phoronix.com - 25 days ago
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For the past two years we have hosted an annual Linux Graphics Survey in which we ask well over 20,000 users each time their video card preferences, driver information, and other questions about their view of the Linux graphics stack. This year we are hosting the survey once again to allow the ...
phoronix.com - 23 days ago
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phoronix.com —
For a year now we have been talking
about XvBA , which stands for X-Video Bitstream Acceleration...
and is designed to implement AMD's Unified Video Decoder 2 (UVD2) engine on Linux systems for improving the video decoding and playback process on desktop ...
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AMD's UVD2-based XvBA Finally Does Something On Linux
phoronix.com - 27 days ago
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phoronix.com —
AMD's Catalyst Linux driver has improved substantially over
the past few years. Years ago the Catalyst Linux...
driver was in shambles with its performance being utterly poor, it lacked enthusiast-oriented features like CrossFire and OverDrive , and ATI ...
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[Phoronix] AMD Loses Its Linux Core Engineering Manager, ...
maximumpc.com - 22 days ago
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maximumpc.com —
The recent announcement of Skype turning quote-unquote open
source has me twirling a finger with delicious glee....
It's not that I dislike Skype. And it's not that I'm about to get into one of my 1,500-word debates on the differences between the definition of "free" and ...
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Murphy's Law: What is Skype Up To?
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