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    Io spesso mi soffermo sugli aspetti della tecnologia dove eri praticamente costretto a leggere il manuale per saperla usare, e avere una dose di pazienza non indifferente, tipo regolare l'azimuth di un lettore di cassette, ma c'era anche il discorso giochi, decisamente piรน incisivo e comune, che avevo "rimosso".
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  • Slug Algorithm for On-GPU Rendering of Fonts with Bรฉzier Curves now in Public Domain

    The Slug Algorithm has been around for a decade now, mostly quietly rendering fonts and later entire GUIs using Bรฉzier curves directly on the GPU for games and other types of software, but due to its proprietary nature it didnโ€™t see much adoption outside of commercial settings. This has now changed with its author, [Eric Lengyel], releasing it to the public domain without any limitations.

    Originally [Eric] had received a software patent in 2019 for the algorithm that would have prevented anyone else from implementing it until the patentโ€™s expiration in 2038. Since 2016 [Eric] and his business have however had in his eyes sufficient benefit from the patent, making it unnecessary to hold on to it any longer and retain such exclusivity.

    To help anyone with implementing their own version of the algorithm, there is a GitHub repository containing reference shader implementations with plenty of inline comments that should help anyone with some shader experience get started.

    Although pretty niche in the eyes of the average person, the benefits of using on-GPU rendering of elements like fonts are obvious in terms of rendering optimization. With this change open source rendering engines for games and more can finally also use it as well.

    Thanks to [Footleg] for the tip.

    hackaday.com/2026/03/20/slug-aโ€ฆ

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  • @Moosader it's really good too

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    @stefano This is indeed a great post. Refreshing to read - the author didn't distro-bash but instead highlighted how needs were met.I have been leaning toward #FreeBSD after 20 years on #Debian, which has a special place in my heart. However, FreeBSD's *consistency*, elegant design, and better documentation are driving factors and I just can't look away. Over these two decades, Linux has definitely changed. It's no longer what it once was: a #Unix clone. It's evolved into its own thing. Software does that and that's OK. But a lot of the changes or "improvements" have been needlessly reinventing the wheel with a worsening user experience and convoluted results. The audio subsystems (ALSA -> PulseAudio -> Pipewire and of course the mess that is/was JACK) and #SystemD are two big examples.On SystemD, I don't disagree that Linux needed a modern init system. SystemD is faster, but from a human perspective it's worse. I am now typing *more* characters to manage services. Is there a reason why it couldn't be designed to manage services like:> $SERVICE start/stop/restartInstead, we are left with:> systemctl $SERVICE start/stop/restartBut I digress.#TBT I fell in love with FreeBSD when I first started my Linux journey in the mid-2000s, but only dabbled in it as it was never in any production environment I managed.I have a FreeBSD VM sitting in my lab somewhere but due to other factors rarely do I get to it. I'm thinking it's time I grab a spare laptop, load it up, and use it as a daily driver to really force myself to learn it.
  • It's that time of the year again!!

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    It's that time of the year again!! ๐ŸกChanges by: deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org 2025/10/21 19:29:37Log message:release 7.8. 59th release. crazy.https://www.openbsd.org/78.htmlAs always, there are great vmm/vmd improvements.Start your sysupgrade engines!!Artwork by Apsephion#OpenBSD #RUNBSD