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• When Updates Hurt 2024-12-13
  A response to the Forbes Article "Microsoft Warns 400 Million Windows Users -- Do Not Update Your PC"
• KDE Gear 24.12 Officially Released, Finally Ports Dolphin to Mobile Devices 2024-12-13
  The KDE Project released KDE Gear 24.12 today, the latest stable version of this open-source software suite for the KDE Plasma desktop environment and the Linux ecosystem, bringing many new features and improvements to your favorite KDE applications.
• Intel Arc B580 Graphics Open-Source Driver Linux Gaming Performance 2024-12-13
  Last week Intel announced the Arc B-Series Battlemage graphics cards as their first Xe2 discrete GPUs. Ahead of the Arc B580 graphics card hitting Internet retailers tomorrow, today the review embargo lifts on the Intel Arc B580.
• Advanced Weather Companion GNOME Shell Extension 2024-12-13
  macOS 15.2 is rolling out today (December 11), and my tech feeds are hyped with its highlights. Among the (non-AI) changes I spotted: the option to display weather info in the menu bar – native, built-in, ready to go.
• Revisited: kew – terminal-based music player 2024-12-13
  kew supports gapless playback, 24-bit/192khz audio, MPRIS and now rivals musikcube and tap as the finest open source terminal music player.
• Firefox ditches Do Not Track because nobody was listening anyway 2024-12-13
  Few websites actually respect the option, says Mozilla. When Firefox 135 is released in February, it'll ship with one less feature: Mozilla plans to remove the Do Not Track toggle from its Privacy and Security settings.
• AlmaLinux 10 Beta Offers Early Access to Key Upgrades 2024-12-13
  Get hands-on with AlmaLinux 10 Beta, featuring new x86_64_v2 support, top-tier toolsets, advanced security options, and expanded hardware compatibility.
• Here's How Linux Mint is Silently Redefining User Experience 2024-12-13
  A lot of people like Linux Mint. Do you know why? We think it's the user experience.
• Linux Fixes Regression That Broke File Names With â?¤ï¸? & Other Special Characters 2024-12-13
  Linus Torvalds took to reverting some code tonight within the mainline Linux kernel that inadvertently had broken support having filenames with ?? and other special Unicode characters in filenames when on file-systems with case-folding (optional case insensitive file/folder name) support.
• Bubble Sort Example Using Bash Script 2024-12-13
  Learn how to implement a Bubble Sort algorithm using Bash scripting. Bubble Sort is a simple sorting technique that repeatedly steps through the list, compares adjacent elements, and swaps them if they are in the wrong order. This article provides a complete example, including a script, sample data, and an explanation of the logic.
• QEMU 9.2 Brings AWS Nitro Enclave Emulation, Many RISC-V Improvements 2024-12-13
  QEMU 9.2 open-source machine emulator and virtualization software has been released today with various improvements, new features, and other changes.
• KDE Gear 24.12 Apps Collection Rolls Out, Here’s What’s New 2024-12-13
  KDE Gear 24.12 apps collection is a remarkable release, including a revamped Okular, mobile-ready Dolphin, and many more updates to enhance cross-device connections, faster performance, and better visuals.
• A Potential Exploit With The Ext Filesystem 2024-12-13
  The extended filesystem, otherwise known as ext, has been a fundamental part of Linux since before the 1.0 release in 1994. Currently the filesystem is on its fourth major revision, in use since its release in 2008 thanks to its stability, reliability, and backwards compatibility with the other ext filesystem versions. But with that much […]
• Proton 9.0-4 Adds Total War: Shogun 2 & Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 Support 2024-12-13
  Valve released today Proton 9.0-4 as the latest stable release of this open-source compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components for playing Windows games on Linux systems.
• How AMD Is Taking Standard C/C++ Code To Run Directly On GPUs 2024-12-12
  Back at the 2024 LLVM Developers' Meeting was an interesting presentation by AMD engineer Joseph Huber for how they have been exploring running common, standard C/C++ code directly on GPUs without having to be adapted for any GPU language / programming dialects or other adaptations.
• Install Liquorix / XanMod Kernel for Better Desktop & Gaming Experience 2024-12-12
  Want to optimize your Linux desktop for responsiveness or gaming? Try the custom Libquorix or XanMod Kernels. Besides the default and mainline Kernels, there are some other kernels available for Debian/Ubuntu users.
• Tiling Shell Extension Gains Smart Border Radius Detection 2024-12-12
  Fresh off of adding support for automatic window snapping, the developers behind GNOME Shell’s most configurable and feature-packed window tiling extension are back with another update.
• openSUSE Levels Up as a Better Gaming Distro With A New Built-in GPU Tool 2024-12-12
  So, are you ready to try openSUSE for gaming?
• HP-RT: HP’s real-time operating system from the ’90s 2024-12-12
  Every now and then I load OpenPA and browse around. Its creator and maintainer, Paul Weissmann, has been very active lately updating the site with new articles, even more information, and tons of other things, and it’s usually a joy to stumble upon something I haven’t read yet, or just didn’t know anything about.
• OpenMandriva Lx 24.12 Released with COSMIC Desktop Spin, Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS 2024-12-12
  The OpenMandriva team released today OpenMandriva Lx 24.12 as the latest snapshot of the “ROME” rolling release series of this Mandriva Linux successor featuring the latest and greatest GNU/Linux technologies.