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MythTV 35 Released For This Once Widely-Used Open-Source DVR/PVR Software

Phoronix - Tue, 02/25/2025 - 18:53
The MythTV open-source project is now 22 years old for being this PVR/DVR software for TVs and home theaters. While PVRs/DVRs aren't nearly as popular as they were in the pre Internet streaming era, MythTV continues forging ahead and MythTV 35 is now available as the newest annual feature release to the project...

Armbian 25.2 Released With New Boards Supported, Kernel Upgrades

Phoronix - Tue, 02/25/2025 - 06:05
Armbian 25.2 is now available as the newest feature release for this Debian-based Linux distribution focused on providing a great ARM experience as well as a growing number of RISC-V boards...

Canonical Rolling Out Improved CLA Process For Ubuntu Contributions

Phoronix - Tue, 02/25/2025 - 03:17
Canonical's Contributor License Agreement (CLA) used for various projects they develop around Ubuntu Linux isn't changing itself, but the process for signing the CLA is being improved upon...

Intel Linux Driver Preparing VRSR Support For Battlemage GPUs

Phoronix - Tue, 02/25/2025 - 02:18
To help with idle/suspend scenarios use for Intel Arc B-Series "Battlemage" graphics processors, a set of patches were posted today for the Intel Xe kernel graphics driver for enabling VRAM Self Refresh "VRSR" support...

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