Opensource on IT News https://it-news.uk/tags/opensource/ Recent content in Opensource on IT News Hugo en-us Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800 AMD's Open-Source Linux Driver Enables CACP, an OLED Power-Saving Feature That's Been Hiding in Windows Since 2022 https://it-news.uk/posts/amd-linux-driver-cacp-oled-power-saving/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/amd-linux-driver-cacp-oled-power-saving/ <p>There&rsquo;s a quiet asymmetry in how graphics drivers treat their two major platforms. A feature that AMD has shipped inside its Windows GPU driver since 2022 just landed in the open-source AMDGPU Display Core driver for Linux, and it targets a problem anyone with an OLED laptop knows well: battery drain that spikes whenever the screen shows bright content.</p>