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Video LAN Publishes Dav2d For Open-Source AV2 Decoder
46+ min ago (222+ words) While the Alliance For Open Media had been aiming for the AV2 release by the end of 2025, as of right now the AV2 specification remains in a draft status. Video LAN developers though for months have already been working on dav2d as an…...
Free BSD 15. 1 Beta Released For Early Testing
56+ min ago (200+ words) Following last year's release of Free BSD 15. 0, Free BSD 15. 1 is working its way toward release release in June. For kicking off the release dance, Free BSD 15. 1 Beta 1 is available today for testing. .. - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming…...
NVIDIA Ships Fixes For Descriptor Heaps, More Vulkan Performance Optimizations
1+ hour, 9+ min ago (180+ words) Phoronix - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals NVIDIA Ships Fixes For Descriptor Heaps, More Vulkan Performance Optimizations Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix. com and founded the site…...
KDE Plasma 6. 6. 5 Fixes Some NVIDIA Performance Issues, More Features Land For Plasma 6. 7
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (215+ words) We are now just one month out from the planned release of Plasma 6. 7 in mid-June. Feature activity continues to be brisk for Plasma 6. 7 while KDE developers also continue landing more fixes for the current Plasma 6. 6 series. .. - Categories Computers Display Drivers…...
An Early Look At Linux 6. 18 Performance With Intel Xeon 6 Granite Rapids
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (85+ words) In the synthetic Stress-NG kernel micro-benchmark tests were a number of improvements spotted in specific areas. MMAP was performing better on Linux 6. 18 with this dual Xeon 6900 P Gigabyte server. The pipe performance was also up on Linux 6. 18. In a number…...
Steam On Linux In April Pulled Back From Its Record High Marketshare
11+ hour, 34+ min ago (184+ words) Phoronix - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals Steam On Linux In April Pulled Back From Its Record High Marketshare Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix. com and founded…...
Gigabyte MZ33-AR1: A Uniquely Positioned AMD EPYC 9005 Motherboard For Open-Source Firmware Review
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (759+ words) The Gigabyte MZ33-AR1 is an E-ATX motherboard supporting both EPYC 9004 and EPYC 9005 series, 12 channel DDR5 RDIMM support with 24 DIMMs for two DIMMs per channel, four PCIe Gen5 x16 slots, dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet via a Broadcom BCM57416 chipset, five MCIO connectors on PCIe Gen5 and one MCIO…...
Wine 11. 8 Improves VBScript Compatibility, Finally Fixes Microsoft Golf 1999
13+ hour, 57+ min ago (210+ words) Wine 11. 8 delivers the latest and greatest support for running Windows applications and games under Linux and other platforms. This newest bi-weekly development release brings several more enhancements in working toward Wine 12. 0 stable due out in early 2027. .. - Categories Computers Display Drivers…...
Endeavour OS "Trtion" To Ship New Desktop/WM Options, Titan Neo Brings Various Updates
15+ hour, 36+ min ago (214+ words) In addition to today's monthly ISO refresh of Arch Linux that is now pulling in the Linux 7. 0 kernel and other updates, the downstream Endeavour OS also happens to be out with a new ISO release for starting the month of…...
Vulkan 1. 4. 350 Released With Three New Extensions
16+ hour, 53+ min ago (194+ words) Vulkan 1. 4. 350 released earlier today as the newest routine spec update. Beyond the usual minor fixes/clarifications, Vulkan 1. 4. 350 tacks on three more extensions. .. - Categories Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals Vulkan 1. 4. 350 Released…...