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Blender’s Cycles Will Be Production-Ready Sooner Than You Think
Blender has one of the most active, enthusiastic communities of any piece of 3d software out there. There is a [...]
Meet Olive: The First Open Source Video Editor Worth Talking About
We've talked at length about building a creative Linux workstation before. We've also discussed what viable alternatives to subscription-only Adobe [...]
PSA: Issues Persist into Kernel 5.2 — Patches Landing in 5.3
As previously reported, many users were having issues with VFIO on the 5.1 kernel series, and those issues have persisted [...]
PSA: 5.1 Kernel — Glitching and Crashes in Passthrough
At some point early in the 5.1 branch Linux kernel development cycle, a bug was introduced that caused crashing and [...]
Mac OS Adds Early Support for VirtIO, Qemu
In a new development uncovered by Qemu developer Gerd Hoffmann, Apple has apparently added early support for VirtIO and framebuffer [...]
Tutorials
Painless Linux Video Production Part 3: Organization and Workflow
So far, you should have a working CentOS creative workstation, and know the pros and cons of building one. Maybe [...]
Painless Linux Video Production Pt. 2: Installation & Setup
If you've read through the first post, and you're wondering how the information presented there fits together, that's what this [...]
The Definitive (and Painless) Linux Video Production Guide: Getting Started
Let's be frank: Linux has never been a leading environment for creative work. It's just fine for render farm nodes [...]
Finding a Safe Mac OS GPU for VMs
One of the most common questions we get is: "what gpu should I use for a Mac OS VM," and [...]
Using a Spare Router for Wireless Bridged VM Networking
Not everyone has direct access to a wired connection, and many networking features in libvirt assume the user does. With [...]