Did my tiny #Linux distro hobby get a little out of hand? https://t2linux.com #t2 #t2sde #t2linux

Finally it's there! I'll be having a look at this later today.
https://t2linux.com/download/26.3

#t2linux #kde

T2 SDE Release 26.3

Oh look, someone remembered old computers deserve nice things. Berlin-based T2 Linux dev René Rebe says their Xorg restored XAA, bringing fixed-function 2D acceleration back to older GPUs—tested on cards like ATi Mach-64 and Rage-128—so windows move smoothly with low CPU. Upstream: you sure about that? 😼

https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/02/21/0752214/t2-linux-restores-xaa-in-xorg-making-2d-graphics-fast-again

#T2Linux #Xorg #Linux

T2 Linux Restores XAA In Xorg, Making 2D Graphics Fast Again - Slashdot

Berlin-based T2 Linux developer René Rebe (long-time Slashdot reader ReneR) is announcing that their Xorg display server has now restored its XAA acceleration architecture, "bringing fixed-function hardware 2D acceleration back to many older graphics cards that upstream left in software-rende...

RFC: which #ARM / #RISCV #SoC should we support in #t2linux next?
https://github.com/rxrbln/t2sde/issues/275
[RFC] Next popular SoCs to support · Issue #275 · rxrbln/t2sde

As you might know, supporting different ARM and RISCV SoCs is rather time consuming with each vendor inventing new incompatible aware for each new product and generation requiring patching upstream...

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Zum Thema Linux auf einem Mac: Alles nicht so richtig erquicklich. Gnome scheint die einzig wirklich gangbare Lösung zu sein, damit die Grundfunktionen stabil laufen. Was ich erkannt habe: Gnome verhält sich zum Linux-Unterbau etwa so wie MacOS zum BSD-Unterbau. D.h. ohne Gnome ist das alles ziemlich blankes Metall.
#linux #t2linux #gnome
Weil sonst schon fast alles in der eigenen Datenhoheit liegt: "altes" Macbook aus 2019 mit Linux für die selbstbestimmte Zukunft fit machen. Nicht trivial, trotz so viele guter Distributionen. Out-of-the-box gehen Tastatur, Trackpad und WLAN leider nicht. Wichtig scheint, eine T2-Chip geeignete Distro zu verwenden. 3. Versuch läuft.
#dud #did #t2linux #linux #mac