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Inkscape 1.0.1 Released With Many Fixes, Experimental Scribus PDF Export

Phoronix - Tue, 09/08/2020 - 08:30
Following the major Inkscape 1.0 release happening back in May for this very popular, cross-platform vector graphics program there is the first point release now available...

KDevelop 5.6 IDE Brings Better Stability, Performance

Phoronix - Tue, 09/08/2020 - 05:21
Version 5.6 of KDevelop as the KDE-focused integrated development environment is now available...

Ubuntu 20.10 Adding Active Directory Support To The Installer

Phoronix - Tue, 09/08/2020 - 00:32
The "Ubiquity" installer used by the Ubuntu desktop is set to feature Active Directory (AD) integration with the upcoming Ubuntu 20.10 release...

V3DV Driver For Raspberry Pi Closing In On Vulkan 1.0

Phoronix - Mon, 09/07/2020 - 23:26
The V3DV open-source Vulkan driver being developed by consulting firm Igalia for the Raspberry Pi Foundation is nearing official support for Vulkan 1.0...

Dynamic Triple Buffering For GNOME Still Being Worked On To Ramp Up The GPU When Needed

Phoronix - Mon, 09/07/2020 - 22:10
Proposed earlier this summer for GNOME's Mutter was the idea of triple buffering the desktop when the GPU is running behind in order to ideally cause that extra load to ramp up the GPU clock frequencies in order to in turn get back on track with rendering the desktop on-time. A third version of that work is now brewing albeit too late to see with the imminent GNOME 3.38.0 release...

AV2 Is In R&D As The Eventual Successor To The AV1 Video Codec

Phoronix - Mon, 09/07/2020 - 21:36
While AV1 adoption is still taking off and finally seeing desktop hardware with AV1 decode, given the time it takes to develop a new high-end video codec it shouldn't come as too much surprise that "AV2" is already being explored...

Intel Releases SVT-AV1 0.8.5 With More AV1 Encoder Improvements

Phoronix - Mon, 09/07/2020 - 19:31
Intel's open-source SVT-AV1 encoder that is now being used as the basis for the AV1 Software Working Group and used by Netflix and other organizations for being one of the most performant CPU-based AV1 encoders is out with a new release...

Vulkan 1.2.153 Released As Development Switches To "Main"

Phoronix - Mon, 09/07/2020 - 19:09
Vulkan 1.2.153 doesn't come with any new extensions or major changes aside from an important fundamental change if you are interacting with their Git repository...

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