gpu-acceleration

  1. Ollama on Windows 11: Native App vs. WSL for Local LLMs

    Ollama running on Windows 11 is a near-effortless way to host local large language models, and for most users the native Windows app is the fastest path from download to chat — but for developers, researchers, and GPU tinkerers, installing the Linux build inside WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)...
  2. Octos: Open-Source HTML/CSS/JS Live Wallpapers for Windows

    Octos arrives as one of the cleanest, most developer-friendly entries in the live wallpaper scene: an open‑source engine that turns your Windows 10 or 11 desktop into a fully interactive HTML/CSS/JS canvas, ships with an explicit JavaScript API for native features, and is already available as...
  3. Parallels Desktop 26: macOS Tahoe support, Windows 11 25H2, and enterprise controls

    Parallels Desktop’s latest update lands as a consequential bridge between macOS’s year-based refresh cycle and the Windows ecosystem, delivering official macOS Tahoe compatibility while tightening enterprise controls and Windows VM reliability for the post-2024 OS landscape. The release —...
  4. FFmpeg Adds Whisper Audio Filter for On-Device Transcription (ASR)

    FFmpeg is adding a built-in transcription capability powered by OpenAI’s Whisper model: a new whisper audio filter (af_whisper) that brings automatic speech recognition (ASR) directly into FFmpeg’s libavfilter stack and can emit plain text, SRT subtitles, or JSON metadata — all without leaving...
  5. FFmpeg 8.0 Huffman: Vulkan compute codecs, AV1 Vulkan encoder, Whisper filter

    FFmpeg 8.0 lands as a major milestone for open-source media tooling, introducing Vulkan-based video processing, a native AV1 Vulkan encoder, an OpenAI Whisper transcription filter, expanded VVC and ProRes support, and a raft of security and build changes that together reshape how creators...