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Latest Steam Client Update Improves Steam Overlay for CS2 and Other Games on Linux

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Armbian 23.11 Released with Linux Kernel 6.6 LTS and Support for New Devices

Armbian 23.11 (codename Topi) introduces support for new devices, including the Khadas VIM1S and Khadas VIM4 single-board computers, Texas Instruments SK-TDA4VM processor starter kit for edge AI vision systems, NanoPi R6S and NanoPi R6C IoT gateways, HiKey 960 development platform, ArmSoM-W3 board, Tanix TX6 media player, Inovato Quadra and Mekotronics R58X-Pro ARM mini PCs, as well as the Xiaomi Pad 5 Pro tablet.

4MLinux 44 Adds System-Wide VA-API Support, Improves Printing Support

Still using the long-term supported Linux 6.1 LTS kernel series that was introduced in 4MLinux 43, the 4MLinux 44 release is here to add system-wide support for the Video Acceleration API (VA-API) through the Mesa graphics stack, improved support for SPL printing, as well as improved support for wireless networking.

Mesa 23.3 Linux Graphics Stack Brings NVK Vulkan Driver, Raspberry Pi 5 Support

Highlights of the Mesa 23.3 graphics stack include official support for the Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computer via the v3d (OpenGL) and v3dv (Vulkan) drivers, as well as the NVK Vulkan driver developed by Collabora for NVIDIA hardware, which recently reached Vulkan 1.0 conformance.

KDE Plasma 6 Desktop Environment Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing

Accompanied by the beta versions of KDE Frameworks 6 and KDE Gear 24.02 software suites, all built against the Qt 6 application framework, the first KDE Plasma 6 beta release is here with another layer of bug fixes and improvements that make the upcoming desktop environment more stable and reliable for everyday use.

Cinnamon 6.0 Desktop Environment Arrives with Initial Wayland Support

The biggest new feature in the Cinnamon 6.0 desktop environment is the implementation of an experimental Wayland session. As I mentioned in some of my previous articles, it certainly looks like 2024 is the year of the Wayland desktop as more and more desktop environments and GNU/Linux distributions are adopting it by default.

My Fave Drop Down Terminal Now Supports Ubuntu 23.04

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 26, 2023

This drop down terminal (hence the name ‘ddterm’) for GNOME Shell is my go-to terminal on Ubuntu (and Fedora). It’s responsive, has tabs, works natively with Wayland, and offers an colossal crop of customisation options – enough to satisfy the most pernickety of pernickitists!

Obviously ddterm is not the only GNOME extension of its type, and a swathe of standalone apps (e.g., Guake, etc) that do similar things exist.

But if you use GNOME Shell and aren’t yet tied to an alternative drop down terminal tool, ddterm is worth taking some time to play with.

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