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Mozilla Eyes Removal Of Theora Support In Firefox

Phoronix - Wed, 11/01/2023 - 23:36

Following Google's plans for removing Theora codec format support from the Chrome/Chromium browser, Mozilla is also eyeing a similar move for retiring Theora from Firefox...

Mozilla Eyes Removal Of Theora Support In Firefox - Phoronix

Google News - Wed, 11/01/2023 - 23:36

Mozilla Eyes Removal Of Theora Support In Firefox Phoronix

JFS File-System Seeing Minor Stability Improvements With Linux 6.7

Phoronix - Wed, 11/01/2023 - 23:04

Bcachefs was merged for Linux 6.7 and Btrfs is seeing some shiny new features with this next kernel version. But Linux 6.7 isn't just about leading-edge file-system fun: the three decade old IBM Journaled File-System (JFS) is even seeing some minor changes...

JFS File-System Seeing Minor Stability Improvements With Linux 6.7 - Phoronix

Google News - Wed, 11/01/2023 - 23:04

JFS File-System Seeing Minor Stability Improvements With Linux 6.7 Phoronix

LF Europe Chief Warns Developers on EU's Cyber Resilience Act - The New Stack

Google News - Wed, 11/01/2023 - 22:26

LF Europe Chief Warns Developers on EU's Cyber Resilience Act The New Stack

GNOME Shell and Mutter 45.1 Released with Xwayland and Wayland Improvements - 9to5Linux

Google News - Wed, 11/01/2023 - 21:16

GNOME Shell and Mutter 45.1 Released with Xwayland and Wayland Improvements 9to5Linux

Fwupd 1.9.7 Adds Support For More Logitech, Synaptics & Western Digital Hardware - Phoronix

Google News - Wed, 11/01/2023 - 21:00

Fwupd 1.9.7 Adds Support For More Logitech, Synaptics & Western Digital Hardware Phoronix

Fwupd 1.9.7 Adds Support For More Logitech, Synaptics & Western Digital Hardware

Phoronix - Wed, 11/01/2023 - 21:00

Richard Hughes of Red Hat has released Fwupd 1.9.7 as the newest version of this open-source software for applying firmware updates on Linux for system firmware to various peripherals and other components...

SteamVR 2.0 Beta continues improving on Linux | GamingOnLinux - GamingOnLinux

Google News - Wed, 11/01/2023 - 20:59

SteamVR 2.0 Beta continues improving on Linux | GamingOnLinux GamingOnLinux

Linux Software Industry Growth Report | Facebook, Amazon, IBM ... - Argyle Report

Google News - Wed, 11/01/2023 - 20:54

Linux Software Industry Growth Report | Facebook, Amazon, IBM ... Argyle Report

Linux 6.7 MMC To See Up To 4~5% Better 4K Random Write Performance

Phoronix - Wed, 11/01/2023 - 20:51

The MMC memory card updates for the Linux 6.7 kernel have been submitted for Linux 6.7 that includes new hardware support as well as a core MMC optimization to enhance the performance in some scenarios...

KDE KWin Preparing Preliminary Support For Running HDR Games

Phoronix - Wed, 11/01/2023 - 20:38

Xaver Hugl who has been leading much of the KDE KWin feature development in recent years has opened up a preliminary merge request for allowing high dynamic range (HDR) enabled games to work on KDE...