SDL3 Adds PipeWire Camera Support
Adding to the growing list of features coming with the SDL3 release for this hardware/software abstraction layer commonly used by cross-platform games and other software is PipeWire camera capturing support...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/SDL3-PipeWire-Camera-Capture
#GNOME 47 Desktop Environment Is Slated for Release on September 18th, 2024 https://9to5linux.com/gnome-47-desktop-environment-release-date-slated-for-september-18th-2024
(speaking for myself here) One of the cooler things about Google is getting just the slightest glimpse of the power of some of the tooling your wizard coworkers use.
https://perfetto.dev/ is one of those very cool tools. It's like kernel shark, but has really powerful SQL capabilities. It's well configured for use with Android and CrOS, but with classic Linux environments it can be a little daunting. So here are my notes on using it for upstream kernel development: https://gist.github.com/johnstultz-work/0ec4974e0929c4707bfd89c876ae4735
In colloquial computing Finnish the work for a cache is "kakku", because it's similar in pronunciation. Kakku means "cake". Thus, in Finnish people ask each other how much cake their CPU has.
Language is funny.
Windows NT guy here supporting Windows95Man in #eurovision #esc2024
Co-authored an update from the @MastodonEngineering team with my friend @renchap - a sneak peek at what is coming in 4.3 (and looking ahead from there). We'll aim to make these updates a regular feature for the blog. Let us know what you think! #MastodonAPI #SpreadMastodon https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/05/trunk-tidbits-april-2024/
The Kernel Report - Jonathan Corbet (@corbet), @LWN
The recording of this recent talk is now available on the #ossna2024 schedule page: https://ossna2024.sched.com/event/1aBNs/the-kernel-report-jonathan-corbet-lwnnet
Slides can be found here: https://static.lwn.net/talks/2024/kr-ossna.pdf
Direct link to the recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAqjl_x4hZc
Everyone should immediately stop contributing to the stack overflow and its network. The human touch is what made it unique. Delete your profile from SO AND all your answers. Freeloaders are making money out of human contributions.