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Lightworks 2021.1 Released With UI Improvements, Other Video Editor Enhancements

Phoronix - Thu, 01/21/2021 - 09:20
Lightworks, the professional-grade video editing system that works well on Linux but has remained elusive of its long past open-source promise, is out with its first major release of 2021...

Vulkan Wayland Compositors Are Nearing Reality

Phoronix - Thu, 01/21/2021 - 04:29
One of the last pieces of the puzzle for supporting an entirely Vulkan-based Wayland compositor is coming together with a new extension that looks like it will be merged soon and there already being work pending against Sway/WLROOTS to make use of the Vulkan path...

Rocky Linux Making Progress Towards Their First Release In Q2 As A Free RHEL Alternative

Phoronix - Thu, 01/21/2021 - 03:35
If Red Hat's new no-cost offering for up to 16 production systems for RHEL doesn't fit your requirements and are evaluating alternatives to CentOS 8 that will be EOL'ed this year, Rocky Linux remains one of the leading contenders and is on track for its inaugural release in Q2 of this year...

Initial Patches Posted For Bringing Up The Linux Kernel On Apple Silicon M1 Hardware

Phoronix - Wed, 01/20/2021 - 23:09
Following a very active past couple of days, developers from security startup Corellium have followed through on their word so far of publishing the Apple Silicon patches to the Linux kernel mailing list for possible upstreaming in the future that allow the Linux kernel to boot with Apple M1 hardware...

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