If you’re on NVIDIA, the R555 line is the tipping point for a smooth Wayland experience; earlier branches can run but won’t ...

Ubuntu is clear in its intentions: Ptyxis will become the standard terminal for upcoming releases, including the long-term ...

Reactions across forums and distro communities have been largely favorable. Fedora, which typically adopts GNOME changes quickly, shipped Loupe as its default almost immediately. Ubuntu was more ...

Under Wayland, GNOME 48’s fractional scaling is seamless, reverting tearing and flicker to distant memories. If you’re still ...

Linux, in its many forms, has always worn transparency as a badge of honor. Unlike proprietary systems where code is hidden ...

Editors' Note: This article has been updated since its original posting. Software and hardware engineers who have to deal with byte and bit order issues know the process is like walking a maze. Though ...

ALSA stands for the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture. It consists of a set of kernel drivers, an application programming interface (API) library and utility programs for supporting sound under Linux.

Nowadays, high-performance server software (for example, the HTTP accelerator) in most cases runs on multicore machines. Modern hardware could provide 32, 64 or more CPU cores. In such highly ...

Power management (PM) software is a crucial component in battery-powered systems, such as PDAs and laptops, because it helps conserve power when the system is inactive. As a simple example, power may ...

Why do the above features use netlink instead of system calls, ioctls or proc filesystems for communication between user and kernel worlds? It is a nontrivial task to add system calls, ioctls or proc ...

By now almost everyone has heard of so-called zero-copy functionality under Linux, but I often run into people who don't have a full understanding of the subject. Because of this, I decided to write a ...