Free Software   2023-12-10
Wayland's Weston 13.0 Released With Multi-Backend Support & Overlapping Outputs   Wayland   2023-11-28
PipeWire 1.0 Released For Managing Audio/Video Streams On The Linux Desktop   PipeWire   2023-11-26
GTK 4.14 Adding Graphics Offloading Capabilities Under Wayland   GNOME   2023-11-15
Weston 13 Alpha Released With New Backends, Other Improvements   Wayland   2023-10-16
PipeWire 1.0 RC2 Released With Fixes, Improved Rate Switching   PipeWire   2023-10-13
Raspberry Pi OS Now Based On Debian 12 "Bookworm" + Wayland   Raspberry Pi   2023-10-11
Wayland's Weston 13 Compositor Planned For Release Next Month   Wayland   2023-10-10
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
Arch Linux Installer Update Allows More Control Over Parallel Downloads, Ly   Arch Linux   2023-09-23
XDG-Desktop-Portal 1.18 Released With Accent Color Support, New Clipboard & Input Capture Portals   Free Software   2023-09-18
PipeWire 0.3.80 Released With Vulkan DMA-BUF Support, Tag Param   PipeWire   2023-09-14
XDG-Desktop-Portal 1.17.1 Released With Accent Color Support   Desktop   2023-08-29
QEMU 8.1 Released With New PipeWire Audio Backend, Many CPU Improvements   Virtualization   2023-08-22
Firefox 116 Should Have Experimental PipeWire Camera Support   PipeWire   2023-06-16
Wayland's Weston 12.0 Released With Multi-GPU Support, PipeWire Backend, Tearing Control   Wayland   2023-05-17
PipeWire 0.3.71 Released With Performance Improvements, Zero Latency JACK D-Bus Bridge   PipeWire   2023-05-17
PipeWire Audio Backend Comes To QEMU   Virtualization   2023-05-09
System76-Scheduler 2.0.1: "Significant" Reduction In CPU/RAM Use, Gamescope Detection   Desktop   2023-05-02
Wayland's Weston 12 Alpha Brings Multi-GPU Support, PipeWire Backend, Tearing Control   Wayland   2023-04-26
System76-Scheduler 2.0 Released With PipeWire Integration, Performance Optimizations   Operating Systems   2023-04-25
PipeWire 0.3.68 Released With New RTP Session Module, Many Other Changes   PipeWire   2023-04-06
KDE XWayland Video Bridge Aims To Improve Linux Desktop Screen Sharing   KDE   2023-03-22
PipeWire 0.3.67 Fixes Stuttering For Some Bluetooth Devices   PipeWire   2023-03-09
Audacious 4.3 Beta Adds PipeWire Plugin, Restores GTK3 + Ships Mature Qt6 Support   Multimedia   2023-02-11
Microsoft CBL-Mariner 2.0 Update Adds New PipeWire, Other Changes   Microsoft   2023-02-02
MPV Player 0.35.1 Released With Wayland & PipeWire Fixes   Multimedia   2023-01-28
PipeWire 0.3.65 Adds New Combine-Stream Module, Bluetooth MIDI   Multimedia   2023-01-26
A Fix Is On The Way For AMD HDMI Audio Being Broken With Linux 6.1+   Radeon   2022-12-28
PipeWire 0.3.62 Released With Bluetooth Offloading Support   PipeWire   2022-12-09
SDL Tries Again To Prefer Wayland Over X11   Wayland   2022-11-29
SDL3 Begins Dumping A Lot Of Old Code: GLES1, OS/2, DirectFB, WinRT, NaCl & More   Linux Gaming   2022-11-23
Wayland Screen Sharing For Chrome/Chromium Improving - Enabled By Default Soon?   Wayland   2022-11-22
SDL 2.26 Released, SDL3 Development Now Underway   Linux Gaming   2022-11-22
SDL 2.26 RC1 Released While SDL3 Development Soon To Get Underway   Linux Gaming   2022-11-17
MPV 0.35 Media Player Released With PipeWire Backend, Wayland DMA-BUF Support   Multimedia   2022-11-12
PipeWire 0.3.60 Released With Many Fixes, Improvements   PipeWire   2022-11-10
Arc Graphics, Google KataOS, Python 3.11 & Linux 6.1 Excited Open-Source Enthusiasts   Phoronix   2022-11-01
sdl12-compat 1.2.60 Gets More Old Games Running Atop SDL2 For Modern Linux Gaming   Linux Gaming   2022-10-25
Ubuntu 22.10 Released With GNOME 43 Desktop, Raspberry Pi Improvements, PipeWire Audio   Ubuntu   2022-10-20
Debian To Carry Patches For GNOME Dynamic Triple Buffering   Debian   2022-10-03
Debian 12 Switches To PipeWire & WirePlumber By Default With The GNOME Desktop   Debian   2022-10-01
Ubuntu 22.10 Beta Released For Linux 5.19 + GNOME 43 Powered Linux Desktop   Ubuntu   2022-09-30
GNOME Shell & Mutter 43 Release Candidates Bring Last Minute Changes   GNOME   2022-09-04
PipeWire 0.3.57 Adds AAC Decoder, Opus For Bluetooth   PipeWire   2022-09-03
sdl12-compat 1.2.54 Pre-Release Gets More Games Running On This SDL2 Compatibility Layer   Linux Gaming   2022-09-02
Rust For Linux, -O3'ing The Kernel & Other Highlights From June   Phoronix   2022-07-01
EndeavourOS 22.6 "Artemis" Released With Improved Arm Support, WirePlumber In Use   Arch Linux   2022-06-25
PipeWire 0.3.52 Released To Continue Enhancing Linux Audio/Video Streams   PipeWire   2022-06-09
NVIDIA's Open-Source Kernel Driver, Graviton3 & Fedora 36 Made For An Exciting May   Phoronix   2022-05-31
PulseAudio 16.0 Released With A Variety Of Improvements   Multimedia   2022-05-28
SteamOS 3.2 Released With More Improvements For The Steam Deck   Valve   2022-05-26
Ubuntu 22.10 Switching To PipeWire For Linux Audio Handling   Ubuntu   2022-05-21
Arch Linux Temporarily Steps Back From WirePlumber After Snafu   Arch Linux   2022-05-13
WirePlumber 0.4.9 Fixes Surround Sound For Some Linux Games   Multimedia   2022-03-27
sdl-compat 1.2.52 Debuts As Initial SDL-1.2-Atop-SDL-2.0 Release   Linux Gaming   2022-03-05
PipeWire 0.3.46 Released With Critical Bug Fixes, Better Sound Sharing With Zoom   PipeWire   2022-02-17
GNOME Shell & Mutter Prepare For GNOME 42 Beta With More Desktop Enhancements   GNOME   2022-02-14
Chimera Linux Pushes Ahead For FreeBSD User-Space Atop Linux, Built Using LLVM   Operating Systems   2022-02-08
OpenMandriva Lx 4.3 Released With Completed Arm 64-bit Port, Sticks To Using LLVM   Operating Systems   2022-02-07
Zenwalk 15 Released For Slackware With Flatpak + AppImage Ready, Desktop Optimizations   Operating Systems   2022-02-04
Slackware 15.0 Released After Many Years In Development   Operating Systems   2022-02-03
PipeWire 0.3.45 Restores Sound Support For Zoom, Telegram   Multimedia   2022-02-03
PipeWire 0.3.44 Released With Latency Improvements, Minimal PW Server Support   PipeWire   2022-01-27
Archinstall 2.3.1 Released With PipeWire App Profile Added, Btrfs Install Improvements   Arch Linux   2022-01-26
JACK2 1.9.20 Released With Official FreeBSD Support   Multimedia   2022-01-16
Hyperscalers Have Been Making CentOS 9 Stream More Attractive With New Features   Red Hat   2022-01-10
WirePlumber 0.4.6 Released For Managing PipeWire   PipeWire   2022-01-06
PipeWire 0.3.43 Released With Many Fixes   PipeWire   2022-01-05
Fedora Had A Stellar 2021 & Continued Running At The Forefront Of Linux Innovations   Fedora   2021-12-30
PipeWire 0.3.41 Offers Improved Flatpak & JACK Compatibility, Apple AirPlay Streaming   PipeWire   2021-12-13
Arch-Based EndeavourOS 21.4 Released With FSTRIM, Btrfs Zstd, PipeWire By Default   Arch Linux   2021-12-03
Valve Shares New Steam Deck Details, Proton Update Available For Testing   Valve   2021-11-12
PipeWire 0.3.40 Released With Better JACK Compatibility   PipeWire   2021-11-11
It's Been 9 Years Since Valve Rolled Out The Steam Linux Beta   Valve   2021-11-06
Steam Beta Adds VA-API Acceleration For Remote Play   Valve   2021-11-03
Fedora Linux 35 Released As Another Exciting, Feature-Packed Update   Fedora   2021-11-02
Fedora 35 Cleared For Release Next Week   Fedora   2021-10-28
Canonical Looking For Community Feedback As Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Development Begins   Ubuntu   2021-10-26
PipeWire 0.3.39 Brings Libcamera Plugin Improvements, Better Compatibility For JACK Apps   PipeWire   2021-10-22
Flatpak 1.12 Released - Better Sub-Sandbox Handling To Benefit Steam   Free Software   2021-10-08
Red Hat / Fedora To Focus On Driving New Linux Video Improvements Around PipeWire   PipeWire   2021-10-01
Steam Beta Improves Its Vulkan Pre-Caching System, PipeWire Capture Now Opt-In   Valve   2021-09-28
Fedora 35 Beta Released With Many New Features, Countless Package Updates   Fedora   2021-09-28
Red Hat's Upstream Contributions Are Making For A Great Fedora Workstation 35   Fedora   2021-09-20
KWinFT Continues Working On WLROOTS Render, Library Split   Wayland   2021-09-17
PipeWire 0.3.34 Released With Yet More Improvements, Fixes   PipeWire   2021-08-26
Fedora 35 To Support Restarting User Services On Package Upgrades   Fedora   2021-08-16
SDL 2.0.16 Released With Better Wayland Support, PipeWire Integration   Linux Gaming   2021-08-10
LE9, Canonical's Profits, Steam Deck, & Loongson 3A5000 Made For An Exciting July   Phoronix   2021-08-01
SDL 2.0.16 Is On The Way With Better Wayland Support, Improved PipeWire Integration   Linux Gaming   2021-08-01
PulseAudio 15 Released With Bluetooth Improvements, Better Hardware Support   Multimedia   2021-07-28
PipeWire 0.3.32 Released With Numerous Fixes   PipeWire   2021-07-21
Fedora 35 Looking To Employ WirePlumber For Managing PipeWire   Fedora   2021-07-20
USB Low Latency Audio Support Re-Submitted For Linux 5.14   Multimedia   2021-07-10
PipeWire 0.3.31 Released With Better JACK Support, More Crash Fixes   PipeWire   2021-06-28
Linux's USB Audio Driver Aims For Latency Reduction   Multimedia   2021-06-04
Windows vs. Linux, 5.13 Kernel, FreeBSD 13, Other May Excitement   Free Software   2021-06-01
PipeWire 0.3.28 Released With More PulseAudio Modules Implemented   PipeWire   2021-05-20
Fedora 35 Aims For Better Experience Running Vintage Linux Games   Fedora   2021-05-17
The Story Of PipeWire & How It's Getting Ready To Handle Linux Audio + Video   PipeWire   2021-05-15
New Realtek Audio Support, VirtIO Sound Driver Ready To Play On Linux 5.13   Hardware   2021-05-02
Fedora 34 Released As A Hugely Exciting Update For This Linux Distribution   Fedora   2021-04-27
Fedora 34 To Release Next Week As A Very Exciting Update   Fedora   2021-04-24
PipeWire 0.3.26 Released With Better Bluetooth Support, Up To 64 Channel Devices   PipeWire   2021-04-22
PulseAudio 15 Lands mSBC Codec Support To Enable Bluetooth Wideband Speech   Multimedia   2021-04-06
OBS Studio 27.0-rc1 Released With Wayland Support, Undo/Redo   Multimedia   2021-04-03
OBS Studio Now Ready With Wayland Capture Support   Wayland   2021-03-31
Fedora 34 Beta Released With PipeWire In Action, GNOME 40 Desktop   Fedora   2021-03-23
RHEL In Your Car? Red Hat Building Out Automotive Infotainment Team   Red Hat   2021-03-16
Fedora Workstation 34 Should Be Very Exciting With GNOME 40, PipeWire Default   Fedora   2021-03-16
GNOME 40 Introducing Headless Native Backend, Virtual Monitors   GNOME   2021-03-12
SDL2 Lands Native PipeWire Support   Linux Gaming   2021-03-02
PipeWire 0.3.22 Released With Many Improvements   PipeWire   2021-02-21
The Work Ahead For Ubuntu 21.04 To Switch To Wayland By Default   Ubuntu   2021-02-09
Fedora 34 Will See HarfBuzz-Enabled FreeType As The Latest For This Huge Feature Release   Fedora   2021-02-05
Ubuntu 21.04 Will Try To Use Wayland By Default   Ubuntu   2021-01-28
PulseAudio Lands Much Better Support For FreeBSD - Audio Now Plays Correctly   BSD   2021-01-18
GNOME In 2020 Saw Many Optimizations, GTK 4.0 Released, GNOME 40 In Development   GNOME   2020-12-31
DNF/RPM Copy-On-Write Eyed For Fedora 34 To Speed Up Package Installation   Fedora   2020-12-23
Fedora Shifting Their Git Repositories To "Main", Some To "Rawhide"   Fedora   2020-12-21
Better WebRTC Support Is Coming To Chrome/Chromium For Benefiting Wayland Screen Sharing   Wayland   2020-12-18
Fedora 34 Gets Sign-Off For Trying To Default To PipeWire For Audio Needs   Fedora   2020-12-14
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
Linux App Summit 2020 Videos Now Available From Steam/Valve To GNOME Circle   Linux Events   2020-11-14
KDE Saw A "Bug Massacre" This Week With Better NVIDIA Wayland Experience, Many Fixes   KDE   2020-10-31
Linux 5.9 Regression, NVIDIA RTX 30, GNOME 40 & Microsoft Made For A Fun September   Phoronix   2020-10-01
PipeWire Is In Increasingly Great Shape - Ready For More User Testing   PipeWire   2020-09-04
Many Linux Developers Are Ecstatic Over Fedora On Lenovo Systems   Hardware   2020-08-31
KDE Plasma 5.20 To Bring Working Screen Recording / Screencasting On Wayland   KDE   2020-07-25