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Well, just tried a couple of encodes on my 8350/titan system. Didn't make a whole lot of difference on a quality based encode, resized from 1080 to...

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05-21-2013, 06:08 PM

curaga replied to a thread Microsoft Releases Skype For Linux 4.2, Has Bug-Fixes in Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds

The existing Jabber servers didn't disappear just because Gtalk moved away.

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05-21-2013, 05:19 PM

deanjo replied to a thread Handbrake 0.9.9 Supports OpenCL Offloading in General Linux

Interesting you would say openCL 1.2 and NVidia in the notes. NVidia as of right now only supports 1.1. What 1.2 features are being used (if any).

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05-21-2013, 05:51 AM

curaga replied to a thread QEMU 1.5 Supports VGA Passthrough, Better USB 3.0 in Phoronix Articles / RSS Feeds

This is different. This is for when you have two graphics cards, and are dedicating one to the VM.

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05-20-2013, 03:31 PM

deanjo replied to a thread Mageia 3 Released, Still Using Legacy GRUB in Distributions

I'd love to get rid of dual boot, unfortunately linux is lacking in some application areas.

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05-20-2013, 01:13 PM

curaga replied to a thread The Cost Of Ubuntu Disk Encryption in General Hardware

If you need to ask that, then you're not the one encrypting your data in the first place.

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05-20-2013, 10:02 AM

curaga replied to a thread The Cost Of Ubuntu Disk Encryption in General Hardware

@speculatrix Sure, this would kill the SSD faster, but at least you can trust it. How can you trust the chip inside does the right thing?

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05-20-2013, 09:35 AM

deanjo replied to a thread Mageia 3 Released, Still Using Legacy GRUB in Distributions

Try dual booting a dm-raid setup, you will understand the hate then.

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05-20-2013, 08:58 AM

Adarion replied to a thread Jolla Announces Their First Phone in Mobile Linux

I'll wait and see what happens. It might be promising but I saw Openmoko fail already. Maybe it is my restrictive browser setting but the website...

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05-20-2013, 08:41 AM

Adarion replied to a thread Mageia 3 Released, Still Using Legacy GRUB in Distributions

Well, maybe it needs better tutorials / manpages then. And maybe it depends on how distributions implement it. Maybe upstream has reasons to do...

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05-20-2013, 02:51 AM

Adarion replied to a thread Mageia 3 Released, Still Using Legacy GRUB in Distributions

Thumbs up! Grub2 is a hate spot for me so I'll be letting off some steam: Maybe GRUB2 supports EFI partitions and whatsnot. Yes, okay. But it S...

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05-20-2013, 02:37 AM

Adarion replied to a thread Logitech Begins Supporting Linux Users in General Hardware

Well. Better late than never, huh? I remember the times when I called their local hotline asking about iirc. a presenter or something... sometimes...

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05-19-2013, 01:38 PM

deanjo replied to a thread Modern Intel Gallium3D Driver Still Being Toyed With in Intel Linux

Using LLVM hasn't yielded any real improvements in performance, openCL support on an igp is a bit of a joke, no one is going to do any real serious...

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05-19-2013, 12:42 PM

deanjo replied to a thread Linux's "Ondemand" Governor Is No Longer Fit in Processors & Memory

I wouldn't even say that AMD wins the performance/dollar on the desktop now days. It really depends on the type of work one does on the system. ...

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05-19-2013, 12:18 PM

deanjo started a thread openSUSE servers expecting some downtime due to literally a crash. in Distributions

http://news.opensuse.org/2013/05/18/16052/

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05-19-2013, 11:23 AM

deanjo replied to a thread Modern Intel Gallium3D Driver Still Being Toyed With in Intel Linux

I guess it comes down to what would switching to Gallium actually do for them. There are advantages to maintaining your own code base as well rather...

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05-19-2013, 08:38 AM

curaga replied to a thread DRM Moves Ahead With HTML5 Specification in General Linux

How can you tell if it has worth, if it has no demo, or the demo is not representative? Reviews are not the answer.

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05-19-2013, 08:31 AM

deanjo replied to a thread Logitech supports linux! in General Hardware

They don't even list a single bluetooth mouse in their current line up in Canada.

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