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openSUSE Making It Easier To Install H.264 Codec Support

Phoronix - Wed, 01/25/2023 - 02:36
The openSUSE project in collaboration with Cisco is making it easier to deploy H.264 codec support on openSUSE Leap and Tumbleweed...

Wine 8.0 Released With PE Conversion Complete, Progress On WoW64 Support

Phoronix - Tue, 01/24/2023 - 23:38
Wine 8.0 is now officially out as the annual stable feature update for enjoying Windows games and applications on Linux and other platforms...

Sound Open Firmware 2.4.1 Continues The Transition To Zephyr RTOS

Phoronix - Tue, 01/24/2023 - 20:54
Sound Open Firmware 2.4.1 is out today as the first stable v2.4 release for this open-source audio / DSP firmware stack for not only modern Intel platforms but AMD, Mediatek, and other increasing industry use as well. With Sound Open Firmware 2.4 they have continued the transition in making use of Zephyr RTOS...

AMD SMBA+BMEC QoS Features For 4th Gen EPYC "Genoa" Positioned For Linux 6.3

Phoronix - Tue, 01/24/2023 - 20:01
Going back to last August AMD Linux engineers began posting Linux kernel patches for new Quality of Service features coming with Zen 4. After a few rounds of review and updates to those patches, this work enabling the AMD SMBA and BMEC features for 4th Gen EPYC "Genoa" processors appear positioned for introduction in the Linux 6.3 kernel cycle...

MoltenVK v1.2.2 Released For Improving Vulkan API Support On macOS/iOS

Phoronix - Tue, 01/24/2023 - 19:48
MoltenVK is out with a new release for implementing the Vulkan API atop Apple's Metal API for enjoying this industry-standard graphics/compute API on macOS and iOS...

VMware & QXL X.Org Video Drivers See New Updates After Several Years

Phoronix - Tue, 01/24/2023 - 19:30
Red Hat's Peter Hutterer has released new versions of the xf86-video-qxl and xf86-video-vmware DDX drivers for those making use of these X.Org drivers in virtualized environments...

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