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Convert audio in batches on Linux with SoundConverter

opensource.com - Sat, 12/04/2021 - 16:00

There are many file formats used to store digital audio, and they're good for different purposes. Digital audio is, of course, only a representation of sound, a rendering of soundwaves that get translated into sound by a decoder and a set of speakers. Some audio formats, generically called lossless formats, aim to encode audio close to its original analog form. Still, there's a lot of data in the real world, and as yet, digital can only approximate it in very large files.


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Mesa's Classic Drivers Have Been Retired - Affecting ATI R100/R200 & More

Phoronix - Sat, 12/04/2021 - 09:33
The day has finally come that Mesa's classic OpenGL drivers (non-Gallium3D) have been cleared out of the code-base as part of their modernization effort for mainline...

Wine 6.23 Released With More PE Work, Wine 7.0-rc1 Up Next

Phoronix - Sat, 12/04/2021 - 05:30
Wine 6.23 is now available for running Windows applications and games on Linux, macOS, and the BSDs. Up next will be the Wine 7.0 release candidate that also marks the feature freeze for what will be the next annual Wine stable release...

Arch-Based EndeavourOS 21.4 Released With FSTRIM, Btrfs Zstd, PipeWire By Default

Phoronix - Sat, 12/04/2021 - 04:45
EndeavourOS as the two year old Linux distribution project built atop Arch Linux is out with a shiny new release. Beyond package updates, the new release has several default changes like now making use of the wonderful PipeWire. Looking to 2022, EndeavourOS is also exploring the possibility of a gaming-optimized build of their OS...

More BattlEye-Protected Games Now Working With Steam Play On Linux

Phoronix - Sat, 12/04/2021 - 03:33
Last month BattlEye-using games began running on Steam Play when using the latest Steam client beta paired with the experimental version of Proton. However, it still does require the intervention of the game studio to request the support be enabled for a particular game. Today in time for any weekend gaming is several more games using the BattlEye anti-cheat software working on Linux...

Intel's Cloud-Hypervisor 20 Released With CPU Pinning, Replacing Unsafe Rust Code

Phoronix - Sat, 12/04/2021 - 02:58
The Intel-led open-source Cloud-Hypervisor project that provides a VMM focused on cloud workloads and supports interfacing with Linux's KVM and Windows' MSHV is out with a big feature update. Cloud-Hypervisor is also the project that is known for its use of the Rust programming language and built in part off Rust-VMM...

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