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EGLStream Linux & Open-Source News

XWayland Nukes The NVIDIA EGLStream Backend   Wayland   2024-03-18
GNOME Dynamic Triple Buffering Can 2x The Desktop Performance For Intel Graphics, Raspberry Pi   GNOME   2022-02-13
KDE Enjoys Improvement For Much Better NVIDIA Wayland GBM Experience   NVIDIA   2022-01-19
GNOME Shell & Mutter Prepare For GNOME 42 Alpha With Exciting Improvements   GNOME   2022-01-12
Sway 1.7 Nears Release With Less Abrasive NVIDIA Option, Zero-Copy Direct Scanout   Wayland   2022-01-09
Sway 1.7-rc1 Has Better Zero-Copy Direct Scanout, Drops "--my-next-gpu-wont-be-nvidia"   Wayland   2021-12-23
XWayland Adds Support For Touchpad Gestures   X.Org   2021-12-05
XWayland 21.1.3 Released With Support For NVIDIA's 495 Driver GBM   X.Org   2021-11-08
XWayland 21.1.3 Nears With Support For NVIDIA 495 Driver's GBM   Wayland   2021-10-21
NVIDIA 495 Linux Beta Driver Released With GBM Support   NVIDIA   2021-10-14
NVIDIA Confirms Sway Wayland Compositor Works Fine With Their New GBM Driver Support   NVIDIA   2021-09-04
XWayland 21.1.2 Released With NVIDIA Hardware Acceleration Support   Wayland   2021-07-09
Mesa 21.2 Lands NVIDIA's Code For Handling Alternate GBM Backends   Mesa   2021-07-07
XWayland 21.1.2 Nears With NVIDIA Hardware Acceleration   X.Org   2021-06-30
X.Org Server Git Lands Latest Patches To Help NVIDIA XWayland   X.Org   2021-05-31
KDE Plasma 5.22 Faster For NVIDIA + Wayland, More Crash Fixes   KDE   2021-05-29
X.Org Server Git Lands Support For Hardware-Accelerated XWayland With NVIDIA   NVIDIA   2021-04-09
NVIDIA Proposes Mesa Patches To Support Alternative GBM Back-Ends   NVIDIA   2021-03-29
Taiwins Wayland Compositor Switches From WLROOTS To Its Own Library   Wayland   2021-01-31
GNOME 40's Mutter Adds Atomic Mode-Setting Support   GNOME   2021-01-23
NVIDIA Is Working On DMA-BUF Passing That Should Help Improve Their Wayland Support   NVIDIA   2020-12-01
KDE Saw A "Bug Massacre" This Week With Better NVIDIA Wayland Experience, Many Fixes   KDE   2020-10-31
Mir 2.0 Released In Dropping Legacy Bits, New Platform Improvements   Ubuntu   2020-07-24
Wayland's Wild Decade From v1.0 Release To Usable GNOME/KDE Desktop Support   Wayland   2019-12-29
X.Org Saw A Lot Of Work In The 2010s Even With Wayland Taking Off   X.Org   2019-12-28
Ten Years Past GNOME's 10x10 Goal, The Linux Desktop Is Still Far From Having A 10% Marketshare   GNOME   2019-12-14
Mir Working On A Mir-On-Wayland Nested Compositor Path, Broadcom DispmanX API Support   Ubuntu   2019-10-30
NVIDIA Still Working On A Generic Allocator - Has Working Open-Source Implementation   NVIDIA   2019-10-07
KDE Plasma 5.16 Released With A Lot Of Polishing, File Manager Improvements   KDE   2019-06-11
KDE Plasma 5.16 Beta Released With Many Features   KDE   2019-05-16
KDE Frameworks 5.58 Released With Many Fixes, Improvements   KDE   2019-05-13
KDE Saw More System Settings Work While EGLStreams KWin Support Stole The Show   KDE   2019-04-21
NVIDIA EGLStreams Support Merged Into KWin For KDE Plasma 5.16   KDE   2019-04-15
Fedora Workstation 30 Is Shaping Up To Be Another Exciting, Feature-Packed Update   Fedora   2019-04-04
NVIDIA Lands Fix To Avoid High CPU Usage When Using The KDE Desktop   KDE   2019-03-26
Mir 1.1.1 RC1 Has Fixes For PostmarketOS, Demo Shells Using Wayland   Wayland   2019-02-15
GNOME 3.32 Beta Released With Performance Improvements, Last Minute Features   GNOME   2019-02-06
Sway 1.0 RC1 Rolls Out With Wayland Clipboard Managers, Swayidle/Swaylock Changes   Wayland   2019-02-05
The Latest NVIDIA EGLStreams Wayland Backend Code Under Review For KDE/KWin   KDE   2019-01-30
Wayland Support On The BSDs Continuing To Improve   BSD   2019-01-21
Mir Made Good Progress Over The Holidays With Porting To Debian & Alpine, ARM Mali   Ubuntu   2019-01-11
GNOME Shell + Mutter 3.31.4 Deliver Desktop Performance Improvements   GNOME   2019-01-10
It's Still A Slow Process For Ubuntu Touch Moving To Mir 1.x / Wayland   Ubuntu   2019-01-09
Open-Source / Linux Letdowns For 2018   Free Software   2018-12-31
NVIDIA's 2018 Linux Highlights Included Some Open-Source Milestones, But Not Many   NVIDIA   2018-12-30
KDE Had A Darn Exciting Year With Better Wayland Support, Improved Kdenlive, Krita 4.0   KDE   2018-12-30
The Biggest GNOME Stories Of 2018   GNOME   2018-12-29
The X.Org Server Continues Cruising Along As We Approach 2019   X.Org   2018-12-28
A Look At The Wayland/Weston Development Stats For 2018   Wayland   2018-12-26
Mir 1.1 Released With EGLStreams KMS Support To Work With NVIDIA's Binary Driver   Ubuntu   2018-12-18
Ubuntu's Dock CPU Usage To Be Lowered By A Third, Other Perf Fixes Inbound   Ubuntu   2018-12-17
Mir 1.1 Is Releasing Soon With Experimental X11 Support & NVIDIA Binary Blob Handling   Ubuntu   2018-11-30
Sway 1.0 Beta 2 Rolls Out For Feature-Rich i3-Compatible Wayland Compositor   Wayland   2018-11-30
NVIDIA Working On An EGLStreams Back-End For KDE On Wayland   KDE   2018-11-14
The MATE Wayland Port Is Moving Along, NVIDIA Mir Support Still Being Tackled   Ubuntu   2018-10-06
GNOME 3.30 Ready For Release Today With Many New Features & Improvements   GNOME   2018-09-05
Mir Has Partial Support For The NVIDIA Proprietary Driver, X11 Support Remains WIP   Ubuntu   2018-08-17
X.Org Server 1.20.1 Released With Many Bug Fixes   X.Org   2018-08-07
X.Org Server 1.20 Branch Created, Latest EGLStreams Patches Added   X.Org   2018-08-05
Apple, Ryzen, Valve & The Evolving Linux Kernel Dominated Conversations In Q2   Free Software   2018-07-04
The Latest Batch Of XWayland / EGLStream Improvements Merged   X.Org   2018-06-22
NVIDIA Contributes EGLStreams Improvements For GNOME's Mutter Wayland Support   GNOME   2018-06-16
XWayland Gets Patch To Automatically Use EGLStreams For NVIDIA Support When Needed   X.Org   2018-05-31
Mir Is Running On Arch Linux; Mir Also Progressing With EGLStreams Support   Ubuntu   2018-05-26
XWayland Gets Patches For Better EGLStreams Handling   X.Org   2018-05-24
The Shiny New Features Of X.Org Server 1.20   X.Org   2018-05-03
NVIDIA Releases The 396.24 Linux Driver With X.Org Server 1.20 Support   NVIDIA   2018-05-02
Linux 4.17, Ryzen, Valve & Apple Looking For Kernel Devs Topped April   Phoronix   2018-05-01
X.Org Server 1.20 RC5 Released, Adds EGLStreams To Let NVIDIA Work With XWayland   X.Org   2018-04-24
EGLStreams XWayland Code Revised Ahead Of X.Org Server 1.20   X.Org   2018-04-21
X.Org Server 1.20 RC4 Released, EGLStreams For XWayland Might Still Land   X.Org   2018-04-11
With Vulkan 1.1 It's Technically Possible To Write A Pure Wayland Compositor   Vulkan   2018-03-08
EGLStreams For XWayland Gets Updated   X.Org   2018-03-07
A Look At The Many Features To X.Org Server 1.20   X.Org   2018-02-28
X.Org Server 1.20 Release Candidate Due For Release Tomorrow   X.Org   2018-02-27
XWayland Gets Initial Support For EGLStreams To Support NVIDIA's Driver   X.Org   2018-02-07
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Will Default To The X.Org Stack, Not Wayland   Ubuntu   2018-01-26
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Offers Wayland In Tech Preview Form   Red Hat   2018-01-24
Solus Experimenting With Qt Wayland Compositor, NVIDIA EGLStreams Support   Operating Systems   2018-01-04
Wayland Made More Inroads In 2017   Wayland   2017-12-29
NVIDIA's Open-Source Christmas: Experimental Allocator Driver For Nouveau   Nouveau   2017-12-20
Struggling Open-Source Support, Pascal Rocking & Other NVIDIA Linux Topics Of 2017   NVIDIA   2017-12-16
Fedora Linux Had Another Innovative Year   Fedora   2017-12-15
Wayland Had An Impressive 2017 With KDE Support Maturing, Mir Switching Focus   Wayland   2017-12-13
2017 Has Been The First Year In A Decade Without A Major X.Org Server Update   X.Org   2017-12-05
NVIDIA's New Memory Allocator Project To Be Standalone, Undecided On Name   NVIDIA   2017-11-30
NVIDIA Wants Feedback On Its Device Memory Allocator Project   NVIDIA   2017-11-21
DRI3 v1.1 & DRI3 v1.2 Patches Revised   X.Org   2017-11-07
Solus 4 Is Working On Restoring Wayland Support, NVIDIA Improvements   Operating Systems   2017-11-01
KWin Maintainer On KDE Wayland Remains Uninterested In NVIDIA's Driver   KDE   2017-10-31
X.Org Server 1.20 Expected Around January With New Features   X.Org   2017-09-23
NVIDIA Offers Update On Their Proposed Unix Device Memory Allocation Library   NVIDIA   2017-09-20
NVIDIA Makes It Easier On Fedora To Try GNOME With EGLStreams On Wayland   Fedora   2017-07-26
Sway Wayland Compositor Adding Proprietary NVIDIA Driver Support   Wayland   2017-04-30
Solus 2017.04.18 Brings Updates, Bulletproof Boot Management   Operating Systems   2017-04-18
Mir Will Support NVIDIA's EGL Streams Approach   Ubuntu   2017-03-19
GNOME Shell & Mutter Up To 3.24 Beta State   GNOME   2017-02-16
NVIDIA Publishes EGL External Platform Interface & Wayland Library   NVIDIA   2017-01-18
The Top NVIDIA vs. AMD/Radeon Linux News Of 2016   Hardware   2016-12-29
The Wayland Highlights Of 2016   Wayland   2016-12-28
GNOME vs. KDE: The Top Linux Desktop News Of 2016   Desktop   2016-12-28
GNOME 3.23.3 Released   GNOME   2016-12-13
Forum Spam/Filtering Redesign; 300+ Linux News/Articles/Reviews For November   Phoronix   2016-12-01
GNOME Shell & Mutter Land New 3.24 Development Releases, NVIDIA Wayland Support   GNOME   2016-11-23
GNOME Lands Mainline NVIDIA Wayland Support Using EGLStreams   GNOME   2016-11-17
Fedora 25's Hybrid Graphics Improvements, To Support NVIDIA Wayland EGLStreams   Fedora   2016-11-01
New Documentation Around NVIDIA's Push For A GBM Alternative To Memory Allocation   NVIDIA   2016-10-04
NVIDIA's Proposal For A New API Better Than GBM Has Already Made Some Progress   Wayland   2016-09-23
NVIDIA Presents Over GBM vs. EGLStreams, The Big Wayland Support Debate Continues   Wayland   2016-09-21
Qt's Comprehensive Display/Graphics Options   Qt   2016-09-19
XDC2016 Will Be One Of The Largest X.Org Conferences In A Long Time   X.Org   2016-09-14
KDE Wayland Is Not Yet Interested In NVIDIA's EGLStreams Approach   KDE   2016-09-14
NVIDIA To Meet With Wayland, Linux Kernel Developers To Discuss GBM vs. Streams   NVIDIA   2016-07-21
Wayland 1.12 Planned For Release In September   Wayland   2016-06-01
Arcan: A New Open-Source Display Server Built Atop A Game Engine   Free Software   2016-05-30
A Wayland Developer Shares His Concerns About NVIDIA's EGLStreams Proposal   Wayland   2016-05-13
Streams vs. GBM: The Fight Continues Over NVIDIA's Proposed Wayland Route   Wayland   2016-05-12
NVIDIA Linux Developers Don't Sound Too Happy About The ChromeOS Driver Approach   NVIDIA   2016-05-03
NVIDIA Continues Discussing Their Controversial Wayland Plans With Developers   NVIDIA   2016-04-03
NVIDIA Publishes Patches For Its Driver To Work With Wayland's Weston   Wayland   2016-03-21
NVIDIA Presents Its Driver Plans To Support Mir/Wayland & KMS On Linux   NVIDIA   2014-10-10