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Intel's High-Performance VP9 Encoder Sees Its Second Release

Phoronix - Tue, 05/05/2020 - 07:33
When it comes to Intel's high performance Scalable Video Technology (SVT) video encoders, SVT-AV1 is the most well known for its great speed and usage by Netflix and others. But Intel SVT also consists of VP9 and HEVC/H.265 encoders too and today brought the debut of SVT-VP9 0.2...

GNOME 3.36.2 Released With Restoring TLS 1.0/1.1, Crash Fixes, Other Stable Updates

Phoronix - Tue, 05/05/2020 - 05:21
GNOME 3.36.2 is now available as the latest stable GNOME desktop environment update...

Inkscape 1.0 Released For This Wildly Successful Vector Graphics Program

Phoronix - Tue, 05/05/2020 - 02:41
Inkscape 1.0 is finally here! This open-source vector graphics editor that has been around for nearly two years has finally reached 1.0 status...

Krita 4.3 Enters Beta For This Leading Open-Source Digital Painting Application

Phoronix - Tue, 05/05/2020 - 01:18
The first beta of Krita 4.3 is now available for this advanced open-source digital painting software package. Krita 4.3 has been baking for about one year so there is a lot in store...

GNOME Adds Bit To Launcher Files For Indicating Apps That Should Run On Discrete GPUs

Phoronix - Tue, 05/05/2020 - 00:12
The GNOME Shell has long provided the ability for easily launching applications on alternative GPUs namely for multi-GPU/Optimus-type setups especially with the increasing number of laptops having both integrated and discrete graphics. GNOME is now introducing an addition to .desktop files so applications can specify if they should run on the dedicated GPU if available...

OpenRazer 2.8 Brings Broader Razer Device Support On Linux

Phoronix - Mon, 05/04/2020 - 23:20
OpenRazer, one of the leading open-source/Linux solutions for configuring Razer peripherals on Linux, is out with a big update...

Vulkan 1.2.140 Released With New Extensions For Private Data, Custom Border Color

Phoronix - Mon, 05/04/2020 - 22:05
Vulkan 1.2.140 is out as the latest version of the Vulkan API for high performance graphics and compute. Besides the usual assortment of documentation clarifications/fixes, this round does bring two new extensions...

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