NVIDIA 180.22 Drivers Support OpenGL 3.0 and More
Jan 09, 2009The NVIDIA proprietary drivers for Linux are now out of beta phase and into a stable version. The new generation includes a number of new features.
more »Gnash Flow: LinuxFund.org Supports RTMP for Gnash
Dec 15, 2008The nonprofit LinuxFund.org is providing financial support for Gnash, the Flash alternative, to accelerate development of the Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP).
more »First Alpha of the New Ubuntu
Nov 24, 2008Just a month after the release of Ubuntu 8.10, the first alpha of Ubuntu 9.04 has become available. The next distro version should boot more quickly, require less power, integrate more web services and include a backup solution.
more »Gnash Free player for Flash movies
Nov 12, 2008Until recently, the Flash format has been the uncontested domain of Adobe. Gnash introduces a free Flash player for Linux and BSD with a design that aims far beyond the capabilities of Adobe’s king of the hill.
more »Theora 1.0 Arrived, Thusnelda Following Soon
Nov 05, 2008In times of YouTube and Co., a free video codec offers a good base for video enjoyment on the Internet -- independent from the interests of commercial providers. After a long development and some criticism, Ogg/Theora seems to be getting there. Yesterday saw the release of codec version 1.0, with Ogg in container format.
more »Linphone 3.0 Adds Features
Oct 14, 2008Linphone, the audio and video software for Internet telephony based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), includes extensive enhancements in its version 3.0.
more »Ubuntu Has New Sample Content Art
Oct 07, 2008For quite a while Ubuntu had been including example-content packages with its releases that contained the same content: some audio and video data to test the playback, including a video of Nelson Mandela.
more »Vulnerability Reported: a Patch for MPlayer
Oct 02, 2008Multimedia software MPlayer notifies of security holes in the Real demuxer code that can result in arbitrary code execution.
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