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Intel Working On VA-API AV1 Acceleration For FFmpeg

Phoronix - Thu, 09/10/2020 - 18:53
With Intel Xe LP / Tigerlake adding AV1 accelerated video decode, the Intel open-source developers are working to expose their AV1 hardware acceleration through the Video Acceleration API (VA-API) for usage by the likes of FFmpeg and other multimedia software...

GRVK 0.2 Continues Advancing This AMD Mantle To Vulkan Translation Layer

Phoronix - Thu, 09/10/2020 - 18:32
While there aren't too many Windows games out there still popular and supporting AMD's Mantle graphics API that was the precursor to Vulkan, open-source developer Clément Guérin continues work on his "GRVK" initiative for mapping Mantle on top of Vulkan as a learning exercise and for allowing those still relevant Mantle-supported games to in turn run on Vulkan...

Qt 5.15.1 Released With 400+ Bug Fixes

Phoronix - Thu, 09/10/2020 - 18:20
Polishing up Qt 5.15 since its May release is now Qt 5.15.1 as the first point release in this last Qt5 series ahead of Qt 6.0 later this year...

Install Linux from USB Device or Boot into Live Mode Using Unetbootin and dd Command

Tecmint - Thu, 09/10/2020 - 18:15

Installing Linux from a USB mass storage device or logging into Live Linux Environment is a cool Idea. Booting from a USB mass storage device is sometimes necessary, especially when the ROM media device

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Automate your container orchestration with Ansible modules for Kubernetes

opensource.com - Thu, 09/10/2020 - 15:02

Ansible is one of the best tools for automating your work. Kubernetes is one of the best tools for orchestrating containers. What happens when you combine the two? As you might expect, Ansible combined with Kubernetes lets you automate your container orchestration. 


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How this open source test framework evolves with .NET

opensource.com - Thu, 09/10/2020 - 15:01

A software project's design is a consequence of the time it was written. As circumstances change, it's wise to take a step back and consider whether old ideas still make for a good design. If not, you risk missing out on enhancements, simplifications, new degrees of freedom, or even a project's very survival.


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