Open Source

OpenShot Video Editor Puts Out an Effortless, Seamless, Etc Update
A new version of OpenShot video editor is out (a video editor which doesn’t have the best reputation for stability hence the nickname OpenShut). OpenShot—more accurately, ChatGPT or similar—says “OpenShot 3.3 is here to transform your editing e...
2024-12-22 23:31
OpenShot 3.3 Open-Source Video Editor Is Now Available, Here’s What’s New
OpenShot 3.3 open-source video editing software is now available for download with a Wayland-compatible color picker, new default theme, Ripple editing improvements, and more. Here's what's new! The post OpenShot 3.3 Open-Source Video Editor Is Now Ava...
2024-12-22 19:51
100+ Linux Benchmarks Of Intel Arrow Lake With New BIOS / 0x114 CPU Microcode
This past week Intel published an Intel Core Ultra 200S Series "Arrow Lake" performance status update following mixed reviews since launch around the Arrow Lake gaming performance that were inconsistent with Intel's internal findings. Among Intel's fin...
2024-12-22 17:15
Linux 6.13-rc4 Released For Kernel Testing Ahead Of The Holidays
Linus Torvalds just released the Linux 6.13-rc4 kernel as the newest weekly test release leading up to Linux 6.13 stable by mid to late January...
2024-12-22 16:30
OpenShot 3.3 Open-Source Video Editor Brings New Default Theme, Better Wayland Support
OpenShot 3.3 is out today as the newest feature release for this popular open-source video editor. This Qt-based cross-platform non-linear video editor has a new default theme and many other enhancements in time for editing any of your year-end or holi...
2024-12-22 15:01
Linux Kernel Patches To Use AMD INVLPGB Instruction Show Huge Speed-Up
Since AMD Zen 3 processors there has been the INVLPGB instruction for invalidating TLB entries for a range of pages with broadcast. As mentioned back during the AMD EPYC 7003 "Milan" launch, INVLPGB usage around this new instruction was limited... Over...
2024-12-22 08:53
Intel To Use Both Family 18 And Family 19 Identification For Upcoming CPUs
Intel processors have long identified in the Family 6 series going back to the 1990s but over the past number of months Intel engineers have been adapting the Linux kernel to prepare for a post Family 6 Intel CPU era for the model/family CPU identifica...
2024-12-22 07:14
LLVM 20 Merges An Initial Telemetry Framework
Merged this week to the LLVM Git codebase ahead of next year's LLVM 20 release is a simple telemetry framework...
2024-12-22 06:49
Linux Driver Posted For The EC Found On Most Snapdragon X1 Laptops
For those interested in making use of Linux on the Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 Elite laptops that have been appearing since earlier this year, there's a new embedded controller (EC) driver posted for the Linux kernel for this EC that's found on most of the ...
2024-12-22 06:32
SysVinit 3.12 Brings Fixes & Better Documentation For Christmas
For devoted SysVinit users trying to avoid systemd still on Linux systems in 2025, SysVinit 3.12 has been released for the holidays with the latest fixes to this open-source init system...
2024-12-22 06:23
Flatpak XDG-Desktop-Portal 1.19.1 Brings USB Portal & Notification v2 Portal
Debuting as a new development release today was XDG-Desktop-Portal 1.19.1 as this portal front-end service for Flatpak sandboxed apps and other desktop containment frameworks. The XDG-Desktop-Portal 1.19.1 milestone is exposing new and expanded portal ...
2024-12-21 20:19
Darktable 5.0 Open-Source RAW Image Editor Officially Released, Here’s What’s New
Darktable 5.0 open-source raw image editor is now available for download with new features, improvements, and enhanced camera support. Here’s what’s new! The post Darktable 5.0 Open-Source RAW Image Editor Officially Released, Here’s What’s New...
2024-12-21 18:21
CachyOS Now Uses AutoFDO Kernel as Default Across All Supported Architectures
CachyOS snapshot for December 2024 is now available for download with AutoFDO kernel as default across all supported architectures, as well as other improvements. The post CachyOS Now Uses AutoFDO Kernel as Default Across All Supported Architectures ap...
2024-12-21 15:58
Bah Hum-bugfix – it’s the Christmas Update to Calibre!
In deep mid-winter nothing beats curling up with a good book, in-front of a roaring fire – the crackle of all the unwanted Christmas tat your nearest and dearest bought you chars, melts, and burns providing a warm aural soundtrack. Thankfully, not ev...
2024-12-21 14:37
Darktable 5.0 Released With Many UI/UX Improvements
In time for editing any end-of-year/holiday photos, Darktable 5.0 is out today as a major update to this open-source RAW photography workflow application...
2024-12-21 13:45
CachyOS Update Now Uses AutoFDO-Optimized Kernel, Rusticl Driver
The CachyOS December 2024 update is out today as the newest monthly release to this performance-optimized, Arch Linux based operating system...
2024-12-21 10:21
Raspberry Pi HEVC Decoder Driver Posted For Linux Kernel Review
The latest work that Raspberry Pi is working to upstream to the mainline Linux kernel is a HEVC/H.265 video decode driver that works on Raspberry Pi 4 and Raspberry Pi 5 single board computers...
2024-12-21 09:31
Curl Drops Support For Hyper Rust HTTP Backend Citing Little Demand
The widely-used Curl project has removed support for its Rust-written Hyper HTTP back-end that they were experimentally shipping for several years. The removal of this Rust back-end comes from having little end-user and developer interest in this porti...
2024-12-21 08:44
Never forgive them
The people running the majority of internet services have used a combination of monopolies and a cartel-like commitment to growth-at-all-costs thinking to make war with the user, turning the customer into something between a lab rat and an unpaid int...
2024-12-21 08:26
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AdaptiveCpp 24.10 Delivers More Performance Optimizations
AdaptiveCpp 24.10 is out today as this implementation of SYCL and C++ standard parallelism for CPUs and GPUs across hardware vendors. This compiler for C++ heterogeneous programming models has tacked on more features and additional performance optimiza...
2024-12-21 06:48