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Dav1d 1.2.1 Released With More Performance Optimizations

Phoronix - Tue, 06/06/2023 - 20:54
Dav1d 1.2.1 was released and while the version number may not be significant, it does have some useful performance optimizations and other tuning for this CPU-based open-source AV1 video decoder...

More AMD Heterogeneous System Patches Queued Ahead Of Linux 6.5

Phoronix - Tue, 06/06/2023 - 18:36
A few new AMD heterogeneous system patches have been queued via TIP.git ahead of the upcoming Linux 6.5 kernel merge window. These newest AMD Linux patches are focused on proper heterogeneous system enumeration for AMD data center systems sporting the Instinct MI200 and newer accelerators...

Mesa's Lavapipe Adds Vulkan Task/Mesh Shader Support

Phoronix - Tue, 06/06/2023 - 18:15
David Airlie has managed to hack together task/mesh shader support inside Lavapipe, the CPU-based software Vulkan implementation inside Mesa...

Qt Getting In On Generative AI, Starts By Adding GitHub Copilot To Qt Creator

Phoronix - Tue, 06/06/2023 - 17:59
Given all the hype recently around generative AI, the Qt Group has begun exploring ways of incorporating generative AI into Qt...

Fixing “Failed to Load Module Canberra-GTK-Module” Error

Tecmint - Tue, 06/06/2023 - 14:43
The post Fixing “Failed to Load Module Canberra-GTK-Module” Error first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

GTK, an abbreviation for GNOME Toolkit, is an open-source and feature-rich development toolkit used for creating GUI applications. It’s free and open-source and offers a

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10 Practical Examples of Using the Gzip Command in Linux

Tecmint - Tue, 06/06/2023 - 12:40
The post 10 Practical Examples of Using the Gzip Command in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Compression is a very commonly performed operation by users to save disk space as well as reduce time and bandwidth while transferring large amounts of

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