Bcachefs Merges New On-Disk Format Version For Linux 6.11, Working Toward Defrag

Ahead of the Linux 6.11-rc4 kernel release coming up later today, some more Bcachefs file-system patches were merged this weekend for this experimental copy-on-write file-system...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Merge-Linux-6.11-rc4

Linux Patches Work To Upstream Raspberry Pi's RP1 PCI Device Support

Andrea della Porta of SUSE has been working on upstreaming the Linux kernel support to boot the Raspberry Pi 5 on a mainline kernel. Over the past few months Andrea has posted a number of different patches derived in part from Raspberry Pi's downstream kernel code. The latest effort being pursued by the SUSE engineer is on upstreaming Raspberry Pi RP1 PCI device sup…
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Raspberry-Pi-RP1-Linux-Patches

GIMP 3.0 Enters String Freeze, Inching Closer To Release

Today marks the beginning of the string freeze for the long-awaited GIMP 3.0 open-source image editor release as one of the leading free software alternatives to Adobe Photoshop...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GIMP-3.0-String-Freeze

Bochs DRM Linux Driver Being Modernized - Better Performance For QEMU Display

The Bochs Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) kernel driver is in the process of being modernized. The Bochs driver is important in that it's commonly used for virtual VGA output with QEMU for Linux virtualization...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bochs-DRM-Modernizing

Mesa's PanVK Vulkan Driver Prepares For Arm Mali Valhall Support

Mesa's PanVK driver that provides open-source Vulkan API support for Arm Mali graphics is preparing to support newer "Valhall" hardware...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-PanVK-Valhall-Prep