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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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Painless Linux Video Production Part 3: Organization and Workflow

Tyson O'Ham — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 19:49:24 +0000

So far, you should have a working CentOS creative workstation, and know the pros and cons of building one. Maybe you're not sure how to get started with it, though. That's fine. It's a new environment and things are going to work differently here. In this installment of the Linux video production guide, we'll be [...]

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Painless Linux Video Production Pt. 2: Installation & Setup

Tyson O'Ham — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 02:00:32 +0000

If you've read through the first post, and you're wondering how the information presented there fits together, that's what this installment is for. We'll be covering system setup, order of operations, and some tips and best practices for different hardware/software configurations. If you're used to a different distro or you're not very experienced with Linux [...]

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The Definitive (and Painless) Linux Video Production Guide: Getting Started

Tyson O'Ham — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 00:38:51 +0000

Let's be frank: Linux has never been a leading environment for creative work. It's just fine for render farm nodes on high end productions, or A/V appliances that the user never has to interact with in the same way they would a desktop, but it's hard to justify as a primary workstation OS outside of [...]

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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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Finding a Safe Mac OS GPU for VMs

Tyson O'Ham — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 18:43:07 +0000

One of the most common questions we get is: "what gpu should I use for a Mac OS VM," and it's frankly a hard one to answer. Nvidia is essentially out of the question at this point, assuming you want to use a new release of their operating system, and new AMD cards don't work [...]

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Using a Spare Router for Wireless Bridged VM Networking

Tyson O'Ham — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 07:45:44 +0000

Not everyone has direct access to a wired connection, and many networking features in libvirt assume the user does. With an old wireless router and a bit of know-how, though, you can work around the limitations of your wireless adapter. Consider supporting us if you value independent tech news and research. This site will always [...]

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HOWTO: Patch Fedora Kernel (feat. AGESA 0.0.7.2+ Fix)

Blake Lee — Sun, 30 Jun 2019 17:14:22 +0000

There are many reasons you might want to patch your kernel. You might need extra security patches. Maybe you need the ACS Override patch to use VFIO, or you have an AMD board with a broken UEFI that you can't downgrade. Consider supporting us if you value independent tech news and research. This site will [...]

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Prepping OSX VM for Apple ID

Tyson O'Ham — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 09:00:28 +0000

Just like any hackintosh installation, Mac OS VMs will have trouble logging into existing Apple accounts without some adjustment. If you jump the gun and attempt to log in without tweaking some things, you risk a temporary Apple ID ban. Consider supporting us if you value independent tech news and research. This site will always [...]

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