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The Last Of The Dolby Digital Plus "E-AC3" Patents Might Now Be Expired

Phoronix - Sat, 01/31/2026 - 19:09
For those interested in the Dolby Digital Plus "Enhanced AC-3" audio compression format for open-source software, the last of the patents for this widely-used format by streaming services and more appears to have expired...

GTK Developers Plot Improvements To Tackle This Year - Possible Opt-In Unstable API

Phoronix - Sat, 01/31/2026 - 18:55
GNOME developers had a busy week in preparing for the GNOME 50 beta release, many GNOME developers attending FOSDEM this weekend in Brussels, and other happenings...

Zram-tools - Hackaday

Google News - Sat, 01/31/2026 - 17:01
Zram-tools  Hackaday

AI Code Review Prompts Initiative Making Progress For The Linux Kernel

Phoronix - Sat, 01/31/2026 - 04:55
Chris Mason, the longtime Linux kernel developer most known for being the creator of Btrfs, has been working on a Git repository with AI review prompts he has been working on for LLM-assisted code review of Linux kernel patches. This initiative has been happening for some weeks now while the latest work was posted today for comments...

Ubuntu 26.04 Resolute Snapshot 3 Released For Testing

Phoronix - Sat, 01/31/2026 - 02:25
Resolute Snapshot 3 is now available as the newest monthly test candidate leading up the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release in April...

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