LWDW 323: Davinci Resolve 18 on Linux and deep learning laptops

Lambda launches a Linux powered laptop build for learning, installing Flatpaks from Firefox with Flatline, Davinci Resolve 18 enters the cloud, and dealing with non-free firmware on Debian.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
06:30 Lambda AI laptop
12:55 Debian non-free firmware
21:35 Davinci Resolve 18 on Linux
27:45 Flatpak from the browser
33:11 BirdNET-Pi

AI Linux laptop

https://9to5linux.com/lambda-launches-worlds-most-powerful-ubuntu-linux-laptop-for-deep-learning

Oh, this is exciting news! Here is the Razer x Lambda Tensorbook, the world’s most powerful Ubuntu Linux laptop designed for deep learning.
And you heard that right, Razer!
Lambda, a provider of deep learning infrastructures, has teamed up with Razer, to build a Linux-powered laptop for deep learning.
Specs:
- An Intel i7-11800 Octo-Core processor featuring up to 4.6GHz clock speeds
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q graphics card with 16GB VRAM
- Up to 64GB 3200 MHz DDR4 memory
- A 15.6-inch 2K (2560x1440p) 165Hz display
The Tensorbook laptop comes with the Lambda GPU Cloud service and the full Lambda Stack, which includes software like NVIDIA CUDA, cuDNN, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, Caffe, and Caffe 2.
As well as the NVIDIA drivers and various other useful Linux tools like build-essential, GNU Emacs, Git, htop, GNU Screen, tmux, Valgrind, and Vim.
Look at how thin and sleek this laptop is for all that power.
Razer has always done a great job making lean and powerful laptops.
I have been waiting for Razer to release a Linux laptop, as they have been talking about it for quite some time.
One of the Razer representatives was at the Open Source Summit I went to in San Diego in 2019, and he asked me if I would like to review Razer products for use on Linux and with Linux installed. I said absolutely, and recently did get an email from them.
Comes with one year of Lambda engineering support and warranty.
At that price I would expect Alder Lake in the CPU department.
Price wise it’s comparable to the Razer Blade 15 Advanced Model.
3,499.00 – 4,999.00.
Windows 10 Pro is an extra $500.

Debian Firmware

https://blog.einval.com/2022/04/19#firmware-what-do-we-do

Remember the good old days when the only firmware you needed was for your wifi chipset?
Times have changed.
Back in the day firmware was usually loaded on the device but those days are long gone.
Why? It’s cheaper to not include the flash on the device and ship a binary blob.
Debian includes some free firmware binaries but more often than not you need the non-free to get up and going.
There can be confusion when installing Debian.
Chances are you want the non-free images that contain the needed firmware for your PC.
If you click the download button from the webzone it takes you to the download page that auto starts a download without firmware.
At least that page lets you know that non-free exists and where to download it.
Granted, there is a bit of philosophical booga-booga around the links.
No longer pretending the non-free images are unofficial seems like a good move.
I’m curious what everyone else thinks since I come from a time of not expecting a Linux install to work on the first go, much less install without issues.
This is definitely a problem that Debian has faced for quite some time.
Especially since many new laptops don’t have wired ethernet, and proprietary firmware blobs are often needed to get Belkin, Realtek and Broadcom wi-fi cards working.
I have needed to use the non-free Debian images for this reason.

Resolve 18 McCloud

https://www.cined.com/blackmagic-design-davinci-resolve-18-beta-released-including-new-cloud-features/

The Object Mask feature appears to be missing on Linux in b1.
Presentations, Object Mask, Dolby Atmos and a few others are still being worked on.
No hiccups during the upgrade.
No problems with the DNxHD ingest or HEVC export.
This will upgrade your DB and it’s not reversible, be warned & backup.
Blackmagic Cloud Store Mini costs $2,995 and the eGPU chonkers are 40K+.
Resolve can now create lightweight proxy media and ship it to everyone on the project.
Editors, colourists, FX can all work on the same project in realtime from around the globe.
This is a great price, the Blackmagic Cloud Project Server only costs $5 per library per month.
And only the host pays for it, not the collaborators.
And when you delete your project library you no longer pay.
Transitions in the Shape, Iris, and Wipe categories of the Effects Library now have a checkbox that lets you easily reverse the direction of the transition.

Flat from browser

https://github.com/CleoMenezesJr/flatline

A simple extension that, through appstream, opens GNOME Software directly in the app’s details panel.
Oh cool! Another awesome Add-on for Firefox.
Open selected apps directly in GNOME Software by clicking Install from Flathub or apps.gnome.
This is so convenient, especially since I usually use and install Flatpak apps via terminal.
And you do have to have Flatpak installed with Flathub repositories and the GNOME Software app center.

Slice of Pi

Bird Pi

https://birdnetpi.com/

Do you want to eavesdrop on birds?
Ya know, without their bridy consent?
This is a slick install for any Pi running the latest Raspberry Pi OS Lite (64-bit) image.
24/7 recording from any USB sound card/microphone, spectrograms, live audio stream, charts and stuff.
1984 wasn’t just a book.
Aahhhww, this is so sweet! Especially for those interested in finding out what birds live in their area.
And is a great tool for scientific research to track the population of different bird species.