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Latest Steam Client Update Greatly Improves VA-API Hardware Decoding on Linux

December 17, 2021December 17, 20210

Valve’s latest Steam Client update greatly improves VAAPI hardware decoding on Linux and fixes a few annoying bugs for a better gaming experience.

Steam Client Now Supports VA-API Hardware Encoding on Linux, CEG DRM Games

November 20, 2021November 20, 20210

Latest Steam Client update brings VA-API hardware encoding, PipeWire 4K capturing, and many other goodies for Linux gamers.

Firefox 81 Enters Beta with GPU Acceleration Enabled by Default on Linux

August 25, 2020August 25, 20200

Mozilla Firefox 81 web browser is now available for public beta testing. The upcoming release promises to enable VAAPI hardware acceleration by default on Linux systems and add support for hardware media keys.

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