Mozilla presented at the NAB Streaming Summit last week over the state of the royalty-free AV1 video format aiming to compete with H.265/HEVC and succeeding VP9 for open-source use-cases.

In particular, a lot of AV1 progress was made over the past year compared to when the bitstream wasn't finalized, poor encoder performance, lack of AV1 support, and slow adoption. 2018 also brought the introduction of the Dav1d AV1 video decoder, more members joining the AOMedia Foundation, and other advancements.

• Open source drug research could open up medicine

• Open source drug research could open up medicine

  Universal access to medicine could come via open source drug discovery, argues lecturer Dr Alice Motion. She works to make drug discovery less secretive, so that more people can help find the pharmaceuticals the world needs.

• Subscription service Splice attracts $105M in funding by treating music like open-source code

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  Open-source information is becoming more common in investigative reporting because of how powerful it can be for verifying and fact-checking.

 

• Letter to the Editor: Open Source Textbooks

  To the Editor,. As primary races pick up steam across the country, the phrase “Free College” is making headlines, and for good reason.

• Open-source textbooks lighten students’ financial load

  GRCC students are using free, open-source textbooks and saving a total of more than $3 million this year. Students Matthew Grotenhuis and Hunter Crum say the option takes weight off their shoulders financially, and they see it benefiting many of their peers.

  Plus, they say the easy-to-use, immediately available digital resources fit in with what they like and need as tech-savvy college students.Open-source textbooks lighten students’ financial load

• Manjaro 18.0.4 KDE Through

  In this video, we look at Manjaro 18.0.4. Enjoy!

• Linux Action News 98

  Is Linux gaming really being saved by Google's Stadia platform? We discuss the details and possibilities.

  Plus good news for KDE Connect users, Intel begins work on next-generation open source video drivers, and much more.

• Linux Gaming News Punch - Episode 5

  The Linux Gaming News Punch - Episode 5 is here once again! Another week, another ton of news and so here's your bite-sized take at a few interesting topics for those struggling to keep up.

  As usual, it has a video to give your eyes as well as your ears a feast or just the plain audio to listen to on the go.

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Gone are the days when Linux systems are mainly used for Server-side functionalities as the latest distributions released are well-advanced and are specially designed to capture the attention of home computer users. With a much-improved GUI and various other applications, Linux Desktop has emerged far better than a Windows PC in many ways. And a video player is one such application that has gone a long way in Linux Desktop as the video players available in Linux Desktops can easily rival its Windows counterparts. In this article, we’ll take a look at the top 8 video players for Linux Desktop.