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Submission + - The VR Linux desktop is on its way

Submitted by mfilion on Thursday August 01, 2019 @09:34PM

mfilion writes: Want to use the GNOME or KDE Linux desktops on your virtual reality headset? A new open-source project aims to let you play games and use your Linux desktop with your VR head-mounted display.

Submission + - 'SPURV' project brings windowed Android apps to desktop Linux (androidpolice.com)

Submitted by mfilion on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @10:25AM

mfilion writes: New experimental containerized Android environment allows Android apps to run in floating windows alongside native applications on desktop Linux. "You can read all the technical details at the source link, but put simply, 'SPURV' creates a virtual Android device on your Linux computer, much like Bluestacks and other similar tools. There are various components of SPURV that allow the Android environment to play audio, connect to networks, and display hardware-accelerated graphics through the underlying Linux system."

Submission + - A new era for Linux's low-level graphics (collabora.com)

Submitted by mfilion on Friday March 23, 2018 @11:21AM

mfilion writes: Over the past couple of years, Linux's low-level graphics infrastructure has undergone a quiet revolution. Since experimental core support for the atomic modesetting framework landed a couple of years ago, the DRM subsystem in the kernel has seen roughly 300,000 lines of code changed and 300,000 new lines added, when the new AMD driver (~2.5m lines) is excluded. Lately Weston has undergone the same revolution, albeit on a much smaller scale. Here, Daniel Stone, Graphics Lead at Collabora, puts the spotlight on the latest enhancements to Linux's low-level graphics infrastructure, including Atomic modesetting, Weston 4.0, and buffer modifiers.

Submission + - Why Linux HDCP isn't the end of the world (collabora.com)

Submitted by mfilion on Monday December 11, 2017 @12:32PM

mfilion writes: Recently, Sean Paul from Google's ChromeOS team, submitted a patch series to enable HDCP support for the Intel display driver. HDCP is used to encrypt content over HDMI and DisplayPort links, which can only be decoded by trusted devices. However, if you already run your own code on a free device, HDCP is an irrelevance and does not reduce freedom in any way.

Comment Ubuntu goes Wayland (Score 1) 104

by mfilion on Friday April 07, 2017 @04:15PM (#54194169) Attached to: GNOME Dev Schaller Assures Ubuntu Users the Move To Step Away From Unity Will Bring Consistency Across Linux Distros

Another great blog post on the subject: https://slashdot.org/submissio...

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