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

For Linux users, the new Steam Client update fixes several bugs in the Steam Overlay that caused rendering to stall in some video games, such as Watch Dogs, and some crashes in other titles, as well as to improve double click handling and mouse clicks for the Counter-Strike 2 video game.

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

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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.

Linux Kernel 6.5 Reaches End of Life, It’s Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.6 LTS

Linux kernel 6.5 was released by Linus Torvalds on August 27th, 2023, to celebrate Linux’s 32nd birthday. It introduces exciting new features like Wi-Fi 7 support, MIDI 2.0 support in ALSA, ACPI support for the RISC-V architecture, Landlock support for UML (User-Mode Linux), as well as AMD “Zen” system improvements.

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New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 13.5a2

This release updates Firefox to 115.5.0esr, including bug fixes, stability improvements and important security updates. We also backported the Android-specific security updates from Firefox 120.

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GNU/Linux and Android in Argentina and Falkland Islands

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 21, 2023

THE news has been awash with and is still focusing on Argentina's shift to the right. There is, however, also a shift to Android there. Here's this month's snapshot, showing the majority of observed clients (sites spied on by statCounter) connecting to the Web are Android.

Operating System Market Share Argentina

The disputed islands nearby show Windows at just 65% of desktops and laptops. Apple and GNU/Linux do well there (these people have more money compared to Argentina):

Desktop Operating System Market Share Falkland Islands (malvinas)

It looks like Argentina, home of some famous distros (even the one Richard Stallman used, Ututo), is shifting towards GNU/Linux. Sadly for Dr. Stallman, Argentina is where he had his belongings stolen (including a camera, he told me in person). █

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