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VideoLAN Publishes Dav2d For Open-Source AV2 Decoder

Phoronix - Sat, 05/02/2026 - 19:03
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. VideoLAN developers though for months have already been working on dav2d as an open-source AV2 decoder and that code was published this weekend...

FreeBSD 15.1 Beta Released For Early Testing

Phoronix - Sat, 05/02/2026 - 18:53
Following last year's release of FreeBSD 15.0, FreeBSD 15.1 is working its way toward release release in June. For kicking off the release dance, FreeBSD 15.1 Beta 1 is available today for testing...

NVIDIA Ships Fixes For Descriptor Heaps, More Vulkan Performance Optimizations

Phoronix - Sat, 05/02/2026 - 18:41
NVIDIA on Friday released the 595.44.06 beta driver build as their newest Vulkan developer beta for Linux. This was joined by the NVIDIA 595.46 Windows Vulkan beta and there are performance improvements in tow and more work on their descriptor heaps support...

KDE Plasma 6.6.5 Fixes Some NVIDIA Performance Issues, More Features Land For Plasma 6.7

Phoronix - Sat, 05/02/2026 - 18:19
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...

watch: The One Linux Command You Keep Forgetting to Use

Tecmint - Sat, 05/02/2026 - 12:00
The post watch: The One Linux Command You Keep Forgetting to Use first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

You’re running df -h every 30 seconds by hand to watch a disk fill up, typing the same command over

The post watch: The One Linux Command You Keep Forgetting to Use first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Steam On Linux In April Pulled Back From Its Record High Marketshare

Phoronix - Sat, 05/02/2026 - 08:16
Steam on Linux use in March had skyrocketed to 5.33%, a 3.1% boost month-over-month and easily the highest level we've seen Steam on Linux at since its inception more than a decade ago. This record growth came amid the ongoing success of the Steam Deck handheld and Steam Play (Proton) for enabling more Windows games to run well on Linux. The April numbers are in and the Linux gaming marketshare pulled back somewhat but still remaining healthy...

Wine 11.8 Improves VBScript Compatibility, Finally Fixes Microsoft Golf 1999

Phoronix - Sat, 05/02/2026 - 05:52
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...

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