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How to Convert WebM Videos to Any Format on Linux

Tecmint - Fri, 06/28/2024 - 14:27
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In the world of digital media, the WebM format has gained significant popularity due to its open-source nature and efficient

The post How to Convert WebM Videos to Any Format on Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Linux Fixing A Major Performance Issue For Intel Hybrid Systems With Buggy Firmware

Phoronix - Fri, 06/28/2024 - 08:25
Sent in as the sole patch for this week's Linux power management subsystem updates is an important fix for Intel Core hybrid systems with buggy firmware. The Intel P-State driver fix can address as much as a 50% performance hit seen with existing Linux kernel versions on affected Intel hybrid platforms...

GNOME 47 Can Now Be Built With X11 Support Disabled

Phoronix - Fri, 06/28/2024 - 01:46
Last week the GNOME 47 development code saw Wayland DRM lease protocol support for enhancing VR headset handling and separately was also accent color support for GNOME Shell. Adding to the recent slew of changes landing for GNOME 47, the GNOME Shell and Mutter code can now be successfully compiled -- optionally -- without any X11 support or requiring any X11 build dependencies...

AMD's Advanced Media Framework Promotes RADV Support

Phoronix - Fri, 06/28/2024 - 01:34
AMD today published version 1.4.34 of its Advanced Media Framework (AMF) SDK. This accelerated multimedia framework is used on Linux and Windows for integrating with games/applications leveraging DirectX, OpenGL, and OpenCL with interoperability support for Radeon GPU customers...

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