# Linux Action News 282

URL: /show/linux-action-news/282/
> FFmpeg gets new superpowers, Plasma’s switch to Qt6 gets official; what you need to know. Plus we round up the top features coming to Linux 6.3.

- Show: [Linux Action News](/show/linux-action-news/)
- Episode: 282
- Date: 2023-03-02
- Hosts: chris, wes
- Duration: 00:19:32
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/dec90738-e640-45e5-b375-4573052f4bf4/794b58b8-2d30-47f0-ba1d-64962f690e61.mp3



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### Episode Links

  * [Steam Deck one Year Later](https://boilingsteam.com/steam-deck-first-anniversary-of-the-ultimate-gaming-platform/ "Steam Deck one Year Later") — The Steam Deck has been about a year on the market now (it started shipping at the end of February 2022). This first anniversary is a good chance to review what has happened since then.
  * [FFmpeg 6.0 Released](http://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html#release_6.0 "FFmpeg 6.0 Released") — 6.0 was released on 2023-02-27. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 6.0 release branch, which was cut from master on 2023-02-19. 
  * [FFmpeg 6.0 Released With NVIDIA NVENC AV1, VA-API Improvements](https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-6.0-Released "FFmpeg 6.0 Released With NVIDIA NVENC AV1, VA-API Improvements")
  * [FOSDEM 2023 - Dual presentation: FFmpeg 6 and VLC.js](https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/om_vlc/ "FOSDEM 2023 - Dual presentation: FFmpeg 6 and VLC.js")
  * [Plasma Switches to Qt6](https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-devel/2023-February/001699.html "Plasma Switches to Qt6") — The master branch for Plasma repos will be made Qt6-only tomorrow.
  * [Hardware Noise “hwnoise” Tool for Linux 6.3](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace.git/tree/Documentation/tools/rtla/rtla-hwnoise.rst?h=for-next&id=5dc3750e747f93f9bb7987da3d47a8ab4a5a181e "Hardware Noise “hwnoise” Tool for Linux 6.3") — hwnoise collects the periodic summary from the osnoise tracer running with *interrupts disabled*. By disabling interrupts, and the scheduling of threads as a consequence, only non-maskable interrupts and hardware-related noise is allowed. 
  * [More Rust Code Readied For Linux 6.3](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Linux-6.3-Changes "More Rust Code Readied For Linux 6.3") — In the pull request Miguel Ojeda commented, "more core additions, getting closer to a point where the first Rust modules can be upstreamed." 
  * [EXT4 Getting Direct I/O Performance Improvements With 6.3](https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Y%2F2CN+FpmGsfzgdE@mit.edu/ "EXT4 Getting Direct I/O Performance Improvements With 6.3") — Improved performance for ext4
  * [Btrfs Enjoys More Performance With Linux 6.3 - Including Some 3~10x Speedups](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.3-Btrfs "Btrfs Enjoys More Performance With Linux 6.3 - Including Some 3~10x Speedups") — Some of the performance work is quite juicy, as outlined in today's pull request.
  * [Btrfs updates for 6.3 - David Sterba](https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/cover.1676908729.git.dsterba@suse.com/ "Btrfs updates for 6.3 - David Sterba")
  * [Linux 6.3 Scheduler Updates Bring Fixes & Minor Optimizations](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.3-Scheduler "Linux 6.3 Scheduler Updates Bring Fixes & Minor Optimizations")
  * [RISC-V With Linux 6.3 Lands Optimized String Functions Via Zbb Extension](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.3-RISC-V "RISC-V With Linux 6.3 Lands Optimized String Functions Via Zbb Extension") — RISC-V with Linux 6.3 has improved its extension detection and alternative patching infrastructure for dealing with non spec compliant extensions.