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Steam Client Adds Advanced Options to the In-Game Overlay for AMD & NVIDIA GPUs

The big news for Linux gamers is the implementation of advanced options for the in-game performance overlay for AMD and NVIDIA GPUs, improved Steam UI scaling in XWayland, improved system display scale in the in-game overlay, and improved Big Picture update progress UI.

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How To Upgrade Ubuntu 24.04 to a Higher Point Release with Command Lines

Do you want to upgrade Ubuntu Noble Numbat from 24.04 to 24.04.1 or later? If so, then that means you are looking for how to upgrade Ubuntu system to a point release. The term "Point Release" to Ubuntu users is more or less similar to "Service Pack" known to Microsoft Windows users which is a whole system upgrade (bug fixes and improvements) within current release major version. That means, in this concept, to us Ubuntu 24.04.3 (Point Three) is more or less similar to Windows XP SP3. This tutorial will explain the procedures with an example of upgrading Ubuntu Noble from fresh install to Point Three.

Linux 6.4-rc4

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on May 28, 2023

I'm traveling most of the day today, so the 6.4-rc4 release is tagged
and pushed out a few hours earlier than usual.

Other than that timing change, things look fairly normal. The changes are all the usual suspects, with drivers, core networking, and arch updates being the bulk of it. The bpf selftests show up fairly clearly in the diffstat too, but most of that is code movement.
Nothing stands out to me, but the shortlog is appended for people who want to scroll through the details.
Please do continue testing,
Linus

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