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FFmpeg already supports CPU-based decoding for Samsung's APV as the Advanced Professional Video Codec. FFmpeg also has APV encode support too while now an interesting addition was merged this week: Vulkan-based acceleration for APV...
Intel software engineers today rolled out the llm-scaler-vllm PV v1.4 as the Docker build of their latest software stack for those wishing to run vLLM in a pre-configured, performant setup on their Arc (Pro) Graphics hardware...
Valkey 9.1 released on Tuesday as the latest version of this popular fork of the Redis in-memory, key-value database...
The Vim text editor now offers an opt-in GTK 4 GUI backend in the master branch, in addition to the existing GTK 2 and GTK 3 options.
Wireshark 4.6.6 network protocol analyzer fixes a ROHC dissector crash, updates Npcap to 1.88, and resolves several Windows and protocol-related bugs.
Wireshark 4.6.6 open-source network protocol analyzer is now available for download with updated protocol and capture file support, as well as various bug fixes.
The password manager swapped its CEO, rewrote its core values, and briefly pulled "Always Free" from its pricing page.
The GTK-based GUI version of the Vim text editor, gVim, now has support in place for the modern GTK4 toolkit as an alternative to its long present GTK2/GTK3 support...
Recent Bitwarden changes around pricing, leadership, and free plan wording have sparked concern among users.
Professional fulfillment tops the list, according to LPI report.
Ardour 9.5 is out with major pianoroll updates, including chord editing, reference notes, Cubase-style cursor, and MIDI automation improvements.
OpenBSD 7.9 arrives as the project’s 60th release, bringing kernel, driver, hardware, wireless, and virtualization improvements.
Ardour 9.5 open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) software is now available for download with new features, quality-of-life improvements, and bug fixes.
Azure Linux 4.0 is on the way, and its GitHub repo quietly confirms it's built on Fedora.
Thunderbird 151 email client adds Thundermail OAuth sign-in, EWS account improvements, task sorting options, crash fixes, and security updates.
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