FFmpeg, the popular free open-source multimedia library, released new major 8.0 version almost a year since the last 7.1. The new FFmpeg 8.0, codename “Huffman”, added native decoding support for Samsung’s Advanced Professional Video (APV) codec, Apple’s ProRes RAW, Sanyo LD-ADPCM, RealVideo 6.0, G.728, and ADPCM IMA Xbox. It also added encoding support for APV […]
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Heard of the AV1 (AOMedia Video 1) codec? Chances are you have, as this open source, royalty-free video compression standard is championed by the likes of Google, Netflix, Amazon, and even Apple. All for a very good reason (beyond the anyone-is-free-to…
Read MoreThe DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. MiniOS is a Debian-based Linux distribution which strives to be lightweight, modular, versatile and customisable. The project’s latest version, 5.0.0, is based on Debian 13. “New foundat…
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Read MoreHigh Tide, a GTK4/libadawaita app for music streaming service Tidal, has been updated with a bunch of fixes and minor new features. It’s also seen a major version bump, jumping from v0.1.8 to v1.0.0. Given the amount of churn between those two ve…
Read MoreModern GNOME apps do NOT support traditional themes, but you may change the look with custom color schemes! As you know, GNOME has moved to use GTK4 + LibAdwaita for its applications and desktop components. And, so many apps use the LibAwaita library for their modern UI, which however do not support theming (see this […]
Read MoreThe update from the Arch Linux project says that details of the attack will not be made available as long as it’s still ongoing.
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Some Facebook users might have unknowingly let Meta access their photos. Here’s what you can do about it.
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Read MoreFFmpeg 8.0 open-source multimedia framework is now available for download with AV1 Vulkan encoder, VVC VA-API decoding, and more. Here’s what’s new!
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Calibre 8.9 open-source e-book manager is now available for download with improvements to the annotations browser, HTMLZ output, and more.
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The VPNs that me and the team have used on Linux in personal capacities. These services also claim to have ‘no log policy’.
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Read MoreA new version of Kdenlive, the free, open source video editor for Windows, macOS, and Linux, has been released with improvements its makers hope “give you a pleasant editing experience”. Kdenlive 25.08.0 improves audio mixing. A redesigned …
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