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Debian 9.13 Released As The End To Stretch

Phoronix - Sun, 07/19/2020 - 04:18
Debian 9.13 is now available as the last planned update for the Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" series...

High-End Lightworks Video Editor Finally Says Why They Didn't Go Open-Source Yet

Phoronix - Sat, 07/18/2020 - 23:50
Way back in 2010 it was announced that Lightworks would be going open-source as this high-end, non-linear and cross-platform video editor solution. This video editing system has been used by many films over the years from The Wolf of Wall Street to Bruce Almighty to Moulin Rouge to Pulp Fiction as well as many other movies and television shows while also being approachable enough that it's used by less advanced video editing enthusiasts. Lightworks going open-source would be a big win, but ten years after their failed plans were announced they finally have shed some light on why such move away from being a proprietary application never materialized...

AMD Sends In Navy Flounder Support, More Sienna Cichlid For Linux 5.9

Phoronix - Sat, 07/18/2020 - 18:46
At the end of June was the first batch of AMDGPU changes queued for DRM-Next to in turn go into the Linux 5.9 kernel when that cycle opens up in August. On Friday a second batch of feature changes for this open-source AMD Radeon kernel graphics driver was submitted...

KDE Developers Beating The Summer Heat By Fixing Up Recent Regressions

Phoronix - Sat, 07/18/2020 - 18:35
This week KDE developers have seen a lot of bug and regression fixes materialize for Plasma and other components...

Git 2.28-rc1 Released - Continues The Transition Towards SHA256 Plus Moving Off "Master"

Phoronix - Sat, 07/18/2020 - 16:19
Git 2.28-rc1 was released on Friday in stepping towards the next feature release for this widely-used, distributed revision control system...

How to Install Fedora 32 Alongside With Windows 10 in Dual-Boot

Tecmint - Sat, 07/18/2020 - 15:06
This tutorial will guide you on how to install Fedora 32 Workstation in dual boot with Microsoft Windows 10 Operating System pre-installed on a BIOS firmware machine. If your computer has no pre-installed operating

LibreOffice 7.0 RC2 Released For This Vulkan-Supported Open-Source Office Suite

Phoronix - Sat, 07/18/2020 - 13:58
Ahead of the official release expected in early August, the second release candidate of LibreOffice 7.0 is now available for testing...

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