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Blender’s Cycles Will Be Production-Ready Sooner Than You Think

Tyson O'Ham — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 15:48:42 +0000

Blender has one of the most active, enthusiastic communities of any piece of 3d software out there. There is a lot to love about Blender, especially recently, with the increased pace of development and industry investment. That said, the free and open 3d suite's biggest weakness has always been viability in professional environments. This site [...]

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Meet Olive: The First Open Source Video Editor Worth Talking About

Tyson O'Ham — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 02:43:39 +0000

We've talked at length about building a creative Linux workstation before. We've also discussed what viable alternatives to subscription-only Adobe and Autodesk products exist out there. You may have noticed that open source projects tend to be sparse in both pieces. There's a very good reason for that -- but it's one that may not [...]

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PSA: Issues Persist into Kernel 5.2 — Patches Landing in 5.3

Tyson O'Ham — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 17:57:54 +0000

As previously reported, many users were having issues with VFIO on the 5.1 kernel series, and those issues have persisted or worsened in kernel 5.2. Users report outright crashes and VMs refusing to boot, usually accompanied by KMODE_EXPECTION_NOT_HANDLED errors. Consider supporting us if you value independent tech news and research. This site will always be [...]

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PSA: 5.1 Kernel — Glitching and Crashes in Passthrough

Tyson O'Ham — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 15:18:56 +0000

At some point early in the 5.1 branch Linux kernel development cycle, a bug was introduced that caused crashing and graphical glitching in some passthrough systems. No workarounds are currently known without reverting to 5.0 or an LTS kernel branch. Tracking down the bad 5.1 Kernel Commit Consider supporting us if you value independent tech [...]

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Mac OS Adds Early Support for VirtIO, Qemu

Tyson O'Ham — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 14:46:55 +0000

In a new development uncovered by Qemu developer Gerd Hoffmann, Apple has apparently added early support for VirtIO and framebuffer graphics in a later Mac OS Mojave release. These new Mac OS drivers (kexts) include support for stdvga and cirrus vga, to what extent still isn't clear. What will probably be more interesting for passthrough [...]

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Stadia’s Hidden Limitation: Video Encoding

Tyson O'Ham — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 01:12:37 +0000

There’s been a lot of speculation in the press about the bandwidth and connection requirements of Stadia, Google's upcoming game streaming service. Criticisms usually arrive at metered connections or bad infrastructure in rural areas for key talking points. There’s also been some discussion of video quality and latency built into systems like Stadia, but surprisingly, [...]

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First Successful Catalina Hackintosh Install Was In Qemu/KVM

Tyson O'Ham — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 03:04:25 +0000

Today, a talented OS X enthusiast and TPP community member had Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina installed and working on a Hackintosh, just minutes after the Apple keynote ended. His secret to success where others failed was the Linux kernel virtual machine. If you'd like to learn how to do this check out part one [...]

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GPU Passthrough Reported Working on Bhyve

Tyson O'Ham — Sun, 12 May 2019 03:53:57 +0000

Normally we cover news focused on KVM and sometimes Xen, but something very special has happened with their younger cousin in the BSD world, Bhyve. Like to see BSD virtualization? Check out our OSX VM Tutorial For those that don't know, Bhyve (pronounced bee-hive) is the native hypervisor in FreeBSD. It has many powerful features, [...]

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An Open Letter to Linus Tech Tips (and a PSA)

Tyson O'Ham — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 08:27:36 +0000

I’d like to start by saying that we appreciate that Linus Tech Tips saw fit to cover (and cite) our work. We appreciate the exposure their recent video gave VFIO and OS X Virtualization, too. We consider any way we can get people involved with our (admittedly niche) community of tech enthusiasts a net positive. [...]

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Indie Game Review: Donut County

Tyson O'Ham — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 21:11:50 +0000

We’re experiencing a glut of fast-paced action adventure titles in the indie genre at present. Each new release presents iterative takes on games like Castelvania, The Souls franchise, and stylish action games like DMC. While it’s nice to see a revival of a genre I adore, I’ve been spoilt for choice and wandered into the [...]

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