Snowy 
🏳️🌈Look ma, I'm on phoronix!
| Pronouns | she/her |
| Website | https://www.gfxstrand.net/faith/ |
| GitLab | https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gfxstrand |
| GitHub | https://github.com/gfxstrand |
Faith Ekstrand
@gfxstrand@treehouse.systems
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Linux 3D graphics developer. Author of the NIR optimizing compiler core in Mesa as well as open-source Vulkan drivers for Intel and Nvidia GPUs. Engineering Fellow @Collabora. I enjoy good food, especially BBQ, tacos, and pizza.
Longhorn
Weltschmerz à GogoI guess if “They’ll come for you next” motivates people, then go for it. But damn, I really wish people could start from the assumption that the people they’re coming for *now* are also worth fighting for without any further explanation.
@kookie64 I have to be really careful with it because it can be toxic as hell. But it is sometimes good for laugh if you're in a headspace where you can not take it too seriously.
PhoronixMesa 25.2 Drops Legacy DRI2 Code With A Bonfire To Pre-DMABUF Winsys Support
A big merge today to Mesa Git ahead of next week's Mesa 25.2 code branching is removing the pre-DMA-BUF winsys support and as part of that clearing out all of the old DRI2 driver support...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-25.2-Drops-DRI2-Bonfire
They also think that citing a single line from a 12-year-old blog post is sufficient justification of their totally uneducated takes.
@0xAnita Oh, yeah. It's terrible.
Ah, yes. People in the Phoronix forums are quoting Grok as if that makes them an expert.
I can see things are going well over there...
@ilmari Yeah, we're not really using backports in CI. Honestly, I don't know why. It would be a lot easier.
mittorn