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FFmpeg Develops Vulkan Hardware Acceleration For Apple ProRes RAW Codec

Phoronix - Mon, 08/11/2025 - 08:53
The upcoming FFmpeg 8.0 release continues to increase in excitement with this weekend Vulkan hardware acceleration for Apple's ProRes RAW codec being merged...

Linux 6.17-rc1 Released With Many New Features But No Bcachefs Changes

Phoronix - Mon, 08/11/2025 - 00:55
Linus Torvalds just released the Linux 6.17-rc1 kernel a few hours ahead of his typical release regiment due to currently being in Europe. That marks the end of the Linux 6.17 merge window with many exciting changes merged this cycle. This is notable with Linux 6.17 expected to power Ubuntu 25.10 and other late 2025 Linux distribution releases...

Debian 14 Eyes LoongArch CPU Support

Phoronix - Sun, 08/10/2025 - 20:55
Debian 13.0 released yesterday while already Debian developers are beginning to think about Debian 14 as the next major release due out in 2027. Debian 14 is codenamed Forky and among the changes expected is LoongArch64 "Loong64" CPU port support being improved...

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